212 Magazine Issue 14 (the Impersonatopia Issue) is available now on loremnotipsum.com. Issue 14 comes with different covers.
Our bond with reality has become ever more complex. To cap it off, we find ourselves struggling to live through all kinds of existential anxieties occurring on our planet and within our bodies. These are the times in which we have normalised concepts such as ‘deepfake’ and ‘post truth’, a time when we have found ourselves exposed to the side-effects of political, ecological and public health crises. These cruel times have tested our capabilities in confronting the dire consequences of many systematic problems and issues – often resulting in a sense of apathy. Having the liberty to douse the realities we can’t escape in our favourite filters and take (repeated) screenshots yields incomprehensible dilemmas in recording and directing our own story.
212 magazine is a new biannual publication from Istanbul. It contains short fiction and long-form reportage; distinctive photo essays and revealing interviews. Even though it was born in the city where east meets west (as the love-worn cliche goes), the magazine seeks to transcend the loaded dichotomies of Istanbul’s favourite metaphor, and extends its gaze far beyond the region. The name “212” comes from the area code for Istanbul, but it also happens to be the area code for New York – a piece of misdirection that’s characteristic of the magazine’s ethos: as soon as you try too hard to close in on your subject it has a habit of defying you. Rather than pigeonholing ideas into narrow parameters, 212’s contributors trace connections that will surprise and delight. Each issue is centred around a loose theme – the first is Strange Days. 212 aims to be as challenging as it is influential – to provide an inclusive space for ideas and perspectives to mix without prejudice and better interrogate social, artistic and cultural phenomena from the region and around the world.
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Our bond with reality has become ever more complex. To cap it off, we find ourselves struggling to live through all kinds of existential anxieties occurring on our planet and within our bodies. These are the times in which we have normalised concepts such as ‘deepfake’ and ‘post truth’, a time when we have found ourselves exposed to the side-effects of political, ecological and public health crises. These cruel times have tested our capabilities in confronting the dire consequences of many systematic problems and issues – often resulting in a sense of apathy. Having the liberty to douse the realities we can’t escape in our favourite filters and take (repeated) screenshots yields incomprehensible dilemmas in recording and directing our own story.
Details: 212 Magazine – Issue 14
168 pages, 28 x 38 cm, 1100 grams
