MANY OF THEM #8

“MANY OF THEM  raises the question: how can we use technology to create togetherness and not separation, love and not suspicion, a common future and not isolation?”

Drawing on the phone, using virtual reality to plan an exhibition, sending a sketch of a hat overseas via fax, doing fittings through Facetime, scanning a handmade fabric and altering it digitally, using an app to find out the name of a flower—these are some of the everyday actions linked to technology that artists, designers and filmmakers use in their work today. But these are not innocent gestures; the contributors to Issue #8 of MANY OF THEM are well aware of the ideological, economic, and political implications of advanced technologies and their position in the world.

The question that we pose on the cover of the current issue—which arises from a reflection by the poet ETEL ADNAN, cited by HANS ULRICH OBRIST in our conversation with him—is answered, indirectly, by the contributors to the magazine through their world-making practices, whether by building bridges between a furniture piece and a sculpture, between a sculpture and a handbag, between the digital and the analog, or between the hand and the machine. In sum, they all point to the connection between art and technology as a relationship that is always rewritten in the present.

Plus, in this issue multiple interviews and fashion stories were created in collaboration with, TAKASHI HOMMA, HANS ULRICH OBRIST, KATJA RAHLWES, MISHA KAHN, LAWRENCE LEK, ARI VERSLUIS, KYOTARO, RUSHEMY BOTTER & LISI HERREBRUGH, ERWIN WURM, STEPHEN JONES, WINTER VANDENBRINK, AUSTIN LEE, MATTHEW WILLIAMS, APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL, ANTONIO MACARRO, HILARY LLOYD and DEA KULUMBEGASHVILI.

Cover 1, STELLA LUCIA wearing PRADA and NINA RICCI by ERWIN WURM. White openwork viscose turtleneck sweater, PRADA. Gray dove printed crepe skirt, NINA RICCI. Artist, ERWIN WURM. Styling, HERMANN FANKHAUSER. Model, STELLA LUCIA at Viva Models. These PRADA and NINA RICCI pieces were photographed in March of 2021 in Limberg, Austria.

Cover 2, PACO RABANNE. Silver triangles assemblage tank top, silver triangles assemblage long skirt, silver triangles assemblage hood and metallic-structure high boots, PACO RABANNE. Photography, TAKASHI HOMMA. Styling, MEGUMI YOSHIDA. Model, MANAMI KINOSHITA at TOKYO REBELS, Inc. Hair and Make-up, MOMIJI SAITO at EEK. Photography Assistant, YOSHIKI YASAKU. Styling Assistant, RISA NAKAZAWA. These PACO RABANNE pieces were photographed in February of 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Cover 3, LOEWE by HILARY LLOYD. Dark-brown hand-woven leather sleeveless top, LOEWE. Artist, HILARY LLOYD. This LOEWE piece was photographed in February of 2021 in London, UK.

Cover 4,  GIVENCHY by MISHA KAHN. Horn-heel red lamb-leather pumps, GIVENCHY. Artist, MISHA KAHN. 3D Renders, RYAN DECKER. This GIVENCY piece was created in March of 2021 in New York, EE.UU.

Cover 5, VIKTORIA CHICHOVA wearing GUCCI by DEA KULUMBEGASHVILI. Cauliflower embroidered light blue cotton long shirt, square G embroidered blue and white fil coupé striped shirt, lion’s head closure green beads necklace and gold-plated metal rectangular frame sunglasses, GUCCI. Artist, DEA KULUMBEGASHVILI. Models, VIKTORIA CHICHOVA and her family. Producers, NIKA KOCHOLAVA and PARNA ODISHVILI. Line Producer, DIMITRI SHARASHIDZE. These GUCCI  pieces were photographed in March of 2021 in Lagodekhi, Georgia.

Cover 6, SUMMER HENRY wearing BALENCIAGA by KATJA RAHLWES. Black vintage jersey T-shirt, black technical jersey trompe-l’oeil leggings and 110mm-heel silver metallic-effect Chevalier over-the-knee boots, BALENCIAGA. Photography, KATJA RAHLWES. Model, SUMMER HENRY. Assistant, CHRISTIAN LUCIDI. Post-production, Nitty Gritty, Berlin. These BALENCIAGA pieces were photographed in April of 2021 in Paris, France.

Cover 7, LEMAIRE by KYOTARO. Camel cotton storm flap coat, camel light cotton top, off-white Mongolian fur collar, dark-brown vegetable-tanned-leather tote bag and white smooth bull-leather high boots, LEMAIRE. Artist, KYOTARO.  These LEMAIRE pieces were drawn in May of 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Cover 8, NICOLAS DUÉE wearing KENZO by ANTONIO MACARRO. Stone light-tailoring wool oversized jacket, white stretch-lace tank top, beige mackintosh loose trousers, white cotton full-body floppy hat and black elastic runway sandals, KENZO. Photography, ANTONIO MACARRO. Styling, PEDRO CANICOBA. Model, NICOLAS DUÉE at Rock Men. Make-up, AKARI SUGINO. Hair, RIMI URA for MR. SMITH at Walter Schupfer Management. These KENZO pieces were photographed in April of 2021 in Paris, France.

Back cover, URS FISCHER, The Intelligence of Nature, June-July 2021, Sadie Coles HQ, London. ©URS FISCHER.  Courtesy of the artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London.

Issue #8 of MANY OF THEM spreads 8 different covers, STELLA LUCIA wearing PRADA and NINA RICCI by ERWIN WURM, MANAMI KINOSHITA wearing PACO RABANNE by TAKASHI HOMMA, LOEWE by HILARY LLOYD, GIVENCHY by MISHA KAHN, VIKTORIA CHICHOVA wearing GUCCI by DEA KULUMBEGASHVILI, SUMMER HENRY wearing BALENCIAGA by KATJA RAHLWES, LEMAIRE by KYOTARO and NICOLAS DUÉE wearing KENZO by ANTONIO MACARRO.

432 pages, 275 x 195 x 22 mm, softcover, printed in Spain, 2021.