January 2019 - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

January 2019

Companion Magazine #15: The Well-Being Issue
Haven’t done that in a while? Well, in our contemporary world—with its high speed, many screens, and fast changes—sometimes it’s...
Emeka Okereke on countering Western hegemony through trans-African exchange
“It’s so difficult to tell somebody ‘I know that the cup looks like this, but it can also look like...
Hopefully you enjoyed the reads from this week’s Link List, but if you’ve still got an internet itch to scratch,...
FvF Mixtape #137: Hade
Gewölbe is a Cologne spot well-known for its techno reputation. A genre-mix isn’t something the regular crowd would expect. With...
Ana Saraiva's surreal aesthetic
The Brazilian-born artist describes her work as “a dance on the fountain of admiration,” but like many of the painters...
Link List #96: A French Spider-Man, gardening in space, and why it’s time to throw your sunscreen in the trash
Hopefully you enjoyed the reads from this week’s Link List, but if you’ve still got an internet itch to scratch,...
Nestan Nijaradze’s curatorial practice stimulates new thinking in Georgia
Wounded by seven decades of Communist rule, and four years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country of...
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles traces the contours of a thriving art scene
It was the year that saw the opening of The Broad, a private contemporary art collection housed in a specially-designed...
Guadalupe Garcia’s interdisciplinary approach to hospitality blurs the lines at Buenos Aires culture hub Casa Cavia
Staff prep behind the bronze and marble bar, blooms are gathered together at the petit florist, and young women are...
Link List #95: Startup minimalism, German art hegemony, and robot pharmacists
Hopefully you enjoyed the reads from this week’s Link List, but if you’ve still got an internet itch to scratch,...
Taking to the slopes with Canadian photographer and ski enthusiast Kari Medig
Taking to the slopes with Canadian photographer and ski enthusiast Kari Medig Capturing the unexpected diversity of the ski community...
Born out of the Spanish recession, the architectural studio Mesura carries moderation and respect as its core values
It was during the preceding decades, a time associated with the Spanish housing boom, that Benjamin Iborra Wicksteed and Carlos...