Alphabet is not a new art magazine, it’s a new artists’ magazine, created by artists to establish a space where they run the show. According the manifesto 'They write, they make images, they select their own works, they interview the figures they admire, they tell us what we did not know about them nor could have ever fathomed about life. This magazine is conceived entirely to put them in the driver's seat, and to enable readers to become part of the unique vision of some of today's greatest luminaries.’
Founded by Donatien Grau and Thomas Lenthal, Alphabet is to be a biannual release. It draws contributors from all fields, generations and cultural threads – writers, musicians, designers, painters, sculptors, poets and other creatives who want to share this new, groundbreaking space for their editorial projects. Each cover is designed with the word 'Alphabet' by a different artist, initiating a cultish, collectable series.
Alphabet contains essays, fictions, poetry, visual projects, DIY methods, recommendations from those who know, even games and astrology – anything, the publisher says, ‘that has ever formed a section of a magazine could find its way here.’
Contributors to the second issue are Michael Amzalag, Laurie Anderson, Marisa Berenson, Marco Brambilla, Phong Bui, Joshua Cohen, Willem Dafoe, Elizabeth Diller, Lina Ghotmeh, Romeo Gigli, Emily Greenhouse, Daniel Humm, Miranda July, Na Kim, Glenn Ligon, José Tolentino Mendonça, Jill Mulleady, Federico Nicolao, Rick Owens, Peter Saville, Luigi Serafini, Maria Stepanova, Hito Steyerl, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Bénédicte Savoy by Francesco Vezzoli, Sarah Sze, Kulapat Yantrasast and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
