VISIONS BY is a biannual magazine from the 'knowledge platform' of the same name which aims to address the different perspectives on materiality and material cultures from a soft academic, design-centred perspective. It's constantly evolving, shape-shifting affair in which, according to the publisher 'there is no specific theme per issue, no specific profile, no specific reader. Our contributors are selected in order to help us understand the cultural implications of materials and their infinite meanings. VISIONS BY people, about Material Cultures.'
Publishers description for issue 6:
'Two Gazan friends share their adventure amidst the war toward success: What’s in your bag? As we exploit people, we too exploit the ocean, both for fish and now, for minerals. Miss Universe is a violent erotic object, death and labour are erotic material and sadness is performed with things at the Museum of Broken Relationships. We take a look at street icons: Lenin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il (are all of them right-handed?), St. Jude Thaddaeus and La Santa Muerte (LONG LIVE RITUAL!). We explore the symbolic correspondences between Catholic folklore and makina music. From ecstasy Garda Pills to Tescocracy, when there’s no future, we learn to appreciate the remnants.'
