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REMEMBERING CHRIS MARKER

imperfect memory as a perfect tribute to the great filmmaker. By Jack Gay

a new exhibition at Protein Studios puts BAME and women artists, working collaboratively, on the map

Jonathan Olshefski’s documentary follows a black American family over eight years as the US changes irrevocably. By Laura McIntyre

the latest Levi’s Made & Crafted collection is straight from the extremes of Iceland. By Tamsin Blanchard

LES VACANCES DE LULU:

at Colette, Olympia Le-Tan reimagines the summer reading of PR genius Lucien Pagès

THE SOUND OF GLASS:

Jamie Baty reviews the second ever translation into English of Li He, the Tang-era poet

the photographer Stefan Giftthaler captures summer’s light and swimming pools in Milan

UNIVERSAL AND QUIRKY:

Jonathan Anderson’s new collection for Uniqlo has something for everyone. By Tamsin Blanchard

Kendra Dos Remedios photographs pageantry, exhibitionism and grooming

SHAPE-SHIFTING MAN-WEASEL:

Laura McIntyre on The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose by Christopher Josiffe

A REVOLUTIONARY GESTURE:

the art of the selfie in a globalising world. By Thomas Roueché

CITY OF GHOSTS:

Matthew Heineman’s documentary on the journalists working in Syria is enthralling, if one-dimensional. By George Steer

Laura Poitras’s new documentary is a wry takedown of an absurd figure. By Lili Owen Rowlands

Nick Seaton photographs Venice and the opening of its Biennale

A THEATRE OF POSSIBILITIES:

at the Wellcome Collection, George Steer traces a predilection for the green and the alive

ROOMS WITH VIEWS:

in Florence and Venice Meadhbh McNutt rests her head and roams among the artworks

history and memory, past and present confront one another in the Grecian capital. A report from documenta 14

IN ITS OWN RIGHT:

at the Wer-Haus, Barcelona, MACK displays its youthful, estimable catalogue

Teju Cole’s latest work disappears and appears his visual world through photography and free-associative essay. By William Bedingfield

Franziska Aigner, one of the core collaborators in the artist Anne Imhof’s celebrated work Faust, discusses how the installation performance requires a rhythm and a contour of nothingness

the 2017 London Architecture Film Festival traverses space and time, shedding new light on the built environment. By George Steer

the young milliner Leo Carlton is giving a new relevance to hat design. By Tamsin Blanchard

INTO THE UNKNOWN:

the Barbican’s latest show looks back on the history of science fiction

the artist Caragh Thuring takes a lateral approach to portraiture. By George Steer

inside the archives of Jamaican-born designer Jessica Ogden. Tamsin Blanchard reviews a nostalgic exhibition

BRIXTON FEELS THE BERN:

days before the UK goes to the polls, Bernie Sanders spoke at the Brixton Academy on Friday. By George Steer

RARIFIED FLUIDITY:

Alice Waese’s jewellery finds a new context in her limited edition books, each with a hidden talisman

the Design Museum’s latest exhibition recounts the art of Cartier watchmaking from fin-de-siècle Paris to transparent boxes

A PAGEANT OF INTERESTS:

J.W.Anderson’s sculptural exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield. By Christabel Stewart

DESIGNING FREEDOM:

the Design Museum’s latest exhibition charts California’s radical design history. We’ve compiled a reading list to contextualise the show

some places are prisoners of their postcard image. Lili Owen Rowlands explains how the artist Luca Pucci parodies the faux authority of the travel guide

BALENCIAGA IN THE HOUSE:

Cristóbal Balenciaga is the subject of a new retrospective at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Tamsin Blanchard looks inside the display cases ahead of its opening

TAKE BACK CONTROL:

from pollsters to academics, Tank redresses the media bias with its essential election reading list

MAKING AND UNMAKING:

from the Fondazione Prada to the first Prada Cruise show, Masoud Golsorkhi reports on the televisual in modern Italian culture

Graphical movement is balanced with sensuous colour. Photography buy Joyce Ng, styling by Nobuko Tannawa

CLOTH IN MOTION:

in his documentary Machines, Rahul Jain unravels the mythic nostalgia for industrial labour. By William Bedingfield

the designer Phoebe English gets fired-up for her latest T-shirt launch. By Tamsin Blanchard

PEDAGOGY AND REVOLT:

Abbas Kiarostami’s allegorical classroom fable is a dissection of a revolution. By Masoud Golsorkhi

the designer Massimo Giorgetti talks to Caroline Issa about his nocturnal MSGM capsule collection

IN UNVANQUISHABLE NUMBER:

Tamsin Blanchard talks with the designer John Alexander Skelton about his collection inspired by the workwear of the 19th-century, garment workers of the north

Maeve Brennan returns to the question of historical legitimacy in contemporary Lebanon. By Meadhbh McNutt

showing and concealing, layered and revealing. Photography by Patricia Ruiz del Portal, styling by Laura Alcalde

UNKNOWN SPACES:

Caroline Issa talks to the curators behind this year’s Whitney Biennial about political art, moving out and Renzo Piano

THE GEOLOGY OF RESISTANCE:

the music of Elysia Crampton reorientates the political potentials of dance music from the future to the ancient geological past. By Milo Gooder

THE HUMAN BILLBOARD:

the inspirational designer Ashish is reinvigorating the slogan T-shirt to prove that sequins speak far louder than words. Tamsin Blanchard catches up with London’s most political designer

In Richard Mosse’s starkly contemporary photographic work we see people as they are revealed through the eyes of weaponry. By William Bedingfield

PICTURES FROM HOME:

the affecting power of Larry Sultan’s family album. By Meadhbh McNutt

THUG ENTRANCER:

in this exclusive Radio Tank Mix bubbles over with a sonic poem for the spherical form. Sequences expand and decay in turn

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The Book Issue

the artist Sam Contis in conversation with the Tate assistant curator Shoair Mavlian

for the third year running, Tank presents its compendium of the year’s most important books

every book you should read, look at, ponder, this summer

KANISHK THAROOR:

the journalist turned fiction writer talked to Tank about his literary upbringing and crossing the canon

a selection of the season’s finest verse publications. As chosen by Barbara Epler and Tank

recommended reading from the writer and political analyst Nesrine Malik

BEHIND THE COVER:

Hellen van Meene captures Zarina Green as the bearded lady saint, Uncumber, an unlikely feminist icon for our troubled times

for the third year running, Tank presents its compendium of the year’s most important books

a reading list from the president of storied publishing house New Directions

The founder of Mack publishing picks out an essential selection of reads from 2017, including Allan Sekula, Mark Steinmetz and Justine Kurland

pictures speak louder than word’s in our annual Book Issue

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Then

sculpture and skin intertwine. With photography by Camila Falquez, styling by Brie Welch

JOSEPH MARINETTI:

gut wrenching turns on the waltzer, grass-stained Nike Airs, your brief teenage fling with a joyrider: these stirred memories are all gifts from Joseph Marinetti’s gritty Radio Tank Mix

photography by Alice Schillaci and styling by Ilaria Chionna

SUNLESS ’97 AND PALMISTRY:

premiere the new video for “aia” with Radio Tank Live. A static, barely-there sun sets the scene for quiet early-hours reflection

has launched his his own label PC Music for bedroom professionals and slick amateurs. You can expect as much from this dreamy Radio Tank Mix, punctuated with internet buzzwords – “a fast connection, unlimited wifi”

the berlin-based producer perfects dark club anthems and introspective beats with unexpected rhythmic turns in this Radio Tank Mix

ZAHA HADID 1950–2016:

Tank’s Editor-at-Large, Shumon Basar, remembers his formative time with the late visionary, Zaha Hadid

photography by Phillip Koll and styling by Stefanie Klopf

25 minutes of experimental bliss from 2SHY to Radio Tank Mix, as alien and nostalgic as the X-Files-connoting name implies

photography by Maxime Imbert, styling and still life photography by Laëtitia Mannessier

gives new life to old classics in this tongue-in-cheek Radio Tank Mix. Great for parties where people don't particularly care about looking sexy ¯\_◉‿◉_/¯

CHRIS MARKER 1921–2012:

Maria Dimitrova ponders the legacy of the French cinema avant-gardist

LAYERS OF TIME:

photography by Spela Kasal and styling by Nobuko Tannawa

presenter of the “Hepcat Radio” show on NTS, provides Radio Tank Mix with a mischievous selection of frisky, Kenny Powers-inspired tracks

the fearless duo take us on a musical meander for their Radio Tank Mix and shed some light on the mythical character of “Yola”

drifting in and out of darkness, goes from flesh and blood rapper to kinetic abstraction in this Radio Tank Premiere of “The Nest ft. Little Simz”

weighty bass and tinny synths – Hana Risk channels internet tat and Dance Dance Revolution with a Radio Tank Mix of euphoric hardcore beats

Palmistry and DJ Endgame bring you goodies in the form of bewitching dancehall tunes, showing love to labelmates Vybz Kartel, Murlo and Popcaan in this latest Radio Tank Mix

SILVANIAN FAMILIES:

cute and eccentric like the plastic figurines we all know and love – Tokyo-based Silvanian Families shares a sugary assortment of beats for Radio Tank Mix

counting SOPHIE and A. G. Cook among its guests, you can expect great things from club night JACK댄스. Get hyped and ready with this new Radio Tank Mix

the South London producer has stitched together a host of house beats with garage intervals in this seamless Radio Tank Mix, plus some unreleased tracks from his forthcoming album

is a pioneer at the teary-eyed dance party but more eerie than melancholic. Radio Tank Live introduces “Them Waters”, a succession of uncompromising, heartfelt think-pieces

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TANK Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 12 | The Book Issue, Summer 2017

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