TANK MAGAZINE

MINCOME:

a quick-witted documentary film from Whitney Mallett tells the story of a town where, for three short years, no one lived in poverty

TRISTAN PIGOTT:

in conversation with the painter whose work puts forward a wry critique of our image-saturated present

LOADS OF SALADES:

After being selected to represent France at the 2019 Venice Biennale, artist and TANK-alumna Laure Prouvost has designed a tapestry to raise funds for the French Pavilion

IN CONVERSATION WITH JOEY ZWILLINGER:

the co-founder of the much buzzed about footwear startup Allbirds speaks to Caroline Issa about making the jump from biotech to fashion, building a mission-led business and embedding purpose into your product

UTOPIA:

A short film by Adam Thirlwell for Channel 4’s Random Acts playfully examines the difficult minutiae of building a better world

IN BLOOM:

in his latest exhibition, photographic artist Jean-Vincent Simonet subjects his images to distorting post-production manipulations and experimental techniques

TANK & Montblanc Fashion Writing Prize 2018:

we are thrilled to announce the winners of the TANK & Montblanc Fashion Writing Prize 2018!

MOMENT OF TRUTH:

The first of its kind, a major exhibition at the Met Breuer reveals how artists since the 1960s have engaged with conspiracy

APPROXIMATE JOY:

Christopher Anderson's intimate and ambiguous photographs find moments of pause within the social flux of contemporary China

ALTER HEROES COALITION:

a newly extended group show at Mimosa House centres on the the alter ego as a challenge to the social constraints of identity.

DASYCHIRA:

this instalment of the TANK mix series features the NYC-based producer Dasychira and comes paired with a Q&A and exclusive video-premiere

COMFORT ZONE:

outerwear that's best worn indoors. Photography by Sebastian Johansson, styling by Manuel Noreig

ARREBATO:

a surprising reissue of the underground Spanish drug horror ‘Arrebato’ offers a chance to revisit a twisted tale of cinematic vampirism

HORSES:

Satoshi Fujiwara's photobook of animals, SUVs and industrial drills presents a flattened world that manages to be both hyperreal and obscure

VAPE SHOP OLYMPIA:

Peter de Potter's photographs examine and enact the weird mechanics of post-social media visual communication

BAT EYES:

Sheila Rock's photographs of punk women documented the raw style and radical attitudes that defined the subculture

WAITING GAME:

Michele Abeles' “World Cup”, named less for football than for spectatorship, is a show about looking and waiting

WE ATE THE ACID:

Joe Roberts vivid and playful imagery tunes in to the comic and creepy details of the psychedelic experience

PRADAMALIA:

Prada's new family of mysterious mascots, have found their way into TANK's latest Travel issue

STARRY EYED:

“At Eternity’s Gate” and the canonisation of Van Gogh

TENDER QUESTIONS:

excerpts from So Mayer and Preti Taneja's dialogue on friendship

SWAN MEAT:

this instalment of the TANK mix series comes courtesy of Swan Meat, offering a unique blend of baroque club music

SURPLUS MEMORY:

Josephine Pryde's new exhibition at Simon Lee gallery, London “In Case My Mind is Changing” examines memory and potentiality in a digital world

ORIGINAL COPY:

a reading from Tina, TANK'S full-time voiceover artist, excerpted from our latest Travel issue

GESTURES:

Read two poems from Latvian poet Artis Ostups's new collection, published by Ugly Duckling Presse and translated by Jayde Will

NICOLAS ROEG (1928—2018):

Shumon Basar remembers the mercurial British filmmaker

SANCTUARY IN ABUNDANCE:

Gabby Laurent speaks to the artist Peter Miller about flea markets, cephalopods and artistic generosity

WELL TRAVELLED ISSUE:

TANK's Winter Travel Issue is out now!

IN TOO DEEP:

London and Berlin-based artists Elmgreen & Dragset are storytellers and This is How We Bite Our Tongue at the Whitechapel Gallery is full of twisted narratives

VANISHING ACT:

looks that lead you up the garden path. Photography by Charlotte Krieger, styling by Marie Gibert

DEREK JARMAN:

an essential reading list on the writer, filmmaker and gardener

A PPR OC HE:

a highlights reel from the intimate Parisian photo fair

THIRD CLASS:

a new exhibiton from Emma Strauss records everyday scenes along the 8000km train journey from St. Petersburg to Beijing

THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING:

Nathaniel Khan's new documentary is a witty cash up of the contradictory alliance between art and capitalism

THE WAY THINGS ARE:

a new video-installation from Karanjit Panesar tugs at the threads of neoliberal hegemony

ANNIVERSARIES:

read an extract from Uwe Johnson's multivolume opus detailing a year in the life of a holocaust survivor and her young daughter across 367 chapters

GEOMANCER:

an AI satellite must confront its militarised origins and the cruelty of humans in this hyperreal parable from video-artist Lawrence Lek

TRUE:

Hannah Diamond's new PC Music single is a break up anthem for our era of fake emotions

ROADBLOCKS:

the sprawling self-portraits of Shadi Al-Atallah convey the cathartic potential of an abundance of feeling

BLONDES IN THE JUNGLE:

Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn’s irreverent comedy is a goofy glaze-over and a smart critique of Western voyeurism

THE COUPLE FORM:

Prompted by the ‘Modern Couples’ show at the Barbican, TANK presents a reading list on our love-hate relationship with the figure of the couple

BLOWING UP:

a 1960s inflatable stool reissued exclusively for Prada by Danish designer Verner Panton

MENTOR:

the latest EP from Lisbon-based producer Bonaventure makes an urgent call to embrace the extraterrestrial

REVOLTING PROSTITUTES:

an extract from Juno Mac and Molly Smith’s new book from Verso on sex work, “shit jobs” and the demand to love what you do

IN CONVERSATION WITH HAMID ISMAILOV:

TANK speaks to the acclaimed Uzbek author about language, representation and Soviet reading habits

MAL JOURNAL:

an online literary platform for writing on sexuality and erotics built to outlive the whirring cycles of content production

DROWNED CITY:

Antony Cairns uses e-readers and esoteric darkroom techniques to render desolate cityscapes alien and luminescent

PARADISE ROT:

Jenny Hval’s debut novel follows the unfurling of bodies in the wake of queer desire

KELORA:

listen to a lurid anthem from the Glaswegian darkpop band

THE EARTH DIES STREAMING:

A. S. Hamrah’s collected film criticism is a wry catalogue of our cinematic present

SIBLINGS:

multidisciplinary artist Colin Self’s new LP is a glistening proposal for critical joy, interdependence and expanded forms of kinship

W HOTEL ISTANBUL:

behind the scenes on TANK's shoot with writer and journalist Suzy Hansen

NEW MODELS:

a podcast and anti-algorithm media platform covering contemporary topics at the bleeding edge of art, politics and culture

BASTARD NATURE:

Robin Friend uncovers moments of intrigue in a sullen arcadia

TERRACE HOUSE:

the reality TV show that finds pleasure in the mundane

ACOID:

the newest TANK mix comes courtesy of Acoid, a Berlin-based producer and member of the Live From Earth collective

THE CASTLE:

the unsettling photographs of Richard Mosse capture life at Europe’s borders

BEGINNINGS:

the work of abstract-expressionist Richard Pousette-Dart offer’s a more challenging perspective on a movement easily dismissed as boring or reactionary

IN CONVERSATION WITH AXIS MUNDI:

the brand studio responsible for a semiotic audit of TANK’s 20-year archive discuss the process

INHABITING - THE CITY AS A HOSTILE HOST:

Hicham Gardaf photographs the signs of human habitation on an inconspicuous street corner in North West London

SPELLS:

read two poems from the new book from Ignota Press, which collects 21st century occult poetry to take us beyond the borders of the rational

SHIRLEY JACKSON:

This reading list provides an introduction to the eerie world of the novelist’s mystery stories, which are currently being re-evaluated and adapted for the screen

IN CONVERSATION WITH TAMSIN BLANCHARD

meet the fashion journalist and judge of this year’s TANK & Montblanc Fashion Writing Prize

SATIRE IN TRUMPWORLD:

Michael Roderick examines the videos Vic Berger, a viral video creator and humourist for the clickbait generation

POETRY OF THE FLOW:

in conversation with the Taiwanese artist Yahon Chang, whose Chinese ink paintings fuse ancient traditions with contemporary techniques

AGAINST IMMERSION:

on the New York Film Festival’s VR documentary program and the awkward state of this nascent form. By Jackson Arn

INDECENT EXPOSURE:

the irreverent filmmaker and provocateur John Waters receives his first retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art

FIRAASBEATS:

the latest instalment in the TANK mix series comes courtesy of the producer Firaasbeats

DETROIT IN LONDON:

ahead of their rare joint appearance at London’s Printworks, Alex Solo selects some deep cuts from Detroit’s finest, Theo Parrish, Omar-S, Marcellus Pittman and Moodymann

AENIKKAENG:

Michael Vince Kim’s photographs reimagine a forgotten history of indentured servitude in Mexico and Cuba

THE BLACK IMAGE CORPORATION:

Fondazione Prada celebrates the legacy of Johnson Publishing Company, whose titles provided a cornerstone for African American identity

DUSTY PINK:

go backstage at a 70s Pink Floyd concert in this extract from the first English translation of Jean-Jacques Schuhl’s cult novel

THE MEDIUM IS A MESS:

TANK speaks with Jason Fulford, the American photographer who documented the Reggio Approach, a unique educational philosophy practised in Italy

IN BLOOM:

French photographer Jean-Vincent Simonet’s latest series is an intoxicating visual love letter to Japan’s city streets

MERCA BAE INTERVIEW AND MIX:

our latest mix comes from the Spanish producer and DJ Merca Bae

IN THE COMPANY OF:

a new exhibition at TJ Boulting gallery places female voices of the past in dialogue with those of the present

IN CONVERSATION WITH R.O. KWON:

the author discusses her debut novel ‘The Incendiaries’, faith and the writing process

SUGAR DADDY CAPITALISM:

in an extract from his forthcoming book, Peter Fleming asks whether Sugar Daddy websites encourage prostitution without protection

NERVOUS STATES:

read an extract from William Davies’s latest book, which investigates the contemporary need to define ourselves by our feelings

DISPLACED DIASPORA:

a star of London’s resurgent jazz scene, Moses Boyd’s debut album is stylish and tenacious

THE WORLD TRANSFORMED:

TANK visits the alternative festival to the Labour Party conference, home of the left’s radical conscience

OBLIQUE:

Eva Stenram dissects images from 1960s sports magazines with anatomical precision in her latest exhibition at Berlin’s Galerie aKonzept

PERIPHERAL VISION:

Fashion from the outskirts. Photography by Bloom Paris

WILLIAM DAVIES:

before we welcome William Davies to our latest Book Talk on October 18th, here is an essential reading list featuring some of his major books, alongside interviews, talks and more

CHELSEA MANNING:

the whistleblower, technologist and LGBTQ+ activist makes her first public appearance in the UK

SHIRIN ALIABADI (1973 – 2018):

TANK is saddened to learn of the death of Shirin Aliabadi, the artist who captured the rebellious dual identities of Iran’s women

READ MY LIPS:

a new exhibition at Auto Italia marks the first UK exhibition of the works of Gran Fury, the art collective who changed the face of queer activism

IN CONVERSATION WITH PATRICK DEWITT:

the Man-Booker shortlisted author discusses his latest novel ‘French Exit’, which offers a surreal take on the comedy of manners

SPORTMAX:

clean lines sharp edges. Photography by Paolo Barbi, styling by Luca Balzarini and Andrea Volonté

ON THE MOVE:

photos from DIESEL WORM, a mobile exhibition held in three limousines at Roskilde Festival, are a breezy collection of freedom, posing and fun

SLOW FASHION TO SAVE MINDS:

the artist and founder of The Laundry Georgina Johnson’s latest venture draws together fashion, sustainability and mental health

THE SEVEN WORKS OF MERCY:

a closer look at Carravagio’s iconic work that inspired Hellen van Meene’s baroque reimagining of Gucci in the Epoch issue

BROTHERS AND OTHERS:

Alexander Coggin’s alternative holiday photographs capture the smaller dramas of the everyday

USER2222:

our latest TANK mix comes from a producer whose raw edits, which can disappear from Soundcloud at any moment, are outlandish and beautiful

FEMALE HUMAN ANIMAL:

Josh Appignanesi’s “social surrealist” film follows the novelist Chloe Aridjis through the real-life contemporary art world

ECZEMA!:

a performance and EP by Maria Fusco examines the skin condition, offering insight into irritation

ARADA:

the director Mu Tunç discusses his debut feature ‘Arada’ set in Istanbul’s 90s punk scene

IN CONVERSATION WITH CRAIG COHON:

we meet the chairman of Worn Again, the technology company whose pioneering recycling process looks to reshape the entire textile industry

YOUNG PAINT:

the acclaimed producer Actress discusses his forthcoming release, an album co-authored by an AI learning programme

THE BALLAD OF ST JEROME:

the artist Jesse Darling revisits canonical Christian lore at Tate Britain

GYROVAGI TRAJECTORY:

nomadic monks and the natural world inspire the photographer Constantin Schlachter’s introspective series

WORK EXPERIENCE:

our latest fashion editorial is an ode to the intern. Photography by Sophie Tajan, styling by Gemma Bedini

SAFE AND SOUND:

Bang & Olufsen and Michael Anastassiades present ‘1/6000’, an interactive sound installation in an abandoned bank for London Design Festival

PALENCE INTERVIEW AND MIX:

the latest TANK mix comes from Palence whose melancholic productions draw from slowcore, IDM and hip hop

TANK TURNS 20:

the Autumn Epoch issue is out now!

ALONE AT THE PARTY:

Natalia Poniatowska’s unconventional event photography captures the forgotten fringes of celebrations

LYNNE TILLMAN:

before we welcome Lynne Tillman to our latest Book Talk on October 1st, here is an essential reading list featuring some of her major books, alongside interviews, talks and more

OUT OF CHARACTER:

part of London Design Festival, the new exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum vibrantly updates a 19th-century eccentricity

BORDERLESS FICTIONS:

the independent publishing house Charco Press brings Latin America’s contemporary literary talent to English-language audiences

PLAYING THE FIELD:

town meets country through traditional tweeds and checks in our latest autumn/winter editorial

VIOLENT CERAMICS:

the artist Paloma Proudfoot’s autopsy-inspired show ‘The Detachable Head Serves as a Cup’ gives form to the macabre

CHIMERA:

Jean Baudrillard’s photography cuts through layers, veils and façades to reveal a preoccupation with illusory surfaces. From the Gossip Issue

MUTE MATTER:

LA-based photographer Sergiy Barchuk strips away visual noise to create harmonious still lifes

THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION:

an introduction to this year’s shortlist featuring Vahni Capildeo, Toby Martinez de las Rivas, J.O. Morgan, Danez Smith and Tracy K. Smith

COLOUR BLOCK:

visceral tones contend with heat of late summer in this still life from Barcelona. Photography by Javi Dardo, styling by Eva Bernal

MY PLACE:

the artist Dina Oganova’s series of photographs ‘My Place’ takes an intimate look at Georgia’s first post-Soviet generation

HELIOTROPE:

Viviane Sassen’s childhood memories of Africa inspire images of surreal beauty in ‘Heliotrope’, published by TBW Books

THE DARK INTERVAL:

Read one of the newly translated letters of bereavement sent by Rainer Maria Rilke. Wise and humane, each of his correspondences offer a profound consolation

TANK & MONTBLANC FASHION WRITING PRIZE 2018:

An opportunity to discover the next generation of fashion writers! Open to writers around the world aged 25 years old and under

DIRECTIONS:

“The doctors would suck all his blood out of his body, boil it or something, and then inject it back in.” Exclusive flash fiction by Yuri Herrera

TWO POEMS:

read two poems by the award-winning Vahni Capildeo from her latest collection Venus as Bear, which is shortlisted for the 2018 Forward Prize for Best Collection

HOT PROPERTY:

struggling to find an affordable home? Find a perfect house and outfit to match in this fashion video from the Gossip Issue

MOMMY:

the artist Maggie Lee’s feature length documentary describes her experience of her mother’s death with unflinching candour

THE MOST RADICAL GESTURE:

with the arrival of Alessandro Michele in 2015, Gucci experienced a profound détournement. With a painterly eye, Hellen van Meene envisioned a new future for the house. From TANK's Realism Issue

HISTORY OF VIOLENCE:

In his second autobiographical novel, Éduoard Louis tackles the trauma of rape with a raw and complex honesty

GETTING READY FOR THE PARTY:

“At 49, her husband, still handsome and lanky and devilish, was, indeed, going bald.” Flash fiction from Ottessa Moshfegh

BEIRUT & SOMETIMES ELSEWHERE:

images from an ongoing visual narrative about the photographer and artist Tanya Traboulsi’s travels and encounters

MACHINE LEARNING PICTIONARY:

a fun browser game from Cris Valenzuela uses AI technology to playful and poetic effect

SEVERIN GLANCE:

the London-based DJ and producer provides a heady, exclusive TANK mix for carnival weekend

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE:

Play along with a “spot the difference” zine from the idiosyncratic Hato Press, made in collaboration with the Japanese artist Himaa

ICE FISHERS:

Aleksey Kondratyev’s photos of Kazakh fishermen uncover a sublime beauty in practices of survival

COLUMBUS:

Kogonada’s directorial debut is a poignant meditation on architecture and intimacy. Ahead of its UK release, watch an exclusive new trailer for the film

YOU’RE MY FAVOURITE WORK OF ART:

Colour and form define this shoot set in David Hockney’s first London apartment. From the Realism Issue

MULATU ASTATKE:

a reissue of the great Ethio-jazz musician’s debut album is a reminder of the value of collaboration

ITALIAN HOLIDAYS:

Claude Nori’s vibrant, sun-soaked photos capture the careless freedom of Italian summers of the 1980s

TAKAMBA WHATSAPP 2018:

This week’s listening? A WhatsApp recording direct from Timbouctou, released by Sahel Sounds, a label that distributes music from the Sahel region of Mauritania, Mali, and Niger

SEABIRD:

the American photographer Bobby Doherty captures fleeting moments and pairs the mundane with the sublime in his debut book

ALGIERS, THIRD WORLD CAPITAL:

Elaine Mokhtefi’s memoir recounts life in Algeria of the 1960s, home to a cast of artists and exiles thronging to the frontline of the fight for African independence

HEAVENLY BODIES:

a return to Palais Bulles, scene of one of Raf Simons’ final collections for Dior, alongside memories of his tenure from industry experts and beyond

THE ARCHITECTURE OF APARTHEID:

the late photographer David Goldblatt takes viewers on a tour of Johannesburg, uncovering how the “aggressive materialism” of its architecture shows the legacy of apartheid

TELFAR x FAKA:

the New York-based label brings its off-beat vision to London’s Serpentine Gallery with a mesmeric performance and preview for their Spring/Summer 2019 collection

THE LAST HURRAH:

the photographer Dafydd Jones captures the hedonistic hunt balls, debutante dances and wedding parties of Thatcher’s Britain

CRUEL PRACTICE:

south London lyricist and DJ Shygirl’s debut EP, released by Nuxxe, is a dizzying display of feminine aggression

GLEANING TRUTHS:

a long overdue retrospective of the films of Agnès Varda, the great matriarch of French cinema, is taking place across the UK through August and September

IN CONVERSATION WITH MARK FORD:

the poet discusses his autobiographical turn, growing up across the world, being drugged on a train to Madrid, meeting Allen Ginsberg and more

SURGE:

“Mountains are languages and languages are mountains” – the latest book by 93-year-old Etel Adnan is a radical and tender set of aphorisms for an unknown future

HIDENORI KUMAKIRI:

TANK talks to the Japanese designer behind Beautiful People, the brand bringing a unique conceptual sense of play to womenswear

SUPER SET MASTER:

an interview with the late, great Michael Howells, the celebrated production designer who worked at the cutting edge of fashion, theatre and film for over 30 years

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