Olivier Zahm - A Founder & Editor, Purple Magazine

[Marnieg]

Purple is known for using a lot of interns and don't pay them.
and today they are best friend with Vogue and anybody important...
anyway the magazine is good to me much better than so many others...
they just should avoid a bit the 10 pages with the same photographers and same models because as a reader I get nauseous after 40 pages....

[BerlinRocks]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Well their mode of payment seems to be not to pay and I haven't looked at the actual mag in a long time but that's beside the point. While the content may not be to your liking right now I doubt the direction changed. As for Montana well I don't dislike hype clubs that much so...

theanyspacewhatever : I don't like relational art, I read about it sometimes but I didn't even go to see the expo.

note: I can't stand the photography of Richardson either and most party pics leave me comatose. That doesn't mean I can't recognize the cultural importance of some of these things.

about the anyspace ... I hadn't, too.
it seems the exhibition was REALLY a waste of time and money.
while it was supposed to be an 'historic' exhibition (about the 90s french art scene), there was nothing historic in this. and while it was, indeed, supposed to enlight about relationnal aesthetic, none of the artist worked together as they used to do from late 80s to mid 90s.
I really advice you to read one itw of Dominique Gonzalez Foerster published in Le Monde earlier this year (jan. 2009, an amazing itw) and the article written by Franck Gautherot in Frog.

but if you don't care .... well I would understand ...


though indeed my friend wasn't paid (which is a problem as they used a lot of stuff my friend did for them), i was talking about the "atmosphere" when you are not part of that clique (and don't really care about the fashion cliques).

I do, too, recognize "the cultural importance of those things". But sorry the newest issues have nothing interesting in them.
apart some itw.

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by BerlinRocks

about the anyspace ... I hadn't, too.
it seems the exhibition was REALLY a waste of time and money.
while it was supposed to be an 'historic' exhibition (about the 90s french art scene), there was nothing historic in this. and while it was, indeed, supposed to enlight about relationnal aesthetic, none of the artist worked together as they used to do from late 80s to mid 90s.
I really advice you to read one itw of Dominique Gonzalez Foerster published in Le Monde earlier this year (jan. 2009, an amazing itw) and the article written by Franck Gautherot in Frog.

but if you don't care .... well I would understand ...


though indeed my friend wasn't paid (which is a problem as they used a lot of stuff my friend did for them), i was talking about the "atmosphere" when you are not part of that clique (and don't really care about the fashion cliques).

I do, too, recognize "the cultural importance of those things". But sorry the newest issues have nothing interesting in them.
apart some itw.

Relational art: I've read Bourriaud's seminal book and the reviews in Artforum and Artreview and before that Deleuze caméra-image. I've also seen some expos throughout the 90s and 00s, aside from a few exceptions (Cattelan the trickster) I just don't like the work. I'll check out the articles you suggested, I only read Le Monde sporadically so I probably missed it.

Purple: Interns and not paying is on par w. the course in fashion, blaming Purple on this would be absurd, it's how the system works.

Cliques: yeah, it's a cliquish world. Some people just write articles and don't care about the socialization aspect (i.e. fashion parties). More power to them as the parties get repetitive.

I'll pick up a few recent issues and get back to you on what the mag has become.

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by Marnieg

Purple is known for using a lot of interns and don't pay them.
and today they are best friend with Vogue and anybody important...
anyway the magazine is good to me much better than so many others...
they just should avoid a bit the 10 pages with the same photographers and same models because as a reader I get nauseous after 40 pages....

When I said the mag gave the finger to Vogue I meant that their anti-fashion aesthetic was in complete opposition and even a reaction to the glossy glamour of Vogue. This isn't about relationships but philosophy.