“EIN JAHR (ES GEHT VORAN).”
Not as a revival act. Not as an archive sealed in glass. But as a living magazine—once born in club nights, Cold War Germany, oversized layouts and restless curiosity, now returning with the same appetite for culture in flux.
This is where fashion meets theory, where images argue with politics, where style is treated as a system rather than a surface. Where new work sits next to old instincts. Where rebellion has aged into something sharper.
ELASTE MGZN is not interested in trend reports. It prefers aftershocks.
Essays, visual archives, manifestos, forgotten futures, and contemporary signals—all running in parallel. Past and present in conversation. No nostalgia. No obedience.
FASHION IN DISTRESS
On Incentives, Absorption, and the Quiet Loss of Meaning A Calm That Doesn’t Convince There is no collapse to report. The shows are on time. The lights are bright. The rooms are full. Images move faster than ever, slipping from runway to screen to memory without…
Money Killed Fashion. Then Bought the Met Gala.
Luxury didn’t collapse. It didn’t decay. It didn’t betray itself.Luxury simply followed the money and then quietly locked the door behind it. For years, fashion told itself this was progress. Higher prices meant higher meaning. Exclusivity meant excellence. If fewer…
The Video Japan Never Made—and Couldn’t Have
This video feels less like a remix and more like a return. A loop quietly closing. When Nightporter first appeared, it belonged to a different production universe entirely. ELASTE was made with scissors, glue, Letraset, typewriters, darkrooms, nerves. No computers. No…
“Fantastic Voyage” serves as Bowie’s Poignant Testament. an Impassioned Proclamation of Humanism.
It’s a very modern worldBut nobody’s perfectIt’s a moving worldBut that’s no reasonTo shoot some of those missilesThink of us as fatherless scumIt won’t be forgotten‘Cause we’ll never say anything nice againWill we?And the…
From Duchamp to Demna
When a urinal became art and a hoodie became luxury, something truly magical happened — context started printing money. Luxury Readymade: When Context Costs £1,590 Once upon a time, Marcel Duchamp bought a urinal, signed it R. Mutt,…
Post, Punk, Pop and Postmodernism: The Trendsetting 80s
Iggy Pop: An Age-Defying Force of Nature, Still Rocking the Stage
Iggy Pop has been a constant presence since his early days. I vividly remember attending his live performances in the 1980s, and each time, my excitement was through the roof. His collaborations with David Bowie, notably the groundbreaking albums “The…
Pepsi, Pop, and Paradox: The ’80s Bowie-Turner Collaboration
Back to the ’80s: a haze of neon lights, big hair, shoulder pads, and a seemingly endless supply of enthusiasm for all things audacious. This era gave us the goofy Pepsi commercial featuring David Bowie and Tina Turner. Decades later, the ad feels like a time…
Photography Is Dead
Wim Wenders, the iPhone, and the Tragic Demise of an Art Form Smartphones have accomplished what centuries of technical advancements couldn’t: they’ve killed photography. Yes, you heard it right. The art of capturing moments, emotions, and stories through…
Sleaford Mods: ‘The UK is like a crazy golf course’
“A lot of these politicians, they’re not evil. They’re just very detached,” says Jason Williamson, singer and lyricist of the Sleaford Mods. “I’d like to say it’s not just bounteous privilege, but it is. People like Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, they’re incredibly…
Watermelon Sugar
When Pop Culture Icons Met: Andy Warhol and Tina Turner’s Unforgettable Encounter In the late 1970s and early 1980s, New York City was a boiling pot of emerging talent, cutting-edge artistry, and vibrant social scenes. This era saw a blurring of the lines between art,…
Shame – “Food For Worms” Review: Londoners Expand their Horizons
A Sonic Exploration of Friendship and Evolution A high-energy punk offering with incisive lyrics, dynamic performances, and skillful production. ‘Food For Worms,’ Shame’s third record, starts steadily before plunging into keen commentary:…
Depeche Mode on Death, Rebirth and Defying the Odds
Most Bands are still around, but only a few are still relevant and contemporary. Depeche Mode is one of them. In the beginning Eighties Hanover was a great space to listen to live music. In Klaus Ritgen’s “Rotation” and the infamous “Ballroom…
David Byrne and Miley Cyrus Dance Their Way Into 2023
This New Year’s Eve performance of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”, was a fitting tribute to the late David Bowie and the pulsating energy of 80s New York. Cyrus and Byrne’s collaboration was a beautiful homage to the spirit of artistic…
It was always a good night to go to CBGB.
Spray Nation
Spray Nation shares unseen photos of New York’s pioneering graffiti artists Women on Train, 1981. All photographs © Martha Cooper, from Spray Nation: 1980s NYC Graffiti Photographs by Martha Cooper, Edited by Roger Gastman © Prestel Verlag, Munich · London · New…