"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.
ELASTEMGZN 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.
Covid-19 x Valérie Belin
‘In light of the present crisis, I think back to this photograph. It is emblematic of the technological obsolescence of the yesterday world, but which paradoxically seems to foreshadow the future, in the form of a confined world populated...
David Bowie, Brian Eno and Tony Visconti record ‘Warszawa’
“I do not do heels, and the climate ain’t right.”
Billy Nomates has announced details of a new EP, ‘Emergency Telephone’, and shared the first track from it – ‘Heels’. The release follows the Bristol and Bournemouth-based artist’s self-titled debut album, which was put out last year. The...
The History of The World
Happy Birth David Bowie!
Abuse of Power Comes as no Surprise
Jenny Holzer (b. Gallipolis, Ohio, 1950) was 25 years old when she began compiling her “Truisms,” more than 250 cryptic maxims, terse commands and shrewd observations. Culled from world literature and philosophy, some of the...
COPY, COPY. EVERYTHING’S A COPY.
"Formed in 1976 and comprised of guitarist/vocalist Toshio Nakanishi, vocalist Chica Sato, guitarist Hajime Tachibana, keyboard player Masahide Sakuma, and programmer Takemi Shima, the Plastics...
Rina Sawayama, Philosophical and Glittery Cute
Through Rina Sawayama's alternative take on East Asian beauty standards and philosophical, "glittery cute" R&B sound, the Niigata-born, London-bred musician and model has carved a path of her own with few precedents to look up to....
Resisting Reductivism and Breaking the Bubble. Why Barbara Kruger is More Relevant Than Ever.
The artist’s compelling and predictive use of aphorisms has blurred the lines between political slogans, poetry and the language of advertising, offering a dark mirror for our meme-driven age. PERHAPS WE’VE ALL had it, the Barbara...
Dancing on the Berlin Wall
Universal Music Canada came to remind us of one of the most groundbreaking and edgy records from the ’80s. A deluxe expanded and remastered edition of seminal 1982 debut album ‘Cold War Night Life’ from Canadian new wave pioneers Rational...
Creative Protest
Hongkongers find creative ways to voice protest. From holding up blank sheets of paper to baking messages into mooncakes, people are devising new ways to protest amid repressive security law The day after police arrested media tycoon and...
Gareth Pugh’s Grand Reconstruction
The timing of Gareth Pugh’s comeback is as bold as his designs. Pugh observes in his press notes: “Naomi Klein speaks about the idea that seemingly impossible ideas become possible in times of crisis. Right now, there are no rules. There...
Afropunk ‘s Not Dead
The Stars of Afropunk Festival – In Pictures Since 2005, Afropunk has celebrated the music, fashion, and beatboxing of black artists – and seen the crowd swell to 70,000. Phil Knott talks us through who he’s photographed there. Comedian,...
Electronic at the Design Museum Review – A Sweaty Rave Paradise Lost
From squat synthesizers to a gyrating cube, a new exhibition dedicated to dance music culture poignantly brings the spirit of communal celebration to a museum One of the first items you see upon entering the Design Museum’s ambitious new...
All the Joy and Despair of Youth
The poetic Dublin post-punk band are back with a daring new album. In a field of their own ... Fontaines DC (from left) Tom Coll, Conor Deegan, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Curley, Grian Chatten. Photograph: Ellius Grace Do bands have a...
Ping Pong mit den Rolling Stones
Ping Pong mit den Rolling Stones„Ah, ein Konzert... Ach, die Stones... Okay, wir geh’n aber echt nur hin, wenn wir Pressekarten kriegen.“ – Als die Rolling Stones 1982 auf der Tour zum „Tattoo- You“ Album nach Hannover kommen, ist die...
Billy Nomates: “In a world of Yes Men, I’ll be a No Woman, thanks”
Few artists are more refreshingly direct than the Bristol and Bournemouth-based ‘no-waver’. ‘Deadpan yet biting’: Billy Nomates, AKA Tor Maries There is currently no shortage of post-punk acts with a line in confrontational Sprechgesang....
Dinner With Andy
The ELASTE squad had two icons who stood the test of time: Andy Warhol and David Bowie. The King of Pop Art, our biggest inspiration, and the most enormous influence in contemporary art were coming to visit the Hinterland. Thomas...