SOME/THINGS HAS THREE BRANCHES: TWICE YEARLY BOOK-LIKE MAGAZINE, PUBLISHING HOUSE PRODUCING LIMITED EDITION OBJECTS & ART/DESIGN CONSULTING AGENCY

OUR AIM IS TO CREATE NOT JUST ANOTHER MERCHANDISE, BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO BEYOND IT - SOMETHING WITH A STORY, SOMETHING PERSONAL, SOMETHING UNIQUE - BOTH FOR THE EDITIONS & MAGAZINE ARTISTS PARTICIPATE IN CONCEIVING NOT ONLY THE IDEA BUT ALSO THE FORMAL ELABORATION OF THE OBJECTS/ARTICLES & IN THE CASE OF THE AGENCY THE SOLUTIONS WE TRY TO FIND FOR FASHION BRANDS, GALLERIES, PUBLISHERS ETC ALWAYS MARRY ART, FASHION & DESIGN IN A WAY THAT THE THREE PARTS WOULD COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER MAKING THE FINAL PRODUCT MORE ATTRACTIVE, COMPLEX, RELEVANT, TIMELESS OUR SIGNATURE MARK IS PRECISELY THIS TIGHT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONTENT & AESTHETICS, EXQUISITE & AUSTERE AT THE SAME TIME, BEAUTIFUL YET THOUGHT PROVOKING

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE PUBLICATION RESEMBLES A BOOK THAN A MAGAZINE (250 PAGES, HIGH QUALITY PRINT, THICK PAPER, NO PUBLICITY, EMBOSSED HARDCOVER ETC)

ISSUE ONE / SHEDDING SNATCHES OF SONG LIKE PETALS PRINTED EDITION WILL BE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN PARIS IN SEPTEMBER 2009

TOGETHER WITH THE PRINTED EDITION WE DECIDED TO KEEP THE ONLINE VERSION AS IT IS SOMETHING MORE FLEXIBLE & INTERACTIVE (TO HAVE THE FEEDBACK OF THE READERS & REACH WIDER AUDIENCE) WHILE WE ARE PREPARING THE UPCOMING ISSUES, HOWEVER, THE PRINTED VERSION WILL HAVE ARTICLES MORE DETAILED & IMAGES ON PAPER ARE ALWAYS MORE PRECIOUS THAN THE ONES ON THE SCREEN; ALSO, NOT ALL OF THE ARTICLES IN THE ONLINE VERSION ARE MAKING IT INTO A PRINTED ONE

WE DONT WANT SOME/THINGS, BOTH MAGAZINE & LIMITED EDITIONS, TO FOLLOW THE TRENDS, WE TRY TO MAKE IT BE SOMETHING PERSONAL & TIMELESS, WHAT ONE COULD BELIEVE IN, SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT BECOME OUTDATED IN 6MONTHS, SOMETHING TO REOPEN & REDISCOVER YEAR AFTER YEAR

MOST OF THE COLLABORATIONS ARE NOT JUST ONE-TIME ESSAYS & WHAT WE FIND MOST INTERESTING IS WORKING WITH ARTISTS WE CHOSE IN CONTINUITY, TO DISCOVER OURSELVES & MAKE THE PUBLIC DISCOVER DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE WORK INSTEAD OF JUST MAKING SHOT RESUMES

WE FIND IT MOST EXCITING & ENRICHING TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT STUCK WITHIN DOMAIN OF ART, BUT WHO ENGAGE WITH REALITY, WE WANT TO SHOW IMAGES THAT SPEAK & STORIES THAT CREATE RELATIONS, WE WANT DEFEND WORKS THAT MATTER EVEN AS THE WORLD AS WE KNEW IT IS TUMBLING DOWN

WHAT INTERESTS US IS UNCOMMON BEAUTY, SHADES OF BLACK, WORKS OF SHADOWS & WORKS OF LIGHT, UNIQUE EXPRESSIONS, COMPLEXITY OF HUMAN EMOTION, MULTI-FACETED IMAGERY, DEPTH, DISCRETION, COMMUNICATION, DISAPPEARANCE, TRACES, SCARS, VIOLENCE, DESIRE, &, MOST OF ALL, THE NEED TO SEE WORLD BEYOND ONE’S OWN

WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MEDIUMS AS SUCH, BUT ONLY AS A MEANS FOR ARTISTS TO EXPRESS THEIR VISION, INSTEAD OF CONFINING OUR ARTICLES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF ART/FASHION/MUSIC/LITERATURE/FILM/ CONTEMPORARY DANCE WE WANT TO SHOW THE UNIVERSE OF THE ARTISTS WE WRITE ABOUT, CAUSE AFTER ALL, IN THE ESSENCE OF ALL THE THE WORK WE BELIEVE IN IS THE EXPERIENCE OF LIFE, NOT ITS THEORY

IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE ONE YOU WILL FIND ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS/COLLABORATIONS WITH ROGER BALLEN, ZHANG HUAN, ANTONY HEGARTY, MICHELE LAMY / RICK OWENS, HAIDER ACKERMANN, MONA HATOUM, ROBERT MONTGOMERY, MELIK OHANIAN, ANTOINE D’AGATA, MICHELE LAMY, DOUGLAS WHITE, AURELIA THIERREE CHAPLIN, DAMIR DOMA, ANDI WATSON, BORIS BIDJAN SABERI, MAX RICHTER, NICOLAS ANDREAS TARALIS, ZHU MING, ASA MADER / ANNA MOUGLALIS, JH ENGSTROM, SENJAN JANSEN, LINA SCHEYNIUS, RAN SLAVIN, MARIE BOVO, QIU, ADELINE BESSE, EDOAURD BEAU, RAZ OHARA, DEREK JARMAN, MASHA YAKOVENKO, ANTOINE DE BEAUPRE / LIBRAIRIE213, CARLO ZOLLO / L’ECLAIREUR, FLORIAN GERBAUD & MORE

IN FUTURE WE HOPE TO HAVE ARTICLES ON (&/ COLLABORATE) WITH JAMES THIERREE, BELA TARR, CRAIGIE HORSFIELD, SOPHIE RISTELHUEBER, HUANG YONG PING, SANKAI JUKU, THOM YORKE, JONNY GREENWOOD, COLIN GREENWOOD, TILDA SWINTON, PINA BAUSCH, YOHJI YAMAMOTO, TACITA DEAN, PJ HARVEY, REI KAWAKUBO / COMME DES GARCONS, MARIE CHOUINARD, ANN DEMEULEMEESTER, STEVE MCQUEEN, AI WEIWEI, NACHO DUATO, JUNYA WATANABE, YUKATA TAKANASHI, THEO ANGELOPOULOS, SARUNAS BARTAS

SOME/THINGS PROJECT IS DEVELOPED BY JAMES CHENG TAN & MONIKA BIELSKYTE WE ARE BASED IN PARIS, LE MARAIS, RUE CHARLOT

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