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Climate change and its plethora of effects - wildfires, pandemics, supply chain collapse, etc. - has highlighted the vulnerabilities in our complex and globalized world. We need radical actions to disrupt and dismantle through creative solutioning and dynamic approaches.

 

This issue features thought-provoking interviews with agencies and artists exploring new ways of working, articles from creatives challenging the status quo, and a series of collaborative diptychs that combine unique visuals from cross-disciplinary artists.

 

Our articles cover a spectrum of topics and disciplines, from the taboo to the banal. We (re)consider the Furry archetype as a means of reconnecting with nature. We look at alternative pedagogical structures to produce customizable learning models for hybrid specializations. We speculate on how digital architecture has been utilized as a means of imprisoning society through an individualized and hyper-curated barrage of content.

 

Interviews + Articles:

 

Evil by Architecture from Ex Figura

 

Three Illusions from Grayson Bailey

 

NFT: The Aesthetics of Numbers from Marie Molins

 

Radical Banality from Jan Gerits

 

Furry: Post-Farm Culture Hero from K Matsunami

 

...and interviews with OCDI, Pietro Agostini, and Hansel Grotesque

 

Featured Artists:

 

More than 70 photographers, filmmakers, and artists from around the world

 

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NOIA – the Italian word for boredom – is an independent magazine born from a creative reaction to lockdown and isolation. Rooted in collaborations between artists, designers, photographers, writers, and other creatives, NOIA sources a diverse range of expressions and perspectives to create visual responses toward contemporary critical issues. This issue features thought-provoking interviews with agencies and artists exploring new ways of working, articles from creatives challenging the status quo, and a series of collaborative diptychs that combine unique visuals from cross-disciplinary artists.