032c - Issue #45

Welcome to the darkest 032c issue ever. Issue #45, entitled "The Opioid Crisis Lookbook," serves the servants and exalts filth and longevity. Edited by DASHA ZAHAROVA and DUSTIN CAUCHI, the dossier offers a historic and aesthetic study of America's drug epidemic. Artist Tobias Spichtig follows the editors through the streets of Berlin, capturing their journey. In a conversation with Cassidy George, the couple discusses their creative consulting for cults, sharing theories and literature by Antonin Artaud and Cookie Mueller.

Yet, there is also light. An otherworldly glow emanates from Petra Collins and Helena Tejedor’s shoot of ROSALÍA, complemented by nonfiction from Heather McCalden. Harmony Korine/EDGLRD features THE WEEKND motorcycling through a GTA-esque, computer-generated ghost world, while ABEL TESFAYE chats with his younger self via a custom-programmed ChatGPT, mediated by Ross Scarano. VARG²™ welcomes Shane Anderson into his world of wolves, and Raphael Bliss captures the Swedish producer in a nocturnal swamp setting. LUKA SABBAT shares with Claire Koron Elat why he has a guillotine at his dinner table, as Nicolas Wagner and Ras Bartram capture him in Paris. In the French capital, KATE UPTON slurps margaritas in bed with Sebastián Faena and Ras Bartram, who also visit a farm where LOLI BAHIA shows us what the world wants. Phillip Pyle explores the cavities of artist MIRE LEE’s ugliness, formlessness, and stupidity, while BRYAN JOHNSON reveals to Dagmar Von Taube and Sven Michaelsen how he aims to live forever with a regimen of approximately 100 pills a day. Hendrik Schneider and Tim Heyduck delve into the identity of chrome, JENS BALZER uncovers the necessity of cultural appropriation with Shane Anderson, and Max von Gumppenberg captures backstage shots at our first Paris runway show by MARIA KOCH.

Plus, the X-files introduce the 032c universe featuring the brutally honest band BAR ITALIA, Brutalist BLACKHAINE, Bling-bling-CEO BABYXSOSA, Spam Curator PAUL HAMELINE, Anxiety Critic ISABELLE GRAW, Wax Figurine Analyst ALLEN JONES, Moodboard Rejecter ROK HWANG, School Runaway SEAN DELEAR, and Streetwear Godfather JUN TAKAHASHI. The Berlin Review rounds out the issue with our favorite books of the season.

Explore the intersection of darkness and creativity in this compelling edition of 032c