II Magazine Issue#1, chapters.


II MAGAZINE ISSUE#1 - Unpublishing and Publishing

Editor-in-Chief Francesca Pionati
Co-Editor  Dalia Maini
Fashion Editor Michael Anyoke Musa
Creative Director Tommaso Arnaldi
Art Director and Graphic Designer Nicolò Pellarin
Digital Editor Francesca  Emilia Minà

Published by Paint It Black with the support of K-Way .
Presented at Artissima Fair 2024.






II Magazine is an biennual publication that explores paradoxes and methodologies within contemporary publishing.

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@paintitblack



Building on the foundation of Issue #0, II Magazine Issue#1— Unpublishing and Publishing seeks to unearth concealed, overlooked, and censored knowledge, questioning how the mainstream media side steps deeper power structures. II Magazine #1, released by Italian publisher Paint it Black, is both a partial archive of taboos and theories and a compass, guiding us through a world where information is hoarded, draining criticism of its transformative power.

What does the present obscure about our relationship with knowledge? How does our past shape what we know? The issue probes the tension of living through history while being aware of its partiality. It links the unseen to the human experience, delving into what has been pushed out of sight due to its confrontative or revealing nature.

Issue #1 highlights intellectual and material resistance, offering a rich tapestry of experiences that questions the limits of traditional publishing. Unsettling rather than comforting, opaque but inviting deeper connection, it asks us to reimagine our present bonds. The contributors counter systemic censorship, appropriation, and repression—the currencies of today’s political landscape—and shine a light on the revolutionary potential of visual culture, hacking, community, social science fiction, somatic trauma healing, and forensic investigation, showing how methods and practices as such can transcend resistance, becoming a sociogenic force.


ISSUE#1 CONTRIBUTORS
Prentis Hemphill
Francesca Pionati
Sean Vegezzi
Dalia Maini
Paul Sochacki
Sofia Albrigo
Cem A. aka @freeze_magazine
Greer Lankton
Trust
James Bantone
Captain Pro
Noura Tafeche
enrico floriddia
Airwars




II Magazine, contributions.
II Magazine Issue#1, cover.