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Shunga – Art and Testimony

Hokusai’s Erotic Woodblock Prints – Between Intimacy and Social Convention
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Two lovers in an intimate embrace in a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print by Hokusai, featuring vibrant kimonos and traditional hairstyles.

This book brings together a collection of erotic woodblock prints that have rarely been accessible in such a cohesive form. Hokusai's Shunga unfolds a world of intimacy, playfulness, and artisanal...

Commentary
Tunnel Vision

Why Europe prefers to hide its future rather than shape it
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Eingang eines Bahntunnels mit Strommast und Windkraftanlagen in ländlicher Umgebung unter bewölktem Himmel

Europe is building its future – but only underground. New railways disappear into tunnels, wind turbines are kept at a distance, and power lines are buried. What was once a visible symbol of progress...

Memory as scenery

Between Fashion and Reckoning: Kilian Kerner’s GDR Collection
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Kilian Kerner’s latest collection takes on the subject of forced adoptions in the GDR – staging historical memory as an aesthetic spectacle. But what does it truly leave behind?

INTERVIEW
Tia Liu – Traces of the Unseen

Photographer and filmmaker Tia Liu on unscripted moments, quiet presence, and soft resistance
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Young woman sitting at night on a terrace chair, eyes closed, cigarette in mouth

In ten answers, photographer and filmmaker Tia Liu speaks to HYPERMADE about emotional distance, quiet resistance, and the fragile intimacy of unscripted moments.

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