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The last days of St Agnes Place, London’s longest ever running squat

Off the grid — Photographer Janine Wiedel spent four years documenting the people of the Kennington squat, who for decades made a forgotten row of terraced houses a home.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Culture

Artifaxing: “We’ve become so addicted to these supercomputers in our hands”

Framing the future — Predominantly publishing on Instagram and X, the account is one of social media’s most prominent archiving pages. We caught up with the mysterious figure behind it to chat about the internet’s past, present and future, finding inspiration and art in the age of AI.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Sport

Capturing the spirit of the ’90s surf scene with Volcom

Nineteen 90 Nowhere — The brand’s latest Featured Artist Series collection sees them tap three surfers and artists in Gony Zubizarretta, Seth Conboy and Issam Auptel, whose neo-grunge work blends the rawness of the decade with the present.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Sport

The Women of the Sea Film Fund is granting £10k to tell femme-focused surfing stories

Finisterre x London Surf / Film Festival — Open exclusively to women to tell stories about other women, applications are open until March 8.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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Sport

New documentary explores football ultras culture around the world

ULTRAS — Directed by Swedish filmmaker Ragnhild Ekner, the film takes an insider’s view of the terrace subculture, and the unifying power of fandom.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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Culture

The strange suburban mundanity of San Fernando Valley’s porn industry

The Valley — Legendary photographer Larry Sultan grew up in the northern Los Angeles suburb, which also happened to be the 20th century epicentre of the country’s adult film industry. Spending days on set shooting life behind the scenes, his now-canon series blurred fantasy, desire and domesticity. 

Written by: Isaac Muk

Activism

Inside Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

Flare pollution — Wayan Barre began photographing life in the 85-mile petrochemical industry corridor after moving to New Orleans. He found defiant activists, health problems and impoverishment.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Activism

New documentary spotlights UK Right to Roam movement

OUR LAND — Directed by Orban Wallace, it asks questions about the meaning of land ownership, environmental protection and access to nature.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Culture

Uncovering the not-so-subtle queerness of Mexican rodeos

JARIPEO — A new experimental film by Rebecca Zweig and Efraín Mojica explores the looks, embraces and brushes of skin contact in which LGBTQ+ desire manifests at the traditionally hyper-masculine events.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Music

Analogue Appreciation: Murkage Dave

Brut Thoughts — In an ever more digital, online world, we ask our favourite artists about their most cherished pieces of physical culture. Today, alt-pop chronicler of modern life, Murkage Dave. 

Written by: Murkage Dave

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