Presenting Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES—The Environmental Issue
Foam is proud to present the latest edition of Foam Magazine: EXTREMES—The Environmental Issue, which looks at the human relationship with the environment from two opposing, yet connected, perspectives: abundance and scarcity.
The presentation includes videos narrated by Foam Magazine managing editor Katy Hundertmark, who offers insights into selected portfolios and essays from both extremes.
About part I: Abundance
A concept usually associated with fulfilment, satisfaction, safety, and success, carrying within the promise of answering all our heart’s desires and providing for all earthly needs. It’s the epistemological land of milk and honey, where everything flows and continuously gets renewed, replenished, and updated. A utopia if you like, where dreams come true, and humans live in coexistence with nature.
–Quote from On Transience by Katy Hundertmark.
The videos featured in this presentation include portfolios from former Foam Talent Aàdesokan and Natacha de Mahieu, as well as an essay by Gem Fletcher.
About part II: Scarcity
Scarcity stands for emptiness, unproductiveness, or a shortage of resources and fertility. It is often used to describe landscapes that lack vegetation, growth, or abundance. Such a barren place is neither habitable nor able to host or nurture growth. I imagine a moon-like surface where every ounce of dust lies heavy and thick, maybe adorned with traces of life from a time gone by.
–Quote from On Transience by Katy Hundertmark.
The videos featured in this presentation include portfolios from Maria Fusco and Solmaz Daryani, as well as an essay by Wanda Nanibush.
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Not able to visit Foam? Dive deeper into the content of Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES—The Environmental Issue, learn more about the cover selection process and watch the videos online in this curated theme.
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Art and environment in
the Anthropocene
18 Nov at 18.00 hrs
Join us for a special night on Saturday 18 November connecting art and nature through music as we dig deeper into the current exhibition How to Love a Tree: Wild Encounters by Hira Nabi and the latest issue of Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES—The Environmental Issue. The talk is followed by a concert in which we invite the audience to meditate on our relationship with nature.
Foam Magazine has been awarded several prizes for both its high-grade graphic design and the quality of its content. Most recently, Foam Magazine was awarded Photography Magazine of the Year at the Lucie Awards 2017 and 2019.
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Foam is supported by the VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the VandenEnde Foundation and the Gemeente Amsterdam.
Presenting Foam Magazine #64: EXTREMES—The Environmental Issue