Extra Extra Magazine Nº16 out now

“The intimate is everywhere: you bring it everywhere and it circulates everywhere. It registers as intensities of attachment and recognition, inferred and explicit, that pass across people, groups and movements...” —Lauren Berlant

Issue no. 16 of Extra Extra Magazine is now out in the world. The magazine, fully devoted to urban erotic encounters, features long-read interviews, commissioned essays, and stunning art and photography to carry you away in 208 sparkling pages. The volume, always starting with a series of erotic short stories, unites a good 30 creative makers and artists—who we consider some of the most challenging voices of today—each expressing their daring and endearing perspectives on how we live together.

This spring/summer issue envelops a collection of interviews and essays on the subject of intimacy. Hans Demeyer speaks with academic and thinker Lauren Berlant, who draws on affect to detail the way people get attached to concepts in the way they get attached to lovers. Fatoş Üstek interviews artist Marianna Simnett on constructing realities where words are deeds and power is in the eye of the beholder. In the feature Tentacular Thinking, academic Patricia Pisters explores liberty and lust in contemporary film.

Also featuring:
Art critic Emmanuel Iduma contributes an essay on how desire holds a plea. James Taylor-Foster describes the attachment one feels to an earring, discovered between the folds of the sheets after a night of touching, tumbling and fumbling. And Seb Emina, in the new feature Attractions, reminisces on drinking the holy water from the spring of Saint Athanasius. Giulia Gregnanin leads a tour through the alleys of Milano. Natasha Hoare speaks to author Lisa Taddeo about becoming a witness to passion. Kevin Breathnach shares sent and unsent letters to lovers. And Nicolas Rapold speaks with filmmaker Jessica Hausner on tension and transcendence. A recurring feature is the “Extra Reading,” as we believe that recommending books is an inherently sexual act. This issue, it’s all on sci-fi. Also, there is a special, one-of-a-kind 16-page fun contribution by Bertjan Pot.

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