Stuck Magazine Issue 002 – all that is new is well-forgotten old

Form follows function: this issue includes: 
- interviews, portraits, articles, analyses 
- non-commercial ad features 
- pack of adhesive artist stickers 
- official poster 
- foldout pages 
- discount coupon inlet

We are taking an artistically curatorial approach to nostalgia. We explore the extent to which looking to the past can serve as a source of inspiration and influence our creative processes. Represented by the entire spectrum of artistic forms of expression, we will illuminate the topic from different, even cross-cultural perspectives.

While interviewing, researching, and compiling this issue, we were able to learn a lot about the topic, which we would now like to share with you. Among others, Tomohiro Kono, hair and wig artist from Japan, video game hacker and inventor of Plaguemon (spin-off of Pokémon), Tim Jacobus, cover illustrator of the well-known GooseBumps book series, come together in the issue. In the spirit of the title "all that is new is well-forgotten old", we are looking forward to gaining a new understanding of nostalgia, exploring artistic approaches and ways of dealing with it and ultimately developing the very personal effect of the feeling.

FEATURED ARTISTS 
Simone Nicola Filippo, Plague Labs, Seong Jin Jeong, Tomihiro Kono, Sanfita666, Oliwa, Tim Jacobus, Spaceheadtr, Haram, SCR4P3R x Xe, Zephyr Christakos-Gee, Marco Cesari

CONTRIBUTORS 
Jacopo Borrini, Marius Thielmann, Rebecca Took, Miriam Partington, Julieta Colantonio. Niels Noot, Johanne Björklund Larsen, Sabrina Roman, Nya Furber

Stuck Magazine works to uncover methods of survival and success from the artists themselves, in times of rigidness and in times of growth. We at Stuck research and learn from these artists, compiling stories and inspirations for our readers. You might identify with the artists we cover or draw motivation from our energy and ethos.
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We hope you are prompted to recognise and have faith in your own systems of creating and moving through blockages. We follow an unconventional path and we encourage you to travel with us, visit various subcultures that give life, and explore new realities through our pages. We aren't a guide book but a friend that helps you discover secret places. Our vision is to create a community that will inspire us all to pursue culture.