TANK MAGAZINE | The Party Issue, Autumn 2017 | Issue 72 | BUY THIS ISSUE
front
features
- PARTY ANIMAL: an education in individual expression and the importance of solidarity. By Justin E.H. Smith
- ZONKED: not unlike the famous encounter between Red Riding Hood and that poor wolf. A script by Charlie Fox
- LET'S GO TO PARIS: parties have come to represent reactionary decadence and a drift towards societal breakdown. By A.S. Hamrah
- PARTYNESS: hierarchy, violence, anarchy. Parties feed on the conflict produced by their own inner divisiveness. By Alistair Ian Blyth
- YOU CAN'T MURDER LIBERATION: Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power at Tate Modern recentres the American canon. By Christabel Stewart
- THE STARS IN YOUR STARS: on the Upper East Side, astrology and times of crisis. By Emily Segal
- ROSE-TINTED: Girl bosses and boss exploitation, the Wing’s faulty feminism. By Lili Owen Rowlands
- SICK OF HAVING FUN: the party can be an unexpected site of terror and unease. Is escaping its horror the ultimate party trick? By Philippa Snow
- THE IDEOLOGY OF THE NEW PARADIGM: as political parties collapse, Traditionalist philosophy is on the rise. Mark Sedgwick assesses the political topography of our strange new days
- KNOW DRUGS PLEASE: two works from the LSD Library. By Carl Williams
- LEGENDARY PARTIES: from Obama to Nero to Michael Alig, a journey through the greatest, wildest and strangest parties in history. By George Steer and Rory Bibb
- HIGH TIME: is the era of the flat shoe finally coming to an end? Tamsin Blanchard investigates the return of the party heel. Photography by Paolo Barbi
fashion
- CREATION EQUALS NEW: youthful energy in surprising, subversive shapes. Photography by Natalia Alaverdian, styling by Nobuko Tannawa
- THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY: subcultural archetypes are reimagined by the make-up artist Terry Barber. Photography by Dexter Lander, styling by Charlotte Roberts
- BEES IN A HIVE OF GLASS: the artist Sarah Dobai and the novelist Tom McCarthy present a photo poem on transparency and reflection alongside Raf Simons’ new vision for Calvin Klein
- SOFT FURNISHING: a relaxed silhouette with luxurious and textured neutrals. Photography by Marc Hibbert, styling by Bobby Hook
- CHARLOTTE'S WEB: joyful movement and elegant detail. Photography by Jody Rogac, styling by Eugenie Dalland
- THE RIGHT NOTE: a cool touch, a cold gesture. Photography by Osma Harvilahti, styling by Laura Vartiainen
- ROUGH AND TUMBLE: ready, steady, go. Photography by Gabby Laurent, styling by Rose Forde
- OUR FERAL NATURE: an escape through Kiyoko Odo’s savage ikebana. Photography by Sohrab Golsorkhi-Ainslie, styling by Bobby Hook
- WHITE HEAT: deep shadows. Photography by Mathilde Agius, styling by Nobuko Tannawa
talk
- HITO STEYERL: “Artificial stupidity in the form of bots and production robots is also a force to reckon with, leading to job losses, distorted realities on social media and proliferating dysfunctional technology”
- ZEYNEP TUFEKCI: “Ironically, the very process that enables you to find more likeness with people also creates more polarisation in broader society”
- FIONA LEAHY: “Seating arrangements are really important – they can make or break a party”
- HASSAN AMINI: “There was Haile Selassie, half-dressed, running after her into the hills around Persepolis”
- PIERRE RAINERO: “In 1980 there was an incredible party on the Place Vendôme itself and everybody who counted at that time was at that party”
- JEAN TOUITOU: "“We wanted to have a revolution, a worldwide revolution”
- TIM LAWRENCE: “The state clampdown on the civil rights, gay liberation and anti-war movements coincided with the counterculture and its energy finding a new home on the dance floor”
- CATHARINE ROSSI: “I had come to the conclusion that the discotheque is the radical architectural typology”
