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April 11, 2025

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CATEGORIES: ART / FASHION/ CULTURE / MUSIC / FILM

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Read An Interview on Fashion, Film, and the Erotics of Desire with Kate Biel & Kimberly Corday

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Re-Collecting the Past with Benjamin Freedman's Positive Illusions

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Submerged Dreams: Read an Interview of Ethereal Harpist Xiaoqiao

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CAMI ÁRBOLES BY TORBJØRN RØDLAND Autre is thrilled to present its SS25 DESIRE Issue (preorder in bio), a lush, incandescent descent into the undercurrents of longing, transformation, and creative rebellion. Cami Árboles photographed by @rodland.jpg and interviewed by @celinecelines Movement artist and educator Cami Árboles discovered pole dancing while studying at Yale. After graduating in 2020, she founded the Mind Body Spirit Collective (MBSC) to help women and nonbinary people reclaim their bodies through movement. Together with Lebanese-Canadian artist, designer, writer, and advocate, Céline Semaan, they discuss the liberatory power of the body and desire. Preorder the issue now by clicking the 🔗 in bio. All preorders come with a FULL digital preview delivered to your inbox immediately after checkout while you wait for the print edition to arrive. Photography @torbjornrodland Makeup Artist: @karo_kangas Hair: Amber Duerte @amber_duarte Special thanks Jelena @guardian_mgmt #camiarboles #movementart #poledancing

VAGINAL DAVIS, AN 𝕆ℝ𝔸𝕃 HERSTORY Autre is thrilled to present its SS25 DESIRE Issue (preorder in bio), a lush, incandescent descent into the undercurrents of longing, transformation, and creative rebellion. Saint of subversion, high priestess of punk, mother of mythic mischief—Vaginal Davis interview by @brucelabruce and photographs by Matt Lambert in three theatrical acts. Emerging from the queer punk subculture of Los Angeles, Davis has cultivated a multidisciplinary practice—spanning performance, film, writing, and visual art—that resists institutional co-optation while exposing the violences embedded in normative structures. On the 20th anniversary of her migration from Los Angeles to Berlin, Gropius Bau unveils Vaginal Davis: Fabelhaftes Produkt—the artist’s first solo museum retrospective in Germany. In an expansive and provocative conversation, Davis guides avant-queer filmmaker Bruce LaBruce through an unfiltered oral herstory of the queer underground, charting the subversive currents that have shaped both their work and the wider cultural landscape. Preorder the issue now by clicking the 🔗 in bio. All preorders come with a FULL digital preview delivered to your inbox immediately after checkout while you wait for the print edition to arrive. Photographer: @dielamb Costume / Styling: @feuriger_engel13 Make-up: @fritzenwanker Hair: @tina__pachta Featuring: @klemenccc & @joao.dorey Produced by: @vers.global @yawnnis 1st Asst: @anasolfebres Special Thanks: @gropiusbau @theaterkunst #VaginalDavis #Legendary #QueerIcon #RadicalBeauty #feet

MIA KHALIFA FOR AUTRE DESIRE Autre is thrilled to present its SS25 DESIRE Issue (preorder in bio), a lush, incandescent descent into the undercurrents of longing, transformation, and creative rebellion. @miakhalifa avatar, muse, model, activist, influencer, crush, object of desire, and subject of relentless fascination. Photographed by @sicknethi and styled by @missclairesullivan interview by @saraburnstudio As an icon of desire, Mia has become a holographic projection of society’s deepest anxieties surrounding race, power, beauty, and female autonomy over her own body. As a figure of fascination, she has channeled her immense social influence to boldly confront human rights abuses, political repression, cultural stereotyping, and the exploitation inherent in the adult entertainment industry. Preorder the issue now by clicking the 🔗 in bio. All preorders come with a FULL digital preview delivered to your inbox immediately after checkout while you wait for the print edition to arrive. Photography Nick Sethi Producer: Carolina Vogt @Second Name Producer: Jenny Slattery @Second Name Assistant: @paigelabuda Stylist: Claire Sullivan Miss Claire Sullivan Studio Manager: Olivia Ballard Miss Claire Sullivan Head Of Atelier: Ethan Lloyd Miss Claire Sullivan Assistant: Finn Belanger Hair Stylist: E Williams @Frank Reps Makeup Artist: Marcelo Gutierrez @Huxley #miakhalifa #autredesire #desire

BJÖRK’S ECOLOGY OF DESIRE… Autre is thrilled to present its SS25 DESIRE Issue (preorder in bio), a lush, incandescent descent into the undercurrents of longing, transformation, and creative rebellion. On the cover, Björk emerges as an oracle of the post-human, in dialogue with @hansulrichobrist, photographed by @vidarlogi. With the imminent arrival of her magnum opus, Björk: Cornucopia, in theaters on May 7th, she speaks of desire as ecology, ritual, and resistance. As the film mines the artist’s past songbook while simultaneously looking forward to the future, we present a 60-page in-depth, meticulously researched dossier of Björk’s life and career through the lens of desire and ecology—from her sonic innovations to her sartorial radicalism. Rare, unearthed photographs by Paulo Sutch and Spike Jonze. A retrospective of images by Juergen Teller. An essay by Angelo Flaccavento on her pagan way of dressing. And collaborations with Takashi Homma, Nobuyoshi Araki, Chris Cunningham and more. Preorder the issue now by clicking the 🔗 in bio. All preorders come with a FULL digital preview delivered to your inbox immediately after checkout while you wait for the print edition to arrive. Interview Hans Ulrich Obrist Photography Vidar Logi Styling @eddagud Makeup @andrewgallimakeup Hair @mr.hiroshi.matsushita Special thanks @joshuawhitephotography #AutreDesireIssue #BjörkCornucopia #ecology #Björk

Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️&zwj;⚧️ Our platform has and will always and forever be inclusive 🏳️&zwj;⚧️ AUTRE means OTHER in French. A simple, ubiquitous word that encompasses the millions of people who represent the ‘other.’ Currently, t

Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️ Our platform has and will always and forever be inclusive 🏳️‍⚧️ AUTRE means OTHER in French. A simple, ubiquitous word that encompasses the millions of people who represent the ‘other.’ Currently, the ‘other’ is under attack. Every voice can be a form of resistance. Visibility is a form of resistance. #transdayofvisibility

Just announced Barry Jenkins teams up with @a24 for “Be My Baby” on the life of Ronnie Spector to star @zendaya . In 2017, @mrpharmacist72 interviewed Ronnie for the pages of AUTRE. They talked about EVERYTHING, including their iconic hairdos: “We were healthy and had all this thick hair, we didn’t know what to do with it. I love Bridget Bardot, so I would try to put it up and tease it. Some things were you wanted to look like certain people, at least I did. All three of the Ronettes, whatever I would do they would do. It’s like the Cleopatra eyes. Everybody went nuts when we started wearing the eyeliner. We slowly got into our own groove.” #zendaya #ronniespector #bemybaby #a24

We are very saddened and shocked to learn of the passing of @laeyeworks founder and designer Gai Gherardi. She was a transformative creative force among the sprawling fabric of Los Angeles, but her influence spanned the world. She was an unwavering champion of LA artists and queer rights. Her office was an incubator—not only of eyewear, but also turtle eggs, proving her love for the more than human world. Her bright simile and enthusiasm for life made everyone feel loved and welcome. Her bold and playful designs made her eyewear instantly recognizable without the need for a forward facing logo. Her frames were worn by the impaired who wanted to be seen with crystal clear vision. She and l.a.Eyeworks have been major supporters since issue one. We wouldn’t exist without Gai’s support and influence. Their legendary ad campaigns, many of which were featured in interview magazine and later Autre, featured burgeoning icons like Peewee Herman, Sharon Stone, Andy Warhol, and more. For the 40th anniversary of LAEyeworks we devoted 40 pages to exploring the history of this seminal brand. In a conversation with @greggormanphoto , who photographed most of their most iconic ad campaigns, Gherardi told us, “We were seeing this huge array of faces. And, you know, it was goodbye ‘70s! And off came the hair, and out came the face. All kinds of things were happening.” She also told us that the campaign, which later focused on LA artists with an inventive sense of worldbuilding, wasn’t about celebrity, but “interrogating celebrity.” Everything was an intellectual exercise in rebellion and resistance. She will be deeply missed. #laeyeworks #gaigherardi

DOOM (and hope) on PARK AVENUE. @anne_imhof ‘s largest performance to date on view at @parkavearmory the until March 12th. “For me, there are no boundaries between life and work. The biggest dream is to be together in a space and have the most exciting time you can—that’s the universe. This is why I am doing the live work.” @anne_imhof in conversation with @nadya for AUTRE FW24 Citizen Issue #anneimhof #doom

Last week, friends and collaborators from the global creative worlds gathered at Sunset, the subterranean nightclub beneath The West Hollywood EDITION for Autre Magazine and Jeffrey Deitch’s annual Frieze Week kickoff. DJs Mr Pharmacist and Saturn Risin9 got guests dancing beneath hundreds of glittering disco balls while rising Franco-American duo Faux Real played a brief but energetic set. Special thanks to @omgregory Photos Oliver Kupper #friezeweek2025 #friezela #losangeles #artweek #dance #nightlife

Autre Magazine and Jeffrey Deitch Gallery kicked off Frieze Week in Los Angeles with an intimate dinner at Ardor in The West Hollywood EDITION, followed by an afterparty at the hotel’s subterranean nightclub, Sunset. Guests enjoyed luxury sipping mezcal Perro Verde paired with a vegetable-forward menu. 🔗 in bio Special thanks to @omgregory and @purplepr #autremagazine #jeffreydeitch #sharonstone #honeydijon

Today is the day. The legendary @bjork releases her powerful and immersive concert film Cornucopia on @appletv 7PM PT “From the jagged, volcanic, icy fjords of Iceland, Björk Guðmundsdóttir—known simply by her stage name Björk—has descended on the world of popular music over the past five decades with a sensual, otherworldly presence. Her music is constantly of the moment but also seemingly years ahead of its time with a starkly alarming prescience, especially regarding the human impact on nature and the climate. Today, she presents Cornucopia, streaming on Apple TV, a cinematic encapsulation of a “digital theater” tour extravaganza that is the culmination of dozens of shows across multiple continents.” #bjork #cornucopia

“Two weeks before my home was destroyed by the Eaton Fire, I created a video of a man racing through fire. At the time of its creation, I was not concerned about fire, and yet only days later, I would be racing through a fiery landscape of my community. Fire has since defined my life. I believe art comes outside of time, from the place of dreams, where experiences occur outside the tedious march of causality. It can be divinatory, but I do not care to burden it with this kind of heavy meaning. I prefer to make and enjoy art without the technology of meaning, remaining in a liminal state as I work. Living in this state, however, has been one of the greatest challenges of my life.” @rosssimonini on autre.love #eatonfire #losangeles #wildfire

For David Lynch, cinema was a magic lantern with which to project all our darkest dreams and desires. His ambition wasn’t fear, but transcendence using the endless possibilities of sight and sound provided by the celluloid medium. Only a few auteurs have tapped into this psychological live wire. Each scene was a high voltage testament to his cinematic vision: violent, desirous, mysterious hallucinations come to life on the silver screen. The audience becomes a ghost watching down or up or into the characters who haunted us as much as we haunted them. His films were mirrors facing mirrors facing infinity in a tunnel of dreams. We were the shore and he was the ocean bringing us relics of our subconscious; artifacts from our id jutting up from the sand dunes of our memories. We loved David Lynch because we could peer over the precipice without falling. And if we did fall, we fell in love, lust, heartache. The pangs of death were palpable. We were lost in the smoke. Lost in the revery. There was no way out but through. #davidlynch

“Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.” David Lynch enters the ethereal realm to join Angelo Badalamenti. Photographed together in 2016 #davidlynch

We are alive and safe from what will likely be one of the most destructive fire events in modern history. Vesuvian in its enormity and historicity, but also in its lessons on living close to the proverbial volcano, these fires have impacted everyone we know. Our psychic wounds will last forever. Beyond the misinformation and politics, it is important to understand that the era of the pyrocene is at our doorstep. There is no more pontificating, no more waiting, no more what ifs, no more when. The megafires are here. It is only: what now and why? Yesterday, we experienced the devastation firsthand. We broke through multiple barriers to reach the Pacific Palisades only to find the neighborhood entirely in ruins. A family home gone forever. We sifted through the ashen remains of books still smoldering, the ghosts of hundreds of homes glowing toward an orange horizon, burned to the studs. Most everything was unrecognizable. A few flames were burning what was left. In 2019, we spoke to fire ecologist and world authority on chaparral brushfire, Richard Minnich, who spoke to us in depth about how and why these fires have become so massive and so destructive. Rapid changes in climate are part of the equation, but so is one hundred years of fire suppression policies and our collective delusions of ecological grandeur. This fire event was decades in the making. Ecologists, scientists, climate predictors all saw it coming. To live in paradise is to know all things eventually come to an end; to enjoy the memories. Now is the time to heal, to be with family, to help those in need. “Everything goes, everything comes back; eternally rolls the wheel of being” #lafires #palisadesfire #eatonfire