Future civilisations will no doubt look back at the period of late modernity characterised in the years succeeding the dawn of the third millennium as a time when significant complexities existed in the habits and behaviours of the human species: they may marvel at the quaint if unfathomable practice of looking at cat videos on what was then termed “the internet”; wonder why it was considered acceptable to drink sugary bubble-tea; and question the rationale behind taking out gym subscriptions at vast annual expense, and then never using those facilities. It will also be seen as the era when the collecting of rare objects imbued with spiritual, monetary and artistic value was no longer the sole preserve of a wealthy elite, and in fact became the practice of the highly literate, hyper-aware and style-conscious cosmopolitan masses, who expressed their personal need for warmth and chic-ness, and their creative inclinations, in the habit of wearing artist edition T-shirts: cotton-based, upper body-covering garments emblazoned with an interesting, usually unique, design.
Sleek naturally encourages readers to become agents of history, engaged in thrust of posterity while also living for the moment, and consequently we would like to alert them to two great offers. One final edition of the magazine’s unique collaboration with the Berlin-based artist and rock star Martin Eder (whose band RUIN make drone-rock and doom music), entitled “Sweat”, is available for purchase at a price of €190, while three signed, limited-editions of Keren Cytter’s “Show Real Drama” T-shirt – a cleverly self-referential merchandise item from the play the artist took on a world tour earlier this year – are also on offer at €100.
These history-creating artefacts, while making the owner not only look intelligent and cool but also keeping them warm, are sure to be considered exemplary of their era, when looked back upon by future populations, from this planet or any other.
Available now! Shipping within Europe included/€12,- worldwide.
To order, send an email to get@sleekmag.com