digital zine
The first digital zine in this series is created by the first-year masters students in Contextual Design at Design Academy Eindhoven
letter
Editor's Note
interview
Gaydreaming
Welcome to the Gaydreaming henny.
video
In Search of My Childhood Nightmares
Protecting the monsters of Madagascar from a second colonization
essay
Babe… It’s Time to Get a Haircut
In what way is fading a means of internally & externally bending “dreams” beyond the black barbershop?
video
Elements Shown in Dream Interpretation
Elements which show in our dreams have their own meanings.
essay
The Arrival of a Residential Complex
This was not a great day to wear the “Bonaire” bucket hat that I bought earlier that week in the souvenir shop.
essay
Happy Circuit
Sugyeong Lee finds meaning while trapped in the Happy Circuit.
essay
singing about bananas
A banana bread without Chiquita bananas and without a guilty conscience would taste even better.
music
Snowsteps in the Dark/Reotor
Two soundscapes contrast the silent, deep rest of the forest with its embedded life and knowledge against modern infrastructures of industry and transport that have allowed material, music and information to travel across man-made borders.
interview
my snake conception dream
Serim Kwack tries to coax her mother's conception dream of an AI image generator.
music
Music as a manifestation
These are two playlists made for The Couch, based on different moods one may feel or seeks [during a daydream or after a nightmare maybe], mixing different eras and music movements.
essay
What did you dream about last night?
When we dream and interpret the dream, is it really a dream that predicts the future, or is our subconscious making us believe that the dream predicted the future?
podcast
Hidden Folder
In this podcast Phoebe Zoe Ho and Pia Gräwe open up an imaginary folder to talk about the negative emotions or painful experiences that we keep hidden from others.
video
Daydreaming Object
A Series of Melting Slices
video
Back to My Dream
A glitch in response to a prophecy
video
The Marsh Lily
Sappho's sphere of Antiquity sends you back to a nostalgic world overwhelmed by a violent desire for unconditional love.
essay
How the hero became my problem
Deconstructing traditional notions of masculinity and conflict, exploring a fluidity in defence.
video
Nightmare of Internet Rules
The internet is a place where nightmares and daydreams can be materialized.
feature
Rethinking Conquest: An Anti-Amazon Conversation
I am the city, I am a daughter of the city.
Not the rain, neither the forest.
Further from being the rainforest’s daughter.
video
Loneliness
When it loses its balance
Your mind is tired
essay
Sisyphus in the Era of Simulation
Reflections on The Sims game and its entanglement in the mystification of an oppressive and recursive power system.