Intended both as a physical space and a powerful symbol of organized labor, the office provides an opportunity to question contemporary methodologies of working—from automation, neoliberal dystopias and the all-you-can-work freelance economy, to elevated ideas of “everywhere studio.” What happens when this highly-canonized space, along with all its practices and mythologies, falls apart all of a sudden?

Her initial intention was to elevate Blackness within fashion, showing examples of elegance that were not on the spectrum of representation. With her latest collections, Grace Wales Bonner looks back to her Caribbean heritage—the British Jamaican community in London in the ’70s and the early ’80s origination of dancehall music in Jamaica—in search for beauty, nature, and spirituality.

Self-described as a “collaboration hound,” composer Fatima Al Qadiri is associated with Gulf Futurism, art collective DIS, fashion brand Telfar, and filmmaker Mati Diop. Having just released a new solo album which stems from an adolescent medieval fantasy, she talks about meshing ancient and modern sounds, melancholy as a space for spiritual growth, and unattainable romance.

Inspired by Edouard Glissant’s archipelagic thinking, Hans Ulrich Obrist has spent decades doing studio visits and interviews and “learning from artists.” In the past year, the epitome of the globetrotting curator has learnt from the pandemic how to keep doing just that without traveling at all, by prioritizing research and a decentralized approach.

Arguably the most innovative music producer to ever emerge out of Jamaica, Swiss-based cultural pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry invented the genre and methodology of dub, turning the studio into an instrument. In his musical legacy, eccentric persona, and visionary art, we experience a journey through outer and inner space, nature, and the complexities of the Afrodiasporic experience.

Fueled by paranoia and the myth of self-actualization, a splurge of doomsday-prepping cults has emerged from the ashes of ’70s counterculture. Now, as the seduction of dystopia continues to spiral into apocalyptic narratives, a collection of unique garments designed by LA artist Sterling Ruby provides the inspiration to paint a picture of nihilistic survivalism.

Understanding the “outdoors” as a scalable term far beyond bucolic landscapes, AMO’s director Samir Bantal discusses their research into alternative farming practices in a post-pandemic landscape—stemming from the countryside to explore the relationship between nature and technology, ecological knowledge and ownership, corporate environmentalism and the future of space travel.

Asociated with Gulf Futurism, a movement of artists commenting on the accelerationist state of the Arabian Peninsula, Monira Al Qadiri creates work that addresses the tension between natural ecosystems and high technologies. Scored by her sister Fatima, her new video installation is set in the alien landscape of the Oman desert, chasing meteors, pearls and petroleum.

As legalization ushers in the corporatization of the marijuana industry, from PotCoin to NASDAQ-listed stocks, frictionless delivery services bring a variety of strains to your doorstep. The new big business co-opts stoner culture and refers to the product exclusively as “cannabis,” in an effort to foreground its medicinal qualities and sweep an ugly history of discrimination under the rug. But will the plant’s healing properties outdo even greed?

While she grew up, her family’s clothing line advertised itself as “Proudly Nigerian.” Mindful of that heritage, MOWALOLA has been advancing a fluid representation of the Black body, championing the individual. Now, she wants to destroy everything and start fresh—because when there’s destruction, there’s something new being rebuilt.

Compositional, sculptural, performative and active, the American artist’s photographs emerge from a desire to connect to the prosaic and the everyday, juggling ideas of intimacy, fantasy and ­imperfection. In his latest book, hundreds of images of his mom, Kathleen McCain Engman, destabilize the idea of “mother,” lifting her from the baggage of the real.

Perfectly post-Fordist and multidisciplinary, the creative director is an emblem of our current cultural industry, balancing commercial and artistic spheres. This Venice Beach native—working for the Kardashian-West clan and Lady Gaga while launching his own brand—has left a distinct fingerprint on American pop aesthetics: a meditation on fame, glamour and mythology.

What’s the red thread between the 1989 Monday demonstrations in Leipzig, the extras’ rebellion at the Cinecittà Studios in the ’50s, a Black Friday event, and social ­distancing measures? In his latest cycle of works, the German artist and filmmaker examines the power structures in group dynamics, social behavior, surveillance and mass manipulation.