SWIM, Issue 3

SWIM is a London based annual art publication. Each issue is the result of a close collaboration with artists working towards a specific theme.

Through the design, format and structure, SWIM aims to challenge magazine conventions.

In this issue: 
Issue 03 explores how and why artists change mediums. From photographs by painters to paintings by musicians, this issue showcases work that signifies a shift in an artist’s practice. It also ventures deeper into the subject of the medium, investigating topics such as how mediums change over time, how one can be used to imitate and create another, and how the medium affects the message. To correspond with the issue’s theme, the cover has been hand painted and screen printed, changing the medium through which a magazine cover is normally created. This means that each copy will be totally unique and will differ slightly from the design shown here.