Zaftig Zine Issue 01

Zaftig Zine Issue 01 Unwieldy Rabble arrives as a thick ring binder, a heavy hardcover promise filled with articles, editorials, visuals, loose thoughts and what not. You get the binder already loaded with the first drop, and it’s built to keep getting stuffed as new ones come in, turning into an ever-growing mess of culture you assemble yourself.

Are you suffering from your own independent thoughts? The first issue of zaftig covers the sticky mass of ideas, institutions and identities that refuse clarity. We call it the UNWIELDY RABBLE, a collective body dragging itself through the digital ether, overexposed, overheated, still performing.

Inside: That group wank of recognition, “mouthly” pleasures, into the macrodose, worm-like behaviour, a subconscious with bad plumbing, redacted content, secret sauce, some heavy math, viscous layers, postbody anything, a lot of fatigue, värk, glass delusion, a great dry-down, and ofc mod? hög! Featuring Ellen Kowka, Namasenda, AK Cinder, Leo Costelloe, rustcakes, R(AT) R(AT) R(AT), Hanna and Xirley Harthey Kisch, Charlie Le Mindu, Khan Guovarde, Lovie Peoples, Naomi Gilon, Alice Shulman, Sultan Mosawi, Pigeon Boy & Victor Langer.

Founders & Editors: Siri von Bothmer & Stefanie Ravelli

Art Director: Liza Forslund

Produced By: Hud Space

Photography: Erik Pousette, Celine Barwich, Emanuel Koroly, Patricia Reyes, Fredrika Eriksson, Martin Axéll, Rio-Dean Martin, Ida Blom, Matilda Engström, Nikos Karpouzis, Behin Roozbeh, Nils Löfholm, Tasos Papadopoulos

Words: Liza Tegel, Elis Monteverde Burrau, Johnny Olsson, Paula Westerberg, Nina Kihlborg, Karl Nordenfalk

Illustration & Art Direction: Johanna Burai, Denny Törnblad, Emil Balesic

Styling: Anna Sundelin, Siri Edit Andersson, Charles Gustafsson, Cansu Turgut, Matilda Rainey

Hair & Makeup: Angelica Beckman, Jasmine Lundmark, Josefin Gligic, Ahmad Rasoul

Casting Director: Oskar Forssblad

Special Thanks:

Ab Gullringsbo Egendomar, Erika Hellman, Carl Kostyál, Gabriel Max Shelsky, Viktor Olsson, Danyel Mejia, Harmonikällan