TO BE

TO BE - Issue 08

Explore the fluidity of identity and creativity in 'To Be Issue 08'. Featuring Michelle Zauner, David Lane, Norbert Schoerner, and more, this issue celebrates artists who blur boundaries and embrace multiple roles. Discover fashion, music, photography, and more, all exploring how we shape and express ourselves.

In the arts, one role is never enough—writers are artists, musicians are designers, directors are actors. Issue 08 of to Be explores this instinct to shapeshift and embrace multiplicity.Featured in this issue is Michelle Zauner, lead singer of Japanese Breakfast and author of Crying in H Mart, photographer Norbert Schoerner who navigates photography, film and publishing; and David Lane who is practically a chameleon, playing roles of creative director, editor, and manager with ease. Artists Sarah Drinan, Lucas Blalock, and Eric N. Mack blur mediums, while Edward Cuming, Nichola Farnan, and Ben Chaplin of CC-Steding reshape fashion and jewellery. Musicians Spike Fuck and William J. Canning reflect on personal and artistic evolution. Fashion stories by Maximiliano Dal Masetto, Rose Guiheux, Levon Baird, Stephanie Cammarano, Maria Koutroumpi, Lilli Waters and Jan Philipzen explore concealment through clothing—the very tool we use to express our selves. This issue affirms that identity is fluid, creativity boundless, and above all, that it’s okay to say, “Fuck off” and own who we are.

FEATURED: Michelle Zauner, Lilli Waters, David Lane, Levon Baird, CC-Steding, William J. Canning, Maria Koutroumpi, Norbert Schoerner, Eric N. Mack, Stephanie Cammarano, Maximiliano Dal Masetto, Sarah Drinan, Edward Cuming, Lucas Blalock, Spike Fuck, Rose Guiheux and Jan Philipzen.

Established in 2020, to Be is a biannual publication exploring an emerging generation of creatives attributable to coveted fashion, music, arts and cultural industries. We aim to represent both emerging and established creative individuals, focusing on the power of words, images, film and design. The magazine aims to consolidate the communities we endlessly scour the internet for— documented by those we adore ...

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