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NEKTR For The Immortal
7 CREATIVE INTERVIEWS Portals into the minds of various creatives
OSTRANENIE Art technique as an approach to life
VOYAGE THROUGH THE SILVER SKY History of the color Cobalt
inside 04 LETTER TO THE READER 06 A PEEK INTO THE MIND OF BENJAMIN BJÖRKLUND 15 SENTIMENTAL PRESS 16 ARTIST ERHAN US 17 ARTIST BRECHT LANFOSSI 18 A WORD WITH EMILIEN BOUTEILLE 22 AUTUMN BATTISTA POETRY 24 VANESSA NORRIS POTTERY 25 VOYAGE THROUGH THE SILVER SKY 26 ARTIST HERON HETZLER 27 SKRAM GLAM 28 STORYTELLING WITH ASAGI MAEDA 34 PHOTOGRAPHER PATRICK NAUGHTER 35 PHOTOGRAPHER RAIZAH FLORES 36 HOWLIE: A MAN+HIS GUITAR 40 NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE 48 ARTIST CHRISTIAN BAZANT-HEGEMARK 49 BEYOND THE PANDEMIC 50 SEVERED HAND PRESS 51 Q+A WITH LUISA BELTRÁN 56 ARCHITECTS COLIN KELLY + HENRY SALDANA 58 ARTIST CAROLINE JI 59 MELINA BOURDEAU POETRY 60 OSTRANENIE 61 A CHAT WITH LUCA BONI 66 ARTIST JULIO ALBA 67 BRIAN LOMBARDI POETRY 68 ARTIST RENEE HUNT 69 WALKING THE PLANK WITH CODY SIEGEL 74 BEST FILMS OF 2020 (SO FAR) 75 DEEAN YEOH POETRY 76 PLACES TO GO THIS SUMMER
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HELLO WORLD Thank you for picking up the first issue of NEKTR! What you’ll find inside is a collection of some contemporary artists, musicians, and writers, interspersed with content written by our creators. We believe that the world is too focused on division+what is wrong, NEKTR chooses to focus on beauty and what brings humanity together: art, music, nature, and the indomitability of the human spirit. Don’t consider this a “break” from reality — consider this the perspective to reality that we all have the option to choose. Our releases display themes that support the season we are in and this particular issue emphasizes light, nature, beauty, vibrance, and growth. Given the recent boon to the global civil rights and equity movement, you will also see a selection of intentional statement pieces submitted by BIPOC artists in our community. If you like what you read, please share us with your friends+enemies. Visit us online at nektrmag.com or send us a DM on Instagram @nektrmagazine With light and sincere gratitude for your support of us & all the artists we have featured herein, Lexy Bilodeau + Rune Percy
D! nec - tar | 'nektər | (in mythology) the drink of the gods