20x20 magazine issue Three - 2009

20x20

magazine issue three | 2009

harmonia mundi

Welcome to issue three of 20x20 magazine, a square platform for writings, visuals and cross-bred projects. The works in this issue have been assembled around the meta-words HARMONIA MUNDI, to which the artists and authors have responded in very different ways . The aim is to bring together interesting contributions and create a collection of pieces with no expiry date. We would like to thank all contributors for their work that inspire us to put together and publish this magazine.

Francesca and Giovanna Cover image: Harmonia Mundi Back cover: Place your ad here

by Sarai Vardi (www.saraivardi.com)

20x20 magazine issue three

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London, 2009

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Editors | Giovanna Paternò, Francesca Ricci

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20x20 magazine issue three | contents

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words | Mercedes Lawry, Anthropomorphic and

words | Karen Yuan, Wunderland

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A selection process

words | Kiril Bozhinov, The seven efforts of Hercules

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visions | Beatrice Pediconi, Untitled 2008-2009

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visions | Giovanna Paternò, x2 #1

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words | Edward Mullany, On the movement of light

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blender | Eternal Optimism: Zoë Darling and Joth W.,

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through the universe and A good death

visual | Aaron McElroy, Doll-drums

Vibrating on the beauty of A visions | Philip John Jones, Double_Architecture_45_left

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Double_Architecture_45_right

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words | Andrew Shelley, Retail Park

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visions | Francesca Ricci, Pessoa High Street

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blender| Stuart Alexander, Non-fiction

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visions | Greig Burgoyne, Lady in perspective

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visions | Kathryn Cooper, brud vs everyone and

words| Kate O’Connor, Go to see a

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rusty vs henry moore

blender | Joanna Zylinska, I don’t go to the movies

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visions | Giovanna Paternò, x2 #2

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visions | Olivia Bliss, Channels

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words | Mark O’Neil, A separation

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words | James Grinwis, A calling

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words | Karen Yuan, War and holiday

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visions | Olivia Bliss, Breaking down, new growth

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visions | Marianne Swan, Harmonia Mundi

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visions | Maaike Stevens, Space-Time

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visions | Mario Sughi, Two friends - Waiting room

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words | S.V. Wolfland, De anima mathematica

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contributors | biographies

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visions | Maaike Stevens, Ceiling

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visions | Lachlan Waite, Harmonia Mundi

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visions | David Ostrowski, Their eyes were watching God

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visions | Francesca Ricci, 100% Pessoa Chocolate

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Aaron McElroy

doll-drums visions

blender

words

words

blender

visions

Giovanna Paternò, x2 #1

anthropomorphic

a selection process

The leopard crawled inside me while I slept. Opportunity presented and quick, he slipped in, making my heart his, as I absorbed his spots, his catness. Liquidity of muscle its own river. I became hunger, manifest in eyes, gleam of tooth.

Surrendering, I thought let the animal become the best of me.

Let my old soul loose to wander in ryegrass and wild roses.

Skimming history, I take the small stories, fold them deep into my own loss as if some explanation might emerge, a shape to chaos, a buttery lie.

The rain has no anger, the overgrown ivy, heavy and glum.

Crows cross town to their roost, stopping outside my window.

I think them determined, lucky black things.

words by Mercedes Lawry visions by David Ostrowski, ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’

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Beatrice Pediconi, Untitled III (left), Untitled XVII (right)

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