So here we are: Issue Two of The Mutant Eye. Still strange, still nosy, still obsessed with everything unfolding at the edges of culture and creativity, but in a format that feels a bit more unpredictable and true to our way of doing things. In this issue, we dive BEYOND HUMAN to examine the shifting boundaries between biology and technology, self and simulation. We chart the MEDIA METAMORPHOSIS happening on our screens and in our streams, and embrace the SWEET ESCAPE as a form of cultural coping and creative resistance. From liminal spaces to skate legends, from AI aesthetics to alternate identities, this edition captures the signals shaping the next now. There’s a lot to unpack. Find us somewhere in between a trend report and a magazine. Tune in, embrace the flux, mutate often. (Aeneas & Jovana, Mutant's creative strategists)
So here we are: Issue Two of The Mutant Eye. Still strange, still nosy, still obsessed with everything unfolding at the edges of culture and creativity, but in a format that feels a bit more unpredictable and true to our way of doing things. In this issue, we dive BEYOND HUMAN to examine the shifting boundaries between biology and technology, self and simulation. We chart the MEDIA METAMORPHOSIS happening on our screens and in our streams, and embrace the SWEET ESCAPE as a form of cultural coping and creative resistance. From liminal spaces to skate legends, from AI aesthetics to alternate identities, this edition captures the signals shaping the next now. There’s a lot to unpack. Find us somewhere in between a trend report and a magazine. Tune in, embrace the flux, mutate often. AENEAS & JOVANA, MUTANT’S CREATIVE STRATEGISTS 2 THE MUTANT EYE TREND REPORT 3 Chapter 1 – Beyond Human 6 Chapter 2 – Media Metamorphosis 24 Transgressive gift guide 58 FOMUTATIONS 60 Chapter 3 – Sweet Escape 72 OBSESSIONS 114 TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRO THE MUTANT EYE TREND REPORT 4 CHAPTER ONE BEYOND HUMAN IMAGE CREDIT: @JAPPARI CHAPTER ONE BEYOND HUMAN 5 6 CBS PHOTO ARCHIVE//GETTY IMAGES 7 CHAPTER ONE BEYOND HUMAN Animalistic desires “Faux fur is more polluting, I only wear real fur.” “Oat milk is poison for your body, I only drink raw milk.” “I want to smell like a cat. I wish they hadn’t switched to vegan perfume ingredients.” These sentences might have been hot takes a few years ago, but nowadays they seem completely valid.
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