Harley Weir,
Elaine Constantine,
Arthur Jafa,
Lewis Khan,
Laura Jane Coulson,
Liz Johnson Artur,
Tyler Mitchell,
Dexter Navy,
Sampha,
Adam Curtis,
Cali Dewitt Thornhill,
Franck Goddio,
Sylvia Perez,
Alex Cascallana,
Elizabeth Peyton,
Alessio Bolzoni,
David Zilber,
Sam Youkillis,
et cetera.

















EPOCH issue 02
METAMORPHOSIS
EPOCH issue 02
METAMORPHOSIS
Metamorphosis occurs when we examine history with a new perspective. This is something at the heart of anyone attempting to engage with political and personal shifts. It is at the heart of everything from psychoanalysis to decolonization. In an era of echo-chamber opinions deepened by algorithms that amplify conflict, societies feel far from transformative ideals. Yet, at the centre of all utopias or pro-topias, deep change is possible. We can transform the present and the future by addressing the past. This second issue of EPOCH is loosely devoted to metamorphosis and how we ride the wave of these shifts in the past, present, and future.

MEN AT WORK by HARLEY WEIR



MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO
by PEREZ and CASCALLANA
MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO
by PEREZ and CASCALLANA

CHRYSALIS
by TYLER MITCHELL
CHRYSALIS
by TYLER MITCHELL

NORTH STARS by LEWIS KHAN

“A fucking dead end really, but, y’know, you make the most of it.”
“A fucking dead end really, but, y’know, you make the most of it.”

FRANCK GODDIO
a RARE INTERVIEW with PIONEERING
UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGIST


CUT IT UP:
A conversation between ADAM CURTIS
and HANS ULRICH OBRIST

DEEP IN SOME DUSTY ANCIENT TIME:
THE CASE OF THE ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS
DEEP IN SOME DUSTY ANCIENT TIME:
THE CASE OF THE ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS
They came on vast ships from the black and swelling beyond. Propelled into Earth’s orbit by fires beyond all elemental reckoning, they were masters of space travel long before humans ever even raised their heads in wonder at the night sky. And they brought us gifts. A fabulous wealth of technologies and stories and systems and ways of building and being. And then they left.

A VISUAL EXCHANGE
by CALI DEWITT
A VISUAL EXCHANGE
by CALI DEWITT

ETERNAL RETURN
by ELIZABETH PEYTON
ETERNAL RETURN
by ELIZABETH PEYTON

SWEETEENS
by LAURA JANE COULSON

IF YOU CAN WAKE UP…
by LIZ JOHNSON ARTUR
IF YOU CAN WAKE UP…
by LIZ JOHNSON ARTUR

FLYIN‘ HIGH with SAMPHA
by DEXTER NAVY
FLYIN‘ HIGH with SAMPHA
by DEXTER NAVY

ON METABOLISM by DAVID ZILBER




ACCUMULO
by ALESSIO BOLZONI


MOSH by ELAINE CONSTANTINE

ARTHUR JAFA
Memories behind your head
ARTHUR JAFA
Memories behind your head
Arthur Jafa is an artist whose complex, emotional, and encyclopaedic still and moving image material has rightly made him one of the most lauded artists of the century. He is an artist who uses his platform to show his work in dialogue with others. Jafa has exhibited his artwork alongside people like Ming Smith, Frida Orupabo, Jacob Holdt, and Mark Leckey in his solo shows, catalogues, or curated magazine issues. Here, art is a conversation–conceptually, art historically, as well as socio-politically.


SOMEWHERE
by SAM YOUKILIS
SOMEWHERE
by SAM YOUKILIS

The HISTORY
of BLACK LIVERPOOL
The HISTORY
of BLACK LIVERPOOL