KORDYENE JOURNAL
Issue Two Krokus
Published by Namacheko
Released May 2021
Edition of 250 Copies
Biannual Publication
68 pages
Kordyene Journal issue two, titled Krokus, offers a multi-faceted perspective on the inspiration and world surrounding the spring summer 21 collection of Namacheko. Under the creative direction of Dilan Lurr and the art direction of Elin Nyberg, the biannual manifesto, act as a seasonal accumulation of thematic angels and explorations together with multidisciplinary artists and writers.
On the cover, a self-portrait by American artist Laurie Simmons, who photographed a series, especially for the magazine, and shares her thought on process in an interview with writer Emily Wells. A juxtaposition of images from the past and present, Dilan Lurr revisits his Kurdish roots. In a letter, William J. Simmons invites the reader to a fictional reality and we explore the graphic nature of the collection’s patterns and textures while the images of Dylan Hausthor transports us of the grid in Connecticut.