VICE Vol. 7 No. 6
The Conversations with Distinguished Gentlemen Issue — UK edition · 2009 · Dana Goldstein photograph of FriendsWithYou's Fun House
Original UK free-distribution VICE Volume 7 Number 6 from 2009, corresponding to VICE's global Volume 16 Issue 6 'The Conversations With Distinguished Gentlemen Issue', with UK specialist listings citing July but global VICE editorial posting in June. Its saturated primary-colour cover captures a denim-clad person tumbling into the interactive inflatable 'Fun House', an art project by FriendsWithYou shown at SCOPE Miami in December 2008, photographed by Dana Goldstein.
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- VICE
- Condition
- Good+ to Very Good, provisional photographic assessment. Vivid colour and complete-looking magazine; modest spine, corner and edge handling, slight cover waviness and surface wear.
- Completeness
- Presumed complete under owner's standing TMR magazine workflow unless stated otherwise. Original UK magazine photographed on front, American Apparel back cover, Employees of the Month p18 and editor/creator masthead p16; no full leaf-by-leaf collation. No separately issued insert, cover wrap, CD, poster or premium identified for this UK printing, and none is declared missing.
- Date
- 2009 (UK issue month unprinted; UK specialist listings July; international package June 2009)
Catalogue note
Original UK free-distribution VICE Volume 7 Number 6 from 2009, corresponding to VICE's global Volume 16 Issue 6 'The Conversations With Distinguished Gentlemen Issue', with UK specialist listings citing July but global VICE editorial posting in June. Its saturated primary-colour cover captures a denim-clad person tumbling into the interactive inflatable 'Fun House', an art project by FriendsWithYou shown at SCOPE Miami in December 2008, photographed by Dana Goldstein. A June 24 2009 contemporaneous report traces the photograph from the photographer's blog to VICE cover licensing. Original UK page 16 names editor Andy Capper and global founders; page 18 profiles local-international contributors Steve Fowler, Steve Ryan, Serena Pezzato and Justin Mulcahy and references an interview with philosopher Simon Critchley and global pawnshop/factory reportage amid the financial crisis. Rear retains an original American Apparel UK retail directory and black-and-white Liz photograph credited to Valeria. Original global/local numbering and dating kept separate. No exact physical duplicate found.
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Archive Importance: 9.2 / 10 · Gold Star.
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