Extra Extra #27

The erotic is alive, and so are you. Come and flip through 208 pages of ardent voices, bound by and as sexy as the cover image by Parisian-based photographer Linda Zhengová. Submerge yourself in eight newly commissioned erotic short stories from established and emerging writers such as Siham Amghar, Roan Kasanmonadi, Yentl van Stokkum and Shantie Singh. Stories of a workplace crush, a reinvented self, and drunken memories await you between these pages.

For this edition we found ourselves travelling to Tokyo, where Julian Ross spoke with novelist Jose Ando, and to Hong Kong to meet fern lover Zheng Bo in conversation with curator-writer Natasha Hoare. Back home in Rotterdam, philosopher of technology Yuk Hui spoke sanguinely about the possibilities of what could be with Leonardo Dellanoce. Artist and choreographer Isabel Lewis converses with Judith Vrancken about the way dance and movement reignite the flame of desire and sensuality in the body. Brussels-based scenographer Théo Demans explores, in a generous 16-page interview with Nadina Botha, his emotional invitations to the audience.

Hairdressers, shisha, cars, and Tropicana make up the portrait of lavish manhood in our News from Home feature, this time compiled and written by Lotfi El Hamidi, while Sam Samiee depicts wonderous nights of partying in Amsterdam and Tehran. Artist Kudzanai-Violet Hwami opens spaces of spirituality and physicality in her paintings. Our urbex takes to the streets of Santiago de Chile with Daniela Veloz and in Berlin we meet up with our friend Ana Prvacki who shows us her marvelous shunga collection.