Real Review 16

The new issue of Real Review opens with the image of a world on pause. There is no snow on Mount Fuji. Any hack will tell you the phase change is here, that the world is being restructured. But they’re wrong. We’re still waiting. The air is thick, metallic. Pressure builds. Chaos looms.

This issue asks what transformation really looks like — and how we might prepare for it. Professor Jonathan White talks about the future as a political idea. Artist Dozie Kanu presents a flyer for higher education. Opioid Crisis Lookbook speculates on semiotics. Peter Saville and Jack Self talk about mood, voice notes, moral killing, and Star Trek. Isabelle Bucklow binge-watches tech demos. Satoshi Fujiwara photographs law enforcement gear.

Ruba Al-Sweel looks at the non-commercial image. Martina Rocca and Izzy Farmiloe explore how culture gets made. Carmen Winant documents the last safe abortion. Felix McNamara writes about minutiae. John Sunyer joins a run club.