ISSUE 3 – WINTER 2025/26: The Longer You Bleed

This issue spans over 256 pages, documenting our journey, starting in Rome, where Nico Vascellari tells us about the relationship between nature, humans, and machines, as well as the backstory of our cover 1/8: his VIT performance, in which he forcefully put himself to sleep and was then carried by a helicopter over the mountains. Shortly after, we speak with Alicja Kwade at the Villa Massimo in Rome about her art.

Our Italian journey did not end there. In Milan, we meet with Formafantasma, and the Italian designer tells us about holistic design and the histories and stories embedded into objects. Via Zoom, we catch up with Miles Greenberg about his new exhibition in Paris, titled Gods of Solaris. Meanwhile, we are on our way to London to speak with Hania Rani about her new piece, Non-Fiction – Piano Concerto in Four Movements.

Back in Berlin, we speak with Ewan Waddell and Liubov Dyvak, who have just returned from a screening in Ukraine of their new movie, The Longer You Bleed, which explores society’s desensitization to the regular circulation of war imagery online. With C/O Berlin’s program directors, Boaz Levin and Sophia Greiff, we discuss how they exhibit photography in the age of social media and Instagram, explore new exhibition formats, and address cuts to cultural funding by the Berlin Senate and their consequences. This is directly followed by an interview with Berlin’s Kultursenator, Sarah Wedl-Wilson, in which we discuss her vision for Berlin and the implications for the city’s independent arts scene.

In addition, we interviewed six artists who are or were Berlin-based: Viola Del Monte, Giulio Sammarro, Justin Fiedler, Su Yu Hsin, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, and Hanne Lippard. We traveled to Munich to speak with Sorry Press, investigating their origins and story, followed by a brief visit to OBS’ studio in Augsburg, catching a glimpse into their world.

Last but not least, we conclude our journey by speaking with editors-in-chief about the question: What does it mean to make a magazine today? Conversations with Götz Offergeld (Numéro Berlin), Elke Buhr (MONOPOL), Sascha Ehlert (Das Wetter), Anton Rahlwes, Nina Sieverding (The Thing), and Sascha Chaimowicz (ZEITmagazin) provide insight. Finally, Christoph Amend reveals how and why he is trying to retell the beauty of Die ZEIT.

When the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia took place in February 2022, Liubov Dyvak fled to Berlin. At that time, Ewan Waddell was working for a creative studio and researching a self-initiated article. For this, the Britt interviewed Ukrainian refugees who had escaped to Berlin, and Liubov Dyvak was one of them. Today, they have a child together. 

Ewan Waddell studied Film, Photography, and Media at the University of Leeds and now works as a filmmaker and director. Liubov Dyvak studied Art History at the National Academy Of Fine Arts And Architecture in Kyiv, worked in galleries, and is currently pursuing work as a makeup artist. Earlier this year, they released their first joint film, 

The Longer You Bleed, written and directed by Ewan Waddell, and produced by and featuring Liubov Dyvak. The documentary explores society’s desensitization through the regular circulation of war imagery online. It portrays the emotional and psychological exhaustion of those affected and how they cope with everyday horrors. The story is told by Liubov Dyvak and her circle of friends who fled Ukraine.

Cinematically, Ewan Waddell uses experimental editing to highlight and counteract the fatigue caused by repeated images on social media. It is an attempt to restore power and impact to these images. In Ukraine, people are interviewed as they recount their personal experiences. The film acts as a first installment on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They are currently working on a second film, The Silence That Follows, which explores the therapeutic use of psychedelic-assisted therapies in wartime Ukraine. For the film, the couple was awarded the Wim Wenders Development Grant, valued at approximately €20,000.

As we meet Ewan Waddell and Liubov Dyvak in their Berlin apartment, they have just returned from Ukraine, where they premiered their film The Longer You Bleed before a local audience. We sit at a long wooden table in the living room. At its center, a tall red candle burns in a bottle. I scan the walls, which are filled with framed pictures and a small mirror. On a cabinet, a vinyl record leans upright against the wall: Otis Redding, Pain in My Heart.

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