Flow International I32 2019

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Behind the Scenes

DRAWINGATTENTION

TOWOMEN

“InFlowwehavebeenpayingtributeto

thelivesof womenwhoinspireusfor

years,”saysFlowInternational’sGeneral

ManagingEditor,AlicevanEssenwhois

responsiblefortherubric‘WomenHeroes’.

“Wewantto knowthestoryof theirlives,

howtheygrewup,whotheyloved,where

theygottheirinspirationfrom,andwhere

theyfoundthestrengthto goagainstthe

currentandthespiritof thetimes.Forme,

asa woman,nothingbeatsbeinginspired

bypowerfulwomensuchasVirginiaWoolf,

MargaretSangerorAliceWalker(seepage

139).AndI’mnottheonlyone;whenI

askedillustratorswhoregularlyworkfor

Flowwhichwomentheyadmireandwhy,

theycameupwitha mostsurprisinglist.

Atthebackof eachissue,in ‘Women

Heroes’,a differentillustratortellsusabout,

andbeautifullyillustrates,herheroine.”

ArtDirectorKarinSonneveld

spotteda streetartpieceof Frida

KahloonInstagramandasked

imagecoordinatorMarjolijn

Polmanto seeif shecouldhunt

downa photoof theartworkthat

couldbeusedonthecover.“I

foundoutthatit’sa nine-meter-tall

muralthatadornstheentranceof

a nightclubin BuenosAirescalled

Fridha.It wasmadebya collective

of threeartiststhatgobythe

name,CamposJesses.I founda

pictureonInstagrammadebya

photographyenthusiast,LuisE.

VásquezO.Hehadtakenthe

imagewithhisiPhone,sothe

resolutionwasn’tbigenoughfor

thecover.ButwhenI mailedhim,

Luissaidhewashappyto goand

takeanotherpicture,thistimewith

hisnewcamera.Thisresultedin

animagein whichthesummery

colorspopevenmore.”

ON THE COVER

Offline

with Flow,

s page

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PHOTOGRAPHY

CAMPOS JESSES

(ON THE COVER)

ILLUSTRATION

PENELOPE DULLAGHAN

BACKGROUND PATTERN

SHUTTERSTOCK

Women Hero ,

s page 139

STOP USING WHATSAPP

‘Could I do it too?’ wondered journalist Anneke Bots while

she was writing ‘Find me @nowhere?’ (page 34): “I suspect I

could, but I’d rather not. For me, the ease and conviviality beats

the aggravation. And I’m not the only one because despite all

the critical noises, it was tough finding people who have removed

the app from their phone. Perseverance also seems to be an art.

Self-proclaimed techno-philosopher Rens van der Vorst, who has

deleted the app, compares being on our phones now with how

people chainsmoked in the past, and how both seem normal in

their time. Which begs the question: How easy is it to quit?”

The artists

of Campos

Jesses during

the installation

of the mural.

Kahlo’s head

was painted

separately.