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IN A CITY NOW DEFINED BY SKYROCKETING RENTS AND DIGITAL PROMOTION, ONE FILM ENTHUSIAST CONTINUES TO BUILD COMMUNITY THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY. HOW DID A NETWORK OF SQUATS, BARTER ECONOMIES, AND UNDERGROUND SCREENINGS SHAPE A CULTURAL TRADITION THAT STILL THRIVES QUIETLY IN AMSTERDAM TODAY? Still from The Adventures of Picasso (1978) at one of Babcock's screenings Jeffrey Babcock is a cultural activist and lifelong film obsessive whose story feels inseparable from the underground

MOVING BETWEEN BARS, DANCE FLOORS, AND CROWDED STREETS WHERE MOST OF THE NIGHTLIFE HAPPENS OUTSIDE, SITTING OVER CHEAP TEA AND SHISHA UNTIL THE EARLY MORNING. Kadıköy 22:47. We get on the ferry without thinking too much about it. It’s the easiest way to start the night, a slow crossing over to the European side of the old city. The air is heavy and warm, carrying the smell of salt and diesel from the water below. Most people have already started their chain-smoking for the ni

IN AN ERA WHERE THE ALGORITHM EXPECTS ARTISTS TO BE CONSTANTLY VISIBLE, SOME MUSICIANS ARE CHOOSING TO STEP BACK INSTEAD OF LEANING IN. WHY, IN A CULTURE OF ENDLESS EXPOSURE, HAS GOING ANONYMOUS STARTED TO FEEL LESS LIKE A GIMMICK AND MORE LIKE A FORM OF SELF-PRESERVATION? Esdeekid & Timothee Chalamet In a day and age when social media is king, everyone is hypervisible. So why disappear? Artists have never been more present in our day to day life. You can switch from their in