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we are dedicated to showcasing the work of new artists of all mediums and to discussing trends and ideas within art communities
knack’s ultimate aim is to connect and inspire emerging artists we strive to create a place for artists, writers, designers, thinkers, & innovators to collaborate and produce a unique, informative, and unprecedented web-based magazine each month
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andrea vaca co-founder, director, photo editor, marketing ariana lombardi co-founder, executive editor jonathon duarte co-founder, design director miljen aljinovic editor fernando gaverd designer, digital operations, marketing jake goodman designer, photographer bFrank designer chelsey alden editor jacob bewley editor
THEK NACK MAGA Z INE .COM K N A C K M A G A Z I N E 1@ G M A I L . C O M
cover jonathon duarte first and last spreads anonymous center spread jake goodman words by annie lynch
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featured artists
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daniel siuba
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annabelle chairlegs 29 cĂŠcile moore 32 jeongki kim 40
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photographers, graphic designers & studio artists
acceptable formats
10-12 high resolution images of your work. All should include pertinent caption information (name, date, medium, year).
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If there are specifications or preferences concerning the way in which an image is displayed please include them. writers
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You may submit up to 5,000 words and as little as one. We accept simultaneous submissions. No cover letter necessary. All submissions must be 12pt, Times New Roman, single or double-spaced with page numbers and include your name, e-mail, phone number, and genre.
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KNACK seeks writing of all kinds. We will even consider recipes, reviews, and essays. We seek writers whose work has a distinct voice, is character driven, and is subversive but tasteful. all submissions KNACK encourages all submitters to include a portrait, a brief biography including name, age, current location, and portrait of the artist is also encouraged (no more than 250 words). As well as an artist statement with their submission (no more than 500 words). We believe that your perspective of your work and process is as lucrative as the work itself. This may range from your upbringing and/or education as an artist, what type of work you produce, inspirations, etc. If there are specifications or preferences concerning the way in which your work is to be displayed please include them. Please title files for submission with the name of the piece. This applies for both writing and visual submissions.
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missed a submission deadline?
do not fear!
KNACK operates on a rolling submission system. This means that we will consider work from any artist at any time. Our “deadlines� merely serve as a cutoff for each issue of the magazine. Any and all work sent to knackmagazine1@gmail.com will be considered for submission as long as it follows submission guidelines. The day work is sent merely reflects the issue it will be considered for. Have questions or suggestions? E-mail us. We want to hear your thoughts, comments, and concerns. Sincerely, Ariana Lombardi, Executive Editor
knackmagazine1@ gmail.com subject: Submission (Photography, Studio Art, Creative Writing, Graphic Design)
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knack needs your help
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KNACK is requesting material to be reviewed. Reviews extend to any culture-related event that may be happening in the community in which you live. Do you know of an exciting show or exhibition opening? Is there an art collective in your city that deserves some press? Are you a musician, have a band, or are a filmmaker? Send us your CD, movie, or titles of upcoming releases which you’d like to see reviewed in KNACK. We believe that reviews are essential to creating a dialogue about the arts. If something thrills you, we want to know about it and share it with the KNACK community—no matter if you live in the New York or Los Angeles, Montreal or Mexico.
All review material can be sent to knackmagazine1@gmail.com. Please send a copy of CDs and films to 4319 North Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60613. If you would like review material returned to you include return postage and packaging. Entries should contain pertinent details such as name, year, release date, websites and links (if applicable). For community events we ask that information be sent up to two months in advance to allow proper time for assignment and review.
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We look forward to seeing and hearing your work.
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algüz duransoy
Algüz is a graphic designer from Karsıyaka, Turkey. She’s 25. She graduated from the University of Dokuz Eylül with a focus on business. She works with digital and print media, creating custom designs and logos.
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daniel siuba
Daniel Siuba is 26. In addition to writing, he is also a composer, musician, and performer. He goes by Dan, Danny, or Daniel, and sometimes, on rare occasions, you can call him Danny Ray. He has recently found his home in Chicago.
auricmess.com soundcloud.com/auric-mess dannysiuba@gmail.com
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cĂŠcile moore
CĂŠcile Moore was born in Macomb, IL. She has a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe, with a dual degree from the University of Bologna and Corvinus University in Budapest. She currently works and resides in Brooklyn, NY.
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jeongki kim
Jeongki Kim is currently a sophomore at the Rhode Island School of Design, and anticipates to graduate with a BA in FAV (Film/Animation/Video) with a concentration in animation. He currently resides in Gardner, MA.
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knack an acquired or natural skill at performing a task an adroit way of doing something a clever trick or stratagem
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Designer, Marketing.
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I D E M A M A E A R T H / A C R O B AT
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I have been creating since childhood–mostly through music–but I recently became committed to writing. My voice seems to shift and reorganize itself depending on what I am writing about. This mercurial quality suits my personality and is simultaneously frustrating. So far, most of my writing seems to be inspired by other art forms, such as books or music. I use these works as jumping off points for my own explorations. Perhaps I am attempting to dig something out of myself by entering into the work of others. Simply put, I aim to provide other ways of seeing.
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(watermelon summer) Instant guitar sweat. American staples of summer indulgence. Aroused by the heat of her voice, molecules of air vibrate more quickly– a self-assured elastic laser precision. Shapeshifting raging teen into woman of prophecy. Addicted to tanning, allergic to light.
(Pipeline) I sit cross-legged with eyes closed, hunting visions. I see enormous stretches of swampland: a sea of garbage and half-submerged metal piping. I look down at my hands. I am cradling an iridescent triangular shape which begins to float. Somehow, I know that this glowing thing is a voice. My eyes open. Its image begins to fade, but I can still recall the sound of its shape.
(lady in heaven) A child with ocean eyes caught on a playground of silly boys who won’t share their marbles and who, as men, will never know what they want. Heaven help us bridge the divide. Judgement & Justice weigh karmic scales inflicting love and gifting pain, distributed equally from the Throne of Divine Indifference. A lady in hell awaits.
(all black in the sun) Mischievous licks, road trip Los Angeles sidewalk goth couples arm-in-arm: black sunglasses, black shirts, black jeans. Half-dead shades of honesty. Empty palettes protesting the audacity of color. Surfers dressed neck-to-toe in funeral attire lamenting the loss of Summer.
(axe me if i care) Dear Lizzie Borden,
If I begin to care, please give me the blue plate special, preferably “Family Style.”
(king of the future) What is a King in the 21st century? a choking sensation, political dyslexia, social conformity. Devaluation is the future of idealization, which is why we inevitably burn our heroes alive. The Rulers of Secrets, The Monotony of Desire, archiving our dreams like pieces of mail.
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(hello my love) You are my love my soul my heart (yes you, mine). Boys seeking Mother by devouring women and each other. Songs as love notes as a form of violence. The burden of receiving a gift. The constriction of infatuation. The curse of being in love.
(for no one else) Fumes of love, hymnal of trysts, swooning now as birds harmonize with electricity. I dreamt you were selling ice cream to infinite lines of displaced veterans on the boardwalk shores of New Jersey.
(dear friend) People categorize experiences because they are terrified of having experiences. Fearful of the pride of being nothing. Holding each other, because what else? In a day or two, I can pretend it didn’t feel how it felt. I can continue to repeat myself.
(future jelly) Frequencies of Consequence, burning rubber as we merge onto the freeway and into each other– No need to say anything else.
(Annabelle Chairlegs) Alchemists of sonic entheogen reverberations: 4/4 square surf rock agoraphobic grunge distortion dissonant pitch bends, wailing the blues Perpetually rebelling against the onslaught of smartphone millennium sludge.
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My photographs lie between strict composition and snapshot. I develop film months after shooting, which creates a distance from which I view the photos and reconstruct them, reforming and solidifying my memories of these captured moments of life. My work tells a story guarded enough to allow the viewer to project their own plot, yet it is crucially intimate. I find that intimacy is found below perfection, below urgency, and just short of a total reveal.
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I am mostly interested in story-driven work through illustration, although I pursue a variety of different mediums, including sculpture and animation. My preference for creating narrative-driven art stems from the films I have watched and the books I have read as a child, most of which possessed fantastical or supernatural elements. The works of Hayao Miyazaki especially fueled this predisposition of mine, with his inventive and visually stunning animations. While the unbound possibilities of animation as a medium fascinate me, and in which I hope to explore farther in the future, I maintain an open-minded approach towards all types of mediums, and attempt capture this narrative ideal through both the physical and digital realms of 2D and 3D work. An example of this themed exploration is my Stitched Identity series, which emerged as a culmination of several different process-based explorations in the midst of a 6-week studio mark making project. In it, the series examines and deconstructs the ambiguity of the self through experimentally unconventional methods, resulting in a unique visual image which portrays a narrative of an obscured identity. As I continue with my work, I hope to strengthen my artistic voice through this diverse pursuit of thematic narrative structure and varied media exploration
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