Issue 1 of l’fool utile is a constraint-free residence for weird and good images

Hubert Crabières and Alexis Etienne, the co-founders of the journal l’fool utile, pursue a number of targets. One of them is to construct a “structure of resistance” –to open up a artistic area with as few constraints as doable and free from exterior censorship. They additionally pursue sincerity in costumes, clothes and disguise while detaching these practices from the style world. Clothes are, as Hubert places it: “often unwearable and exist only within the photographic moment”. In Issue 1 of l’fool utile, which follows Issue 0, they’re making a second that might final eternally – a maximalist and intensely pro-art assortment of pictures that emphasise course of, experimentation, symbology and pleasure.

Hubert’s function because the journal’s photographer consists of creating collaborative initiatives. He works with Josiane Martinho for the style elements, and with designer and artist mates (Wataru Tominaga, Daniela Eschbacher, Venus Hermitant, Dehyon Xo, Kidows Kim, Morio Deguchi, Louise Crabières, and many others) qll of whom he has created long-term skilled relationships with as a way to “allow for more horizontal forms of collaboration, where contradictions can emerge and give rise to debate and listening”. Hubert normally begins with a listing of visible concepts he needs to discover and gathers mates, neighbours, and acquaintances from Argenteuil to assist carry most of the pictures to life. “For the text component, the process is similar: people whose ongoing research inspires us are invited to write original contributions,” says Alexis.