THE FLOATING MAGAZINE

19/10/2023

: TFM Resistance Zine out and about in the world! Designed by

THE ZINE IS STILL AVAILABLE TO BUY! ✌🏼 Here's how
1. If you are in India, just head to . I'll put up the link in the Insta story!
2. If you are based outside India, just write to me (Payal) on [email protected]
3. Also, please do suggest where all we can stock the zine around the world! So far, we stocked at Paper Planes in India, MagCulture in London, and City Lights in San Francisco.
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21/04/2023

COMING SOON: After months (may be almost year) of publishing hiatus, we have some very exciting and compelling conversations to share with you - starting with visual artist who specialises in fashion and portrait photography. Stay tuned! ❤️ 🎉

Image: ‘Luchadoras’ from the series Cholitas Bravas by

13/07/2022

http://www.ontheoverleaf.com/articles/the-floating-magazines-posterzine-is-an-ode-to-activism-and-creativity-for-the-greater-good/

Payal is owner and publisher of The Floating Magazine (TFM), a digital magazine “featuring in-depth conversations with visual artists from around the world.” Having been a personal project for the past five years, Payal sought to transition a snippet of the digital content across to print, and i...

24/11/2021

For this interview – our last of this year, based on the theme of ‘Resistance’ – we talked to artist and writer Molly Crabapple about the pandemic, New York, social media, new projects, and how she picks her battles. The interview was done over an audio chat in July 2021. Read on:
https://thefloatingmagazine.com/people-molly-crabapple/

I am attracted to people who were born into circumstances that were meant to crush them, but they fought against the bu****it of the world.

03/09/2021

02/09/2021

"The traditional white wedding dress is such a loaded symbol, laden with centuries of cultural, symbolic, and historical references. There is so much that could be written about the significance, symbolism, and history behind this object. It has ties to a patriarchal structure that goes back centuries and a white colonial power structure that has done a lot of damage to both people and the environment. The performances reflect some of the reality and suffering that lies beneath this fairytale which we have passed down from generation to generation. It also reflects the mismatch between my own life and this archetype continually presented by culture and society, and how I have seen it damage women so deeply." - Baby Guerrilla
Read our conversation with Melbourne-based artist through the link in our bio.

27/08/2021

"I have been thinking a lot about this exhibition I saw in SFMOMA in 2019 called ‘April Dawn Alison’. The exhibition featured a huge number of Polaroids by April Dawn Alison, who was the private persona of an Oakland-based commercial photographer known to everyone around as Alan Schaefer (1941–2008). The artist made these photographs over 30 years, without a single soul knowing anything about them. They were discovered after the artist’s death. The photos draw from various kinds of feminine archetypes."
https://thefloatingmagazine.com/journal/field-notes-april-dawn-alison/

Just after publishing the first edition of Field Notes, I realised I simply won’t be able to do it every week. So I slyly went back to the post and updated the commitment to every alternate week. 🤞 I have been thinking a lot about this exhibition I saw in SFMOMA in 2019 called ‘April Dawn …

25/08/2021

NEW INTERVIEW: In her street art works, Melbourne-based artist Baby Guerrilla’s protagonists are often in a state of floating. Some of them seem to be in a trance and some in a state of transition or transformation mid-air. Some of them are being held onto by others. What’s common amongst all the stories is that they are completely open to a wide variety of interpretations. While the street art works seem to take a flight of imagination and fantasy, her paintings are often rooted in intuitions and reality.

After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts, BG had anticipated the rest of her life as a painter. Street art started as a hobby for her, but it slowly became a very prominent part of her life. She now sees the two mediums as complimentary. Apart from these two mediums, she also has created compelling work in the form of drawings, installations, mixed-media art, and performance art. We speak to BG about her work and life:
https://thefloatingmagazine.com/people-baby-guerrilla/

"Art can be an armchair or a sledge hammer and everything in between."

07/08/2021

07/08/2021

Preview: Our next interview is with artist Baby Guerrilla. Launching next week. Stay tuned.
Artwork: 'Embrace' by Baby Guerrilla

06/08/2021

Preview: Our next interview is with artist Baby Guerrilla. Launching next week.

12/07/2021

"For me, the rich Iranian-Islamic historical and cultural legacy is an inexhaustible source of inspiration, both visually and conceptually. I like to rejuvenate it by incorporating these ideas in a contemporary context. I think that by shifting things beyond their borders, one can create a new perspective and give them new meanings. Besides, I believe we aren’t able to move forward if we disconnect ourselves from our past and tradition." - Tehran-based graphic designer and visual artist, Homa Delvaray 
Image: ‘Haft Peykar’, Solo Exhibition of Homa Delvaray, Aaran Projects, Tehran-Iran, 2018 | Courtesy Homa Delvaray

Throwback | Conversation link in bio

25/06/2021

TFM Studio is looking for new projects and collaborations. We are at [email protected].