NOWNESS PAPER Vol.1 
Future

2020

The first issue of NOWNESS Paper print magazine “Future” features a number of art and culture related articles.
As the founding issue of our digital platform, and focused on a futuristic angle, our interviewees speak their thoughts about the future of makeup and self-expression.

24 Pages TOTAL

NOWNESS PAPER Vol.2
World in Perspective

2020

The second issue of NOWNESS Paper print magazine “World in Perspective” explores niche culture in this digital age, featuring artists such as Liudi, Luyang and Ni Li in the contemporary new media art scene, as well as the first Voguing community in China -- the prominent Voguing Shanghai.

24 Pages TOTAL

NOWNESS PAPER Vol.3
Enthic Power

2020

The topic #Minority Ethnic Portraits# has quietly made its way to the top of Weibo. At a time when globalization seems to be smoothing out the world, social networks are taking us to places that are hard to reach and to the young people of different ethnic groups. They are expressing themselves in their own traditional and contemporary ways, and what do you see when we focus on the post-modern term "ethnicity"? Is it a passing curiosity? Or is it a fantasy of a future world?

24 Pages TOTAL

NOWNESS PAPER Vol.4
Talent Awards

2020

The long year of 2020 has been a time of loss and helplessness. It has also been a year of many variables for image makers. International film festivals were postponed, cross-border work was restricted, and shooting schedules were affected by external circumstances in one way or another. Under these circumstances, the NOWNESS Talent Awards still chose to go ahead as scheduled, hoping to give young short film creators some confidence and hope.

This is only the second year of the NOWNESS Talent Awards, but we were pleasantly surprised to see that compared to the entries received last year, the films entered this year were more diverse in terms of genre, narrative and artistic approach. Many of the young creators have already received attention at international festivals, including Cannes and Student Oscar. We had a few hesitations during the preliminary selection process, and the limit of 12 shortlisted films forced us to discard some of the more mature but distinctive works. At the same time, some of the films were so visually striking that we decided to make exceptions to the jury rules for them.


24 Pages TOTAL