Description

 Discontent Biannual Periodical (Issue 01)

Format: A4 | Black & White Print |

Culturally superior and aesthetically dissident. A collection of South Africa’s contemporary arts and literature outsiders, featuring:

Balthazar Erasmus/ 
Montle Moorosi/ 
Michelle Hartley/ 
Leo Vanzini/ 
Petrus Stuyvesant/ 
Vincent Conrad/ 
Ameerah Moola 
/Roger Young 
/Dominick Crowe /Pettersson
 Mathroom
 /Jew Jitsu Clothing
 /Karl Obakeng 
Bradley/ Abrahams
 Reg/ Naaiers
 Nthato /Mokgata
/ Isaac Mutant
 Hugh/ Upsher
 Martin Mezzabotta
 / Fabienne Troost
 /Koos Van der Wat /Nthato Mokgata /Isaac Mutant and Petrus Stuyvesant.

Discontent is not a lifestyle magazine; it is a diagnostic tool for managing conditions that shouldn’t exist. This inaugural issue functions as a “declassified dossier” on the gap between effort and outcome in the South African creative economy. ” The reader probably has a degree. Maybe two. Worked jobs beneath that education while being told it was “character building.” Heard “just network more” from people whose networks were inherited. Watched less qualified people advance because they could afford unpaid internships, unfunded relocations, uncompensated “exposure.”
 

Inside Issue 01:

• The Discontent Manifesto: An analysis of downward mobility, “monetized passion,” and why your taste isn’t refined—it’s just what you can still afford.

• Contributor Deep-Dives: Visuals and text from Nicola Harris, Vespucci, Roger Young, and more.

• Build and Destroy: A brutalist layout designed to prioritize urgency over “champagne” industry standards.

• High-Contrast Content: From “Vintage Machismo” to “Unemployed Writing,” this volume documents the drift of the South African outsider.

Product Specifications:

• Dimensions: A4

• Print: High-contrast Black & White on 80gsm Woodfree Uncoated Paper

• Origin: Printed and Published in South Africa by Strange Fruit

• Editor(s) : Montle Moorosi, Leo Vanzini
• Art Direction & Design : Hassan Hussein
• Cover Photography: Fabienne Troost