To celebrate the publication of Subsequence the magazine vol. 8, we will be hosting a “Subsequence Salon” event at the VISVIM GALLERY / VISVIM GENERAL STORE in the Naka Meguro area of Tokyo.

“Subsequence Salon” is a pop-up gallery that exhibits and sells arts and crafts from all over the world, past and present, specially curated by Subsequence magazine.  For this special occasion as an homage to the rich magazine culture that flourished in Japan during the 20^th century, we have selected an offering from the vast collection of magazines that our Editor in Chief, Kosuke Ide has collected over many years.  We will be presenting an exclusive limited time library that will feature a selection of vintage Japanese magazines, ranging from those over 100 years old to others dating back to the 1990’s.

More than 100 magazines spanning across all genres will be on exhibit to provide a space where one will be able to actually pick up and read the magazines.  It is our hope to create an opportunity to reconsider what it means “to make a magazine” by revisiting the historical records left by each publication that focuses on “Capturing the Moment”.
In addition, the latest issue of the magazine will be available for sale at the venue, alongside some other official merchandise.

We will be giving away a poster (B2 Size) during the exhibition, which features the event’s promotional imagery.  Only limited quantities available while supplies last.

“Regarding this exhibition”

Subsequence Editor in Chief: Kosuke Ide

I like magazines.
When I was a student in elementary school about 40 years ago, like many other people of the time, I was hungry for information.  I would eagerly await the release of various weekly and monthly magazines and run to the bookstore with my allowance in hand.

I would discover clever copy, detailed information, witty columns, exciting photos and illustrations.  Even the advertisements were a different level of creative.  A magazine was a dream world filled with a beautiful joy, that was also a pathway to “someplace that was not here” at the same time.  While I would wait for subsequent issues to release, I would read the magazine I had from cover to cover over and over again.  There was a strange excitement I would feel when I imagined that somewhere in this world, some other person was reading the same pages as I was at that very moment.

We eventually welcomed the beginning of the 21st century and the age of the internet had arrived as I started my work as an editor.  Today it is common for information to endlessly flow our way 24 hours a day with no breaks where it seems difficult to properly absorb any of it.  What does it really mean to make a magazine in such times?  This was what I always thought about as we continued to create “Subsequence.” 

The magazines that have been brought together for this library are from my personal collection and represent a small sampling of the vast number of Magazines, PR Mags, Mini-Communication Mags, and Fan Zines that have been published in Japan during the 20th century.  It is by no means a systematic archive, nor is it a collection of rare prints.  However, each magazine has a set of creators alongside its readers who are passionate about its existence, as well as those who cherish its legacy for future generations to embrace.  It would bring me great joy if people would have the opportunity to see, to touch, and to feel these magazines firsthand as a tangible record of the fact that there were indeed many people who endeared magazines in this way.

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