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shot at Grasshopper Canyon, Santa Fe, New Mexico Louisa Gagliardi, night caps, 2022, nail polish and ink on pvc, copyright of the artist, courtesy of galerie eva presenhuber Louisa Gagliardi, breakfast in bed, 2019, gel medium and ink on pvc, copyright of the artist, courtesy of rodolphe janssen

interview

by ANFISA VRUBEL

portraits by STEVEN ST. JOHN

artwork by LOUISA GAGLIARDI

 

Coining the term “the more-than-human world,” the American ecologist and anthropologist started as a traveling magician, meeting shamans across the globe.

He promotes a revival of animism and our animality, calling it the “Spell of the Sensuous.”

 

ANFISA VRUBEL — This issue is devoted to exploring magic — not in the prevalent conception of it, but as an expanded way of seeing and participating in the world and opening up alternate realms. Your book The…