Damn #88

DAMN° #88: Sun, Sport & Intimacy Condition: New Language: English 192 Pages  20.7cm x 27.5cm (8.15" x 10.83") Published in Berlin, Germany Summer 2024 Frequency: Quarterly DAMN° looks at the vigour and exhilaration of the Olympics – the ultimate summer stage for mastering the abilities of able-bodied and disabled athletes for global glory. But while the world’s best athletes have unique and specific relationships with their bodies, the rest of us, at least to some extent, are also mastering its possibilities and pleasures as a way to delve deeper into oursel So after the hunt for Gold, we slow down to consider what both mental and physical intimacy brings us. In culture, intimacy is both an inspiration and a tool – it brings a bodily lust for life that usurps all the political chaos to create beauty and hope; it toys with what really matters … what it even means to be human. From the new hospital by Herzog & de Meuron that lets parents sleep with their children, to the trans