• Guest Curator: Neil Bardon 
• Language: English 
• Pages: 88 
• Size: 8.5 x 11 inches 
• Binding: Softcover, perfect bound

ISSUE 04 examines conversations held with local artisans and designers the idea of bartering and exchange of skills, as a new form of ‘currency’ in today’s day and age, hence the COMMERCE&TRADE issue. No longer is paper money just the main medium for transactions; nowadays, one's skill can afford a continuous creative collaboration for products exchanged. Guest curated by Neil Bardon, Owner of Saint Rita Parlor, the eight-month process to produce SUSPEND's first print issue focused on meeting with designers, craftsmen, and artists one-on-one to share their individual journey working in their unique creative trade in the Downtown Los Angeles area.

ISSUE 04 FEATURES EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS AND EDITORIALS with mixed media artist COLE STERNBERG, photographer ESTEVAN ORIOL, comedic actor JOHNNY REYES, menswear designers Philippa Price and Smiley Stevens of GUNS, GERMS, $TEAL, stylist ANN-MARIE HOANG, videographer & photographer ASHLAY CASHLAY, designer STEPHEN KENN, architectural boutique SILVER FOX SALVAGE, New Image Art Gallery owner MARSEA GOLDBERG, and more. Each issue is hand-numbered and printed offset in an edition of 350 copies.

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