WETWARE Magazine

WETWARE Magazine is a publication that connects digital fashion and academia. By using the concept of digital fashion as a lens for cultural research, we explore ways in which digital fashion shapes, constructs or decomposes society. Through WETWARE we want to encourage thinking about and engaging with the idea of digital fashion as a means that can push the boundaries of existent fashion structures.

2023-2026: WETWARE Magazine published four items;

'ISSUE ZERO: A Digital Fashion Manifesto'. This manifesto unfolds nine statements on digital fashion, challenging the boundaries of creativity, identity and sustainability. all images are generated by the authors using ai.

'ISSUE ONE': This first issue follows Issue 0: ‘A Digital Fashion Manifesto’ and serves as the debut issue of WETWARE. In this edition, we dive into the world of digital fashion, exploring its nuances through the lens of cultural theory. From the intersection of technology and style to the social implications of digitalisation, our diverse perspectives aim to unravel the complexities of this evolving landscape. Join us as we embark on a journey to understand how digital fashion (re)shapes our culture, and vice versa

'ISSUE TWO: Fleeting Fashion; Digital Fashion Images and Print Permanence'. Curated by Vera van Nuenen, this issue critically explores the ephemerality and value of digital fashion imagery in contrast to printed fashion media. What happens to the value of digital fashion images once they disappear from our feed? Conversely, how does fashion communicated through printed matter hold a different, perhaps more enduring cultural and aesthetic weight?
<This issue is for sale, 20EUR>

'ISSUE THREE: Fashioning Rendered Worlds '. WETWARE: Fashioning Rendered Worlds asks a deceptively simple question: “In what worlds do digital garments exist?” It considers how digital fashion generates not only spaces of appearance, but also new modes of perception, meaning, and relation to the (digital) worlds we inhabit. This issue explores the immersive digital, virtual, and 3D environments where digital fashion lives, moves, and transforms, as well as the bodies it reshapes and reimagines in the process.

WETWARE Magazine is co-founded and creatively directed by Vera van Nuenen and Adil Boughlala. This project received the Groeispurt funding by Cultuur Academy.