Dept. of culture

grave matters

October 5, 2007  8:16 am

There’s a new mag in town. Husband-and-wife team Alex Freund and Lisa Mosko (he’s a photographer, she’s a stylist and writer; they’ve contributed to publications such as Surface, The New York Times Magazine, and Tokion) have launched Gravure, a biannual journal that will spotlight fashion, art, and culture, with a corresponding Web site going online at noon today. “We’re calling it a ‘multimedia happening,’ ” said Mosko of the two-pronged launch. “We like the idea of opposite technologies. We wanted a Web aspect to the publication, but on the other hand, communication has become very throwaway, so we also wanted a nostalgic component, something more precious, with a tactile quality.” The first issue features the work of Ellen von Unwerth, Marcelo Krasilcic, designer and stylist Victoria Bartlett, and Frankie Rayder directed by Alisa Lipsitt. What it doesn’t feature is ads, and while the couple hasn’t ruled them out, they’re only going to consider ones that match Gravure’s refined look.

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