POTOP #6 (18+)

POTOP is a publisher of both physical and digital cultural products: books, magazines and merch on one side; music, podcasts and video content on the other.

Larger than ever before, the sixth issue of POTOP’s print magazine on music and culture, The Window of Negative Possibilities, is your emergency exit from hopelessness.

The cover stars are Yelyzaveta Uhlach, better known as Struktura Shchastia, and Podillian artist Vlad Chekhuta, known publicly as Xarakter. Inside are extensive features on both: a comprehensive illustrated guide to the universe of Struktura Shchastia and Xarakter’s first major interview — one worth quoting line by line.

Also inside: an interview with Sania Kitsiapanok about the healing power of absurd humor, army confessions, a report from a wandering circus, the story of early Iryna Bilyk, forgotten Ukrainian albums of the 2000s, a retrospective photo feature by leading concert photographers, sudoku, grindcore and of course sharp cultural criticism alongside deeply emotional fiction.