MORPHZINE
MANIFESTO
SERIES 01

THE STATE OF BEING OBSESSED. WORTH HAVING OR WANTING. THE DOMINATION OF ONE’S THOUGHTS OR FEELINGS BY A PERSISTENT IDEA, IMAGE, DESIRE.

OBSESSION
HYSTERIA
THE LOOK

Luca Santese celebrates obsession as the state of being obsessed. It is a climax of hysterical condition in which a person is in a persistent and, precisely obsessive state towards an idea, an image, a desire to have or want. Santese’s vision was supported by the styling of Tommaso Vaiani and the creative direction of Gloria Maria Cappelletti. IL NERVO was originally born as an editorial project of i-D Italy magazine. The disruptive output of this fanzine is strengthened by the presence and charisma of Roberta De Titta Graziano, trans model.

VISION: LUCA SANTESE STYLING: TOMMASO VAIANI CREATIVE DIRECTION: GLORIA MARIA CAPPELLETTI GROOMING: MAURA CORBETTA STARRING: ROBERTA DE TITTA GRAZIANO AGENCY: DMANAGEMENT GROUP PRODUCTION: REX INDUSTRIES EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: ROSARIO REX DI SALVO 1ST PHOTO ASSISTANT: EDOARDO COMBA 2ND PHOTO ASSISTANT: AURORA BINOTTO LIGHT ASSISTANT: ALEX ZOBOLI POST-PRODUCTION: MARIA ELISA FERRARIS SPECIAL THANKS: i-D ITALY, STUDIOBASE ALL CLOTHES ARE FROM MORPHINE.ONLINE DESIGNER VINTAGE ARCHIVE SELECTION: ALEXANDER MCQUEEN BALENCIAGA BY NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE CALLAGHAN BY NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA MORPHINE CYCLE 01 KNIT  MORPHINE CYCLE 02 SHIRTS NOKI VIVIENNE WESTWOOD

YOU EXIST IN TIME, BUT YOU BELONG TO ETERNITY. THIS OUR TIMELESS LOVE AFFAIR. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY.

INFINITE
EXISTENCE
ANCESTRAL

The topic of the volume edited by Filippo Maria is the Existence, the condition of being, and of being there, in relation to time and non-time. Existence is at the same time a physical time in which the person perceives and experiences in action. But it is also a potential projection in a space of no-time, towards eternity and towards the ancestral references to which everyone is necessarily linked. A perceptive experience of being there now, but also in the eternal flow. The output of this Zine also becomes, and above all, a timeless calendar, a tribute, and a celebration of the figure of Sabrina Querci, who curated the styling and art direction of this zine, also posing as a model: the latest project of her before her passing away.

VISION: FILIPPO MARIA CREATIVE DIRECTION: SABRINA QUERCI STARRING: SABRINA QUERCI FOAM ARTIST: ALESSANDRO BATTISTI POST-PRODUCTION: CRIO.VISION ALL CLOTHES ARE FROM MORPHINE.ONLINE DESIGNER VINTAGE ARCHIVE SELECTION: BLESS HELMUT LANG JOHN GALLIANO MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA PHILIP TREACY YOHJI YAMAMOTO YVES SAINT LAURENT BY ALBER ELBAZ

A RENEWED EXISTENCE: RISORGIMENTO. RE-GENERATING UPCYCLED PRODUCTS. TWISTING SENSIBLE CLOTHES. MAKE RESPONSABILITY A NEW AESTHETIC PROPOSITION.

ETHICAL
DEAD STOCKS
ARTISANAL

Gilda and Bodha interpret the story of the genesis of CYCLE 01: KNIT by MORPHINE, a limited edition drop by MORPHINE, handmade from recycled yarns and deadstocks of vintage knitwear. In RE-BIRTH there is this underlying vision mainly focused on the ethical concept of “renewed existence”, made, again, new. It is a new genesis, a resurgence of upcycling products. It wants to be an awareness and empowerment of all those deadstock materials that must, for a moral question, necessarily become something else, regenerated symbols of a new aesthetic proposal.

VISION: GILDA & BODHA ART DIRECTION: GILDA & BODHA PERFORMER: GILDA NEEDLEWORK: SPARDHA ALL CLOTHES ARE FROM MORPHINE UPCYLING BRAND: MORPHINE CYCLE 01 KNIT

BE. DON’T TRY TO BECOME. BEING FREE OF INFLUENCE. A NEW WAY TO EXPLORE BEAUTY. THE STATE AND QUALITY OF BEING RARE.

INDIVIDUALISM
AUTHENTICITY
ONENESS

Be one of a kind. Benassi’s moral imperative is to free eveyone’s self from external influences and to be, not to become. It is a celebration of the individual, of the uniqueness and authenticity of being rare and “one of a kind”. In his volume, the curator makes personal self-portraits available, together with portraits of Miss Q Lee and Lorenzo Danteo. The uniqueness of this reinterpretation is clear in the re-work carried out by Benassi on the archival portraits he made of Asia Argento: those portraits have been re-edited and customized by the artist to become, even more, a disruptive expression of the MORPHINE’s Manifesto.

VISION: JACOPO BENASSI STARRING: JACOPO BENASSI, MISS Q LEE, LORENZO DANTEO, ASIA ARGENTO, SOKO ALL CLOTHES ARE FROM MORPHINE.ONLINE DESIGNER VINTAGE ARCHIVE SELECTION: BALENCIAGA BY NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE CALUGI E GIANNELLI CLAUDE MONTANA COSTUME NATIONAL HELMUT LANG JOHN GALLIANO JUNYA WATANABE MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA RAF SIMONS VIVIENNE WESTWOOD

TODAY, NOT YESTERDAY, NOT TOMORROW. REALITY CONSISTS ONLY OF NOW, THE PRESENT. THIS MOMENT IS THE DOOR TO THE NEW.

INTENSITY
AWARENESS
DIASPORA

Mel Bles raises the Present to the only condition in which to act and live. Not yesterday, not tomorrow. Reality is true only if placed in the context of today. The intensity of being there in every single moment, current and actual, becomes awareness that the moment of “being there now” is an opening to the experience of living actively towards the new. For this project it was deliberately decided to opt for an open casting, a further sign of that inclusiveness dear to the project.

VISION: MEL BLES PHOTOGRAPHER AGENCY: WEBBER HAIR STYLIST: STEFANO MAZZOLENI CASTING DIRECTOR: HOLLY CULLEN STARRING: ELLA DALLAGIO, GOY MANASE, HODY YIM, YETUNDE ODIMAYO, MILLY PARRY, PATRYK LAWRY PRODUCTION: WEBBER ALL CLOTHES ARE FROM MORPHINE.ONLINE DESIGNER VINTAGE ARCHIVE SELECTION: BALENCIAGA BY NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE CALUGI E GIANNELLI CLAUDE MONTANA COSTUME NATIONAL HELMUT LANG JOHN GALLIANO JUNYA WATANABE MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA RAF SIMONS VIVIENNE WESTWOOD

BEYOND GENDER. A DIMENSION OF HAPPINESS. THE JOY OF LIVING COURAGEOUSLY YOURSELF.

NON BINARY
FABULOSITY
DEGENDER

The Manifesto statement interpreted in this fanzine is a tribute to Ciao Sex, the Cocoricò room opened in 1999. Alessandro Merlo celebrates the happiness of being free, the joy of living linked to that scene and of being oneself “beyond gender”. An important mention in this sense must be made to Gianluca Persia, a non-binary personality who oversaw the aesthetic and stylistic choice of the Zine and who was also immortalized by Merlo in the context of the Atelier Nostrano, the archive-laboratory where MORPHINE collects its vintage pieces and produces new upcycling garments. Jury Schiavi has created the stylistic code relating to glam.

VISION: ALESSANDRO MERLO STYLING: GIANLUCA PERSIA GROOMING: JURY SCHIAVI STARRING: GIANLUCA PERSIA ALL CLOTHES ARE FROM MORPHINE.ONLINE DESIGNER VINTAGE ARCHIVE SELECTION: ALEXANDER MCQUEEN BALENCIAGA BY NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE BLESS CHRISTIAN DIOR BY JOHN GALLIANO COMME DES GARÇONS HELMUT LANG JEAN PAUL GAULTIER JOHN GALLIANO JUNYA WATANABE MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA VIVIENNE WESTWOOD YOHJI YAMAMOTO YVES SAINT LAURENT BY TOM FORD

AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE ESTABLISHED SYSTEM. A GATHERING OF PEOPLE SHARING A COMMON VISION OR FEELING. A MUTUAL MISSION.

SHARING
DEMOCRATIC
EMPATHY

The curating of the fanzine focuses on the concepts of sharing, empathy, democracy, community. It wants to be a message, a vision or a common feeling, a mission in which many can find themselves. It is the final celebration of being unique together. The pictures in this volume, taken collectively by the “Morphinomanes” (MORPHINE’s team) including the guest photographer Marcello Jr Dino, first composed the communication of the upcycling collection MORPHINE COMPENDIUM 01: PAZZESCA and then transliterated in this fanzine, evoking the concept of diaspora. The casting choice was deliberately communitarian, inclusive and global.

VISION: FRANCO GOBBI, GIANLUCA PERSIA, GILDA & BODHA, GIULIA COLLI, MACS IOTTI, MARTINA IOTTI, MARCELLO JUNIOR DINO, TOMMASO VAIANI, JURY SCHIAVI STYLIST: MACS IOTTI 1ST STYLIST ASSISTANT: ALICE MAIOLINI HAIR STYLIST: FRANCO GOBBI MAKEUP ARTIST: JURY SCHIAVI CASTING DIRECTOR: SIMO BART PRODUCTION: CIRCUS STUDIO 1ST PHOTO ASSISTANT: DAVIDE MONTEUNO DIGITAL OPERATOR: ERIKA BUZIN 1ST HAIR ASSISTANT: GABRIELE MAROZZI 2ND HAIR ASSISTANT: GIORGIA TREZZI 1ST MUA ASSISTANT: LARA FEDELI 2ND MUA ASSISTANT: FEDERICO TERNI CASTING ASSISTANT: IRENE GERMANO STARRING: ALBERTO PÉREZ PELAYO, ALPHA NDOYE, ANASTASIIA ZHIDKOVA, ANOUAR SALAHDDINE, DAVIDE MAURICIO, EBRIMA NYASS, EMANUELA SPERA, GABRIEL NEGRI, GLYNE-MAE VAN DONGEN, JAEYHUP KIM, JIHOON CHOI, JISEOK NAM, LAVINE PEREIRA DOS SANTOS, MARIA RAINE, MELANIE CERVANTES VILLALBA, MINSEO KYUNG, MOHAMED DIENG, NADIA KHAYA, NAOMI YELENA SOILIHI, ROGER RODRIGUEZ REYES, ROMAN LYTVYN, ROVER RODRIGUEZ REYES, SASHA PAYTON, SHAHD HOSSAMELDIN REZKANA, THOMAS DONNA, VALERIA PAVESI FILIPPI, YAWEN YANG, YESSICA MORENO VARGAS, YU JING DAI, ZAYNAB BELLAKHDAR ALL CLOTHES ARE FROM MORPHINE UPCYLING CYCLES. MORPHINE COMPENDIUM 01: PAZZESCA MERGES DIFFERENT CYCLES AND COLLABORATIONS INTO ONE COHESIVE, ROMANTIC YET GROUNDED NARRATIVE THAT FOLLOWS A CHROMATIC FLOW. THE COMPENDIUM IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT, AND INCLUDES COLLABORATIONS WITH ONE OF ONE STUDIO FOR DENIM, ALESSANDRO GAGGIO FOR JEWELS, GIANLUCA PERSIA FOR HATS, JURY SCHIAVI AND ELENA BUCCIARELLI FOR MASKS AND BALACLAVAS, FRANCESCA MOCALI FOR CERAMIC WIGS.