THE PAPER is a curated magazine by T_LOPLAN.
Titled “Idyllic Drifters Issue,” this edition takes its name from the Chinese word ‘恬静’ (tianjing), meaning tranquility, and the English phrase “Idyllic Drifters,” evoking the image of leisurely drifting. “Movement within stillness.
Even things that appear to remain still at first glance
are constantly shifting moment by moment.
Two seemingly contradictory elements are intricately intertwined.
This is true not only for life, but for everything that exists.”

The editorial features: The T_LOPLAN Spring Summer 2023 collection, photographed by Mayumi Hosokura at the Shoto Museum of Art in Tokyo, and the Autumn Winter 2022 collection, photographed by Shuuno Aoki at the Saitama Museum of Modern Art.

In a conversation between photographer Mayumi Hosokura, who shot the cover story, and film director Okina Hasegawa, the two long-time friends―who traverse different expressive mediums in their work―discuss various topics related to “motion within stillness.” discuss various topics related to “motion within stillness,” including the differences between still images and video,
masculinity and femininity, time and memory, and the macro and micro worlds.

-Drawing of the Whirl by Mayumi Hosokura
-Still Moving: A Conversation Between Mayumi Hosokura and Yokna Hasegawa
-KOKO by Shuya Aoki
-Autumn Night Solitude by Wang Wei

Cast List (in no particular order, titles omitted)
Mayumi Hosokura
Manami
Kazuhiro Nakakazu
Naomi Nishida
Shuuno Aoki
Jiahao Feng
Seiki Sugaya
Okuha Hasegawa
Heijiro Yagi
Lisa Tanimura

Specifications
Softcover / 297mm x 420mm / 40 pages