GIFTNÅLEN no 1
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GIFTNÅLEN no 1 is a 480-page black-and-white hardcover underground arts journal edited and assembled by Kristian Olsson, published in its second edition by Korm Plastics in September 2024. Across its pages, the book brings together apocalyptic culture, outlaw occultism, transgressive visual matter, and anarchic textual forms — assembled between 2018 and 2023 and first published by Styggelse Förlag and the Ajna Offensive.
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 480
- Size: 20 × 29 cm
- Publisher: Korm Plastics, 2024
- Edition: Second edition, September 2024 (first published by Styggelse Förlag & Ajna Offensive)
GIFTNÅLEN no 1 — underground arts journal of apocalyptic and occult culture
GIFTNÅLEN no 1 is a 480-page black-and-white hardcover assembled and edited by Kristian Olsson. Issued as Issue No. 1 (Fall 2023) and reissued in its second edition by Korm Plastics in September 2024, it operates at the scale of a book while retaining the accumulative, non-hierarchical logic of a journal. The format is deliberate: at 20 × 29 cm and nearly five hundred pages, the object demands physical engagement before the reader has opened it.
Scope and content
The publication draws together apocalyptic culture, outlaw occultism, archaic sorcery, damned poetry, forbidden knowledge, perversion, and sinister visual matter. None of these registers is treated as subordinate to the others. Text and image accumulate without a governing editorial distance — the effect is density rather than argument, atmosphere rather than thesis.
The material is printed entirely in black and white, which flattens hierarchies of medium and source. Collage, photography, text, and illustration occupy the same tonal space throughout.
Lineage and precedents
The publication situates itself within a specific tradition of late-1980s and early-1990s underground print culture. Publications such as Amok, Esoterra, Rapid Eye Movement, Svarta Fanor, Pandemonium, Force Mental, and Exit form the visible lineage. GIFTNÅLEN no 1 does not reproduce that tradition or treat it as nostalgia. The material is heavier, more illustrated, and pushed further into excess than most of those precedents allowed.
The content is described as exclusive and rarely seen. The editorial orientation throughout is outsider — not positioned toward mainstream art publishing or academic discourse.
Edition history
The book was assembled between 2018 and 2023. It was first published by Styggelse Förlag and the Ajna Offensive. The second edition was published by Korm Plastics in September 2024. The Korm Plastics imprint, long associated with figures such as Frans de Waard and the broader industrial and noise milieu, provides a natural home for a publication of this character.
Context within the catalogue
Readers approaching GIFTNÅLEN no 1 from an interest in esoteric artist publications may find relevant adjacent material in the Artbooks section of the catalogue. Those drawn to the publication's ties to industrial and power electronics print culture may also find useful context in Music Books & Sound Culture.
Kristian Olsson
Kristian Olsson is a Swedish noise, industrial, and power electronics artist. He also runs the labels Styggelse and Bolvärk. That background is legible throughout GIFTNÅLEN no 1: the publication carries the same commitment to extremity, atmosphere, and outsider cultural production that runs through his work in underground sound and print.
Rather than editing from a neutral distance, Olsson assembles the book as a total environment. The publication feels shaped by someone deeply embedded in industrial and esoteric subculture — with a clear interest in collision, pressure, and cultural excess rather than tidy classification.
Year: 2024
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Dimensions: 20 × 29 cm
Weight: 1.5 kg
Edition: Second edition, September 2024 (first published by Styggelse Förlag & Ajna Offensive)
Publisher / Manufacturer:
Korm Plastics
Country of origin:
Netherlands
Website:
https://www.kormplastics.nl
Email:
info@kormplastics.nl
Address:
Korm Plastics / Frans de Waard
Acaciastraat 11
6521 Nijmegen
Netherlands
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