The Opposite of an Eyesore

Friends and readers of Eyesore magazine gathered on Saturday for a quasi-relaunch at Head Hi Cafe. Largely UK-based but run by a globally dispersed editorial collective, Eyesore has published irregularly since 2016. Issue no. 5, “Lost Spaces,” debuts a new format (previously A3 tabloid, now A4 non-glossy) and sports an evocative cover photograph to boot: a man holds a brick from the imperiled council estate he once called home. As night set in, the once-plentiful stacks of copies for sale were already gone. Spotted: NYC-based Eyesore editor Clara Gross, So There’s This… podcast-host Brooke Viegut, and many heads buried in fresh issues.