ORDER MAGAZINE (“THE ARTISTS EDITION”)
Mia Kidis was asked by”DITHER AU” to redesign the cover of “ORDER” magazine issue 2.
Title #1 - “Luca and Richard Larter”
I took this Polariod photo after Luca was gifted the archives of Pat and Richard Larter. He was working for a collector who’s house was filled to the brim with Australian art, and one afternoon he gave Luca a stack of photos, drawings and prints. We put them up around our house and here luca is, mimicking the pose of “Kathy” 1995 on the wall behind him.
Title #2 “Valasia Kidis, A Cover Girl”
For as long as I can remember I have been picking up crap off the sidewalk. If I see an ID card in the gutter, I must have it, and preserve it in a box under the couch for years… this includes hand written grocery lists, plastic shopping bags passport photos or birthday notes, I have hoarded tiny pieces of paper that say I <3 u from a stranger that’ll I’ll never know and can never bring myself to throw them out.
This cover is dedicated to my yiayia ‘Valasia Kidis’ whose love and Identity will be forever with me.
Title #3 “This is a Stolen Photo But I Still Took It”
This is a stolen photo, but I still took it. I took this Polaroid photo off a wall in the waiting room of a Japanese peep show. He was banned from the venue for filming the show on a handycam. Attached to the photo was a handwritten apology to the staff, who had taken his Polaroid in the same seat that I was reading his letter.
Unknowingly at the time, this image completely ignited my love for Polaroids and CRTS
“LUCA AND RICHARD LARTER”“VALASIA KIDIS, A COVER GIRL”“THIS IS A STOLEN PHOTO, BUT I STILL TOOK IT”