Ex-Plain documents alternative and underground culture with a focus on refinement without excess. It exists in the space between the experimental and the iconic: informal lifestyles, subcultural aesthetics, outsider art, and the darker, moodier edges of contemporary and historical culture.
The through-line is what might be called Wabi-Noir: a synthesis of the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi – that is to say an appreciation of imperfection, impermanence, and time – with the raw, informal sensibilities shaped by friction, scarcity, and reinvention.
The perspective behind Ex-Plain is shaped by years spent immersed in global cultural centers including Berlin, New York, Tokyo, and London, alongside a long-standing obsession with the finer details of underground art, fashion, music, design, and cultural history. The work is editorial in approach, visual by nature, and intentionally selective, less about coverage, more about clarity.
Ex-Plain exists to contextualize the underground, document it, and point to where it’s heading next with intelligence and restraint.
Ex-Plain is a guide to the outer edges of alternative culture, art, and ideas.