Power, perceived widely as a vertical structure, manifests multi-dimensionally in creative realms. When read as capacity instead, power disperses into a non-hierarchical spectrum that escapes binaries. Creatives regarded as rockstars hold a position that both expands and exposes their capacity.

Are creatives of global acclaim experimental in discourse and action, innovative and critical, and philanthropic in practice? Or has power numbed them into palaces of privilege? Does positioning affect those with lesser influence, coercing them to think radically?

In bettering the world through a creative ecosystem, if it is a matter of capacity, it may be fascinating to grapple with what these hierarchical, non-linear, or polar power positioning achieve. This issue follows creatives of influence and reads their capacities: a STIRring tour of BIG HQ with Bjarke Ingels; the very pink and real success of Barbiecore; a reflection on the concept of "otherness" by the curator of VAB 2024.

Subvert structures of power with tangents of capacity, shall we?