The New Obsessives is a group of artists focused on reassembling a non-ambiguous cultural experience through the proliferation of art and art propaganda. The collective consists primarily of former members of the Defastenist art movement that was based in Dublin, Ireland. The group's focus is an evolution of the Defastenist Manifesto, and is a direct response to the belief that discourse among artists has become "watery and... inefficient".
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The New Obsessive is the monthly publication edited, written, illustrated and published by members of The New Obsessives. Issue 1 was published August 25, 2009. On 10 May 2011, the monthly online broadsheet format was abandoned for an electronic news agency format, to be updated at more frequent intervals. Contributors have included but are not limited to: Gary Farrelly, David Turpin, Sophie Iremonger, White Trash Peg, Oisin Byrne, Donna Marie O'Donovan, Antoine Gache, J.T.H Paris, Liam Ryan, Gavin Reddin, Jamey Ray Ruppert, Douglas Brodoff, Marina Guinness (under a nom de plume), and Francis Moulinat.
Exclusive interviews of notables include but are not limited to: Mariya Ocher, Yorgos Nikas, Gene Gregorits, Martin Kiefer, Jimmy Dale, Cindy Wilson, Barra O'Brien, and Andrew Bayer