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How a change in location helped Karin Fornander find her stride

Aimee Shirley — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:39:52 +0000

How a change in location helped Karin Fornander find her stride A conversation on the ambivalence of relocation Her intention was to complete an internship at the Swedish Embassy and then head back to Sweden to apply for diplomat training. But Fornander’s carefully laid plans quickly came undone once she arrived. “The thought of going

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Invoking a bolder, feminine power in her art, illustrator Ruohan Wang finds her strength in a new city

Aimee Shirley — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:03:09 +0000

Invoking a bolder, feminine power in her art, illustrator Ruohan Wang finds her strength in a new city A conversation on the ambivalence of relocation “The idea was partly from my father because he thought it would be better if I could learn more about other cultures, languages, and histories,” Wang recalls. “That way you

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Nico Adomako on expanding his creative roots in Berlin’s fertile landscape

Aimee Shirley — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 11:01:45 +0000

Nico Adomako on expanding his creative roots in Berlin’s fertile landscape A conversation on the ambivalence of relocation When asked, the DJ and co-founder of music collective Einhundert states that Berlin and Ghana aren’t “comparable at all, besides the growing rate of gentrification and the influence of the outside world.” Adomako is set to visit

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Musician MIKEY on the spirited voyage to define their personal voice

Aimee Shirley — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:43:41 +0000

Musician MIKEY on the spirited voyage to define their personal voice A conversation on the ambivalence of relocation In 2018, Woodbridge, aka Mikey, released an inaugural EP, Paths, which explores the pain and inner strength that comes from seeking sex and romantic relationships as a non-gender-conforming person. Mikey identifies as non-binary and goes by the

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Brick Magazine is flipping the script on hip-hop culture

root — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 02:06:01 +0000

“I wanted to make something I would buy myself,” says Hayley as we flip through a past issue of Brick in her studio in Shoreditch, London. “Other hip-hop mags became almost like lads mags with just a bit of music content. It was very tacky, very ’80s boys with their toys,’ so I wanted to

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Photographer Lucas Hardonk’s latest project reimagines time and space

root — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 00:50:13 +0000

“The concept is about how time influences memory and how that in turn affects the way we look at images,” says Lucas about his latest project. Titled You’ll have to wait till yesterday is here (inspired by lyrics to a Tom Waits song), the project explores the way that one’s life experience has on the

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Lucas Hardonk liberates our mind’s eye with images that reconstruct time and space

root — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 00:27:09 +0000

“We would go into the forest to photograph deer, and then to a nearby river where I captured every boat that passed,” says Lucas of a childhood spent with his grandfather who first introduced him to photography. Lucas went on to nurture his love of the craft at The Royal College of Arts in the

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Mark de Lange sets his sights on supporting emerging artists

root — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 20:38:01 +0000

Their formula: trim the proverbial fat by eliminating unnecessary steps in the value chain. So, the quality frames offered by Ace & Tate come with complete cost transparency—from €98 all-in, including prescription lenses, shipping, and returns. Not bad for a 34-year-old entrepreneur whose background is a far reach from eyewear design. “My background is in

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