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I am passionate about story telling, finding, exposing and sharing the world through journalism with print and film as the medium. I have worked with prestigious companies such as Disegno, HERO Magazine and exclaim! I have interviewed upcoming stars such as Matt Maltese and Florence Pugh as well as established names like Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.
Black Country, New Road have been building their idiosyncratic brand for the past couple of years: legendary live performances at vaunted south London venue the Windmill, curious merch choices that included jigsaw puzzles and USB sticks, music videos built from surreal stock images, and Christmas covers of Wham!
Created during lockdown by photography historian Dr Julie Bonzon, The Photographic Collective unifies and celebrates lens-based artists from Africa, opening opportunities to collaborate at a time when many appear to be closing. The not-for-profit initiative aims to bring visibility to emerging artists from the continent, with a current focus on those not represented by a gallery.
Although occasionally unrefined, Hotel Lux's debut EP Barstool Preaching is charming enough to shine bright in an increasingly straight edged world. Just like the post-punk scene in London during the past few years, the inner workings of British pub culture is hard to describe, volatile and occasionally esoteric.
Black Country, New Road have been building their idiosyncratic brand for the past two years: legendary live performances at vaunted south London venue the Windmill, curious merchandise choices (jigsaw puzzles and USB sticks to name a couple), music videos built from surreal stock images and Christmas covers of Wham!
To watch the 158-minute theatrical cut of Until the End of the World, Wim Wenders’s globetrotting, apocalyptic, sci-fi odyssey, is to zone in and out of a meandering, wistful dream. While the nearly five-hour director’s cut intensifies this experience, allowing you to deep-dive into the film’s holistic world.
For Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, drawing is an essential part of the design process. Disegno speaks to Ronan on the creativity and importance of sketching, and the design studio's new hand-drawn textile Rivi.
Working from home isn't so bad under the right circumstances. Other Lives songwriter Jesse Tabish recently moved from Portland to a rustic A-frame house in the rural Cooper Mountain region of Oregon, using this self-imposed isolation to propel his creativity.
"I shouldn't have to feel like I'm obliged to play the girlfriend," says actress Florence Pugh, who talked to us this week ahead of the release of her latest film, Lady Macbeth.
Hailing from the rolling roundabouts of Reading, singer-songwriter Matt Maltese has only recently moved to London - South London, to be precise. Surrounded by a thriving community of young talent, such as hotly-tipped local musicians HMLTD, Goat Girl, Dead Pretties and Shame, the young musician has found an ideal hub for exploring his own creative ambitions.
In the 2013 documentary 12 O'Clock Boys, a young Baltimore boy dreams of joining the ranks of a group of urban dirt bike riders who wreak havoc in his home city. After seeing the film, photographer Spencer Murphy wondered whether a parallel community existed in London.
Media coverage of the migrant crisis has been scrutinised throughout Europe and across the world. Often deemed as insensitive and unethical, a recent report by the Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) suggested that news outlets are politically led and follow an agenda dominated by right-wing propaganda and political gain.
Dame Zaha Hadid was recognised as one of the world's most influential architects, her buildings defied classification and even gravity. She continuously battled with convention and always looked towards the future of architecture using both technology and tactics: "There can be no progress without an element of uncertainty and without a sensation of embarking on a journey into the unknown," Hadid once said of progression and innovation.
Grian Chatten is a nervous watch. The disheveled but dogged frontman of Fontaines D.C. stalked onto the stage at the Phoenix Concert Theatre looking to start a fight, pacing and prowling, bashing the microphone stand and repeatedly hitting himself in the jaw, releasing some of his energy and frustration.
"There is something about the fear associated with the word 'queer', but also something about it holds liberating potential," says Clare Barlow, curator of a new exhibition at the Tate: Queer British Art 1861-1967. The term 'queer' has evolved throughout it's lengthy history, from abusive connotations to freer potential.
Brickfield, a new exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, charts the journey of clay from raw to the refined while prompting reflection on the brick.
T op image: Ai Weiwei's 'Good Fences Make Good Neighbors' (2016) Courtesy of the Public Art Fund Ai Weiwei, the challenging Chinese artist and activist, will erect over 100 security fences and installations throughout New York City this October. Good Fences Make Good Neighbours is Weiwei's biggest public art project to date and focuses on the current state of global migration.