Social media plays an immense role in how we perceive ourselves, and what we think of others during this hyper-digitized period of time. We make micro-calculations in our minds upon seeing someone’s page, whether we know them or not. That assumption, though online, can manifest into real-life interactions. King of the Neighbourhood follows the fine line between the reality of who we are, and the projection of ourselves we advertise through social media.
Quentin Gomzé is a Paris-based illustrator and graphic designer whose work follows a Japanese inspired futuristic design.
Shying away from the monotonous and repetitive style of the Berlin electronic music scene, DJ Gigola prefers to make rhythmic beats with a bold array of sounds focused in, techno, jungle, garage, electro, trance and pop.
With his deeply imaginative and humorous take on tattoo art, GOODMORNING gives a home to the cute and fun things that populate our world. Enter Goodmorningtown – and get ready to be overwhelmed by cuteness.
Deconstructing garment into a “fluid object”, JOIN Collective encourages its makers and wearers to play and address questions of community and identity in a system valuing pressurized fast fashion production and hierarchical administration.
Through an online-based anthropological project, photographer Petra Valenti and creative director Rujana Cantoni reflect on the ways social class influences people’s coping with quarantine.
Crossing over otherworldly subjectivites and cold aluminum skins, Lito Kattou’s work unfolds within the fluid nature of language to question the link that ties humanity, the environment, technology and adaptation, challenging our interpretation of what is left unsaid.
Nevine Mahmoud’s sculptural practice sets up a space made of positive and negative volumes, a field where sensuality, humor, gravity and lust coexist and the contradictions of matter unfold – as in foreplay.
Finding immense success in creating authentically through following her intuition, Ashnikko talks about the inspiration behind the “Tantrum” music video, her creative process, and her plans during the current Covid-19 pandemic quarantine!
Basile Fournier is a multidisciplinary designer based in Switzerland who is currently working in an array of forms from books, magazines, photography, videos and more where he explores the connection between technology and reality.
@manual_singularity is the Instagram account pushing boundaries of censorship focusing on one body part in its imagery, the hand. The man behind the account describes it as a “sexual biography of the life of a hand, fading into digital oblivion”.
Bodies fluidly intertwine and connect in the exploration of both the mind and soul. ‘Bonding Assemblage’ is a visual voyage unravelling unanswered questions surrounding the most intimate depths of human identity and interconnection.
Nuage Couture are well versed in creating garments which evoke emotion. In collaboration with graphic designer @paolodopo and 3D artist @hardmetacore, a garment is designed which mirrors current global feeling, bringing unison in a difficult time.
Canadian-born graphic designer talks about the Montreal art scene, his thoughts on digital art in today’s changing world, and his plans for the rest of the year. Charles Desmarais is one of Montreal’s most inspired, creating humourous, yet personal works.
Skin is his canvas and tattoo’s are his artistry. Coeval speaks to Gabriele Giordano about his creative journey, the influences behind his practice and the unique styling’s of his notorious tattoo’s.
Artetetra, an Italian collective/tape label known for their work with the likes of Kuthi Jin, Rainbow Island and German Army use sound to create auditory landscapes that transport us to a redefined paradise where a globalized perspective, not palm trees, reigns supreme.
Obsessed with nostalgia and 80s/90s themed, 3D artist Trey Trimble’s work evokes a child-like excitement that we can’t get enough of.
Animistic Beliefs is the Rotterdam-based duo made up of music producers Xakalele and RBF.Linh, who have been serving their banquet of carnage to hungry ravers all over Europe for the past years.
Denim is an iconic fabric we have all grown to be comfortable in, which is why there couldn’t be a better material for the discussion of gender-fluidity and alternative points of view to take place in. Hardeman, an Amsterdam-based label, explores the progressive yet nostalgic feel of American fashion. Referencing warm summer nights, traditional college dorm-rooms, and country cowboys.
The rich symbolism of Oda Iselin Sønderland’s work speaks of perfection and control, of a world where hope and hopelessness are in eternal conflict, and engages with reflection as a wish to be seen.
