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Furia Collective: From a Shared Vision to a Growing Community
Furia Collective: From a Shared Vision to a Growing Community With our new editorial series Inside Collectives, we invite you to step into the worlds of diverse art collectives shaping today’s cultural landscape. Today we talk with Furia Collective. © Elene Datusani Based in Paris, Furia Collective has built its practice around two recurring formats:…
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SLATE Collective: A Shelter Built on Community
SLATE Collective: A Shelter Built on Community With our new editorial series Inside Collectives, we invite you to step into the worlds of diverse art collectives shaping today’s cultural landscape. Today we talk with SLATE Collective. Luca Armando founded SLATE Collective in February 2025 in Milan to carve out a genuine community, a space where music,…
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Tensione Collective: Where Tension Becomes Release
Tensione Collective: Where Tension Becomes Release With our new editorial series Inside Collectives, we invite you to step into the worlds of diverse art collectives shaping today’s cultural landscape. We begin with a closer look at Tensione Collective. I first encountered Tensione Collective during a night out at Altrove in Milan, and it felt less…
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Romain Guédé: On Nights, Work, and Distance
Romain Guédé: On Nights, Work, and Distance © Elene Datusani Romain Guédé’s photographic practice emerged from a position of distance that gradually turned into immersion. He began photographing ordinary parties at a young age, almost as a way of occupying a space where he felt more withdrawn than others. What started as a quiet, observational…
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Camille LePrince: Between Photography, Research and Painting
Camille LePrince: Between Photography, Research and Painting © Thomas Ambrosi Educated initially in visual communication and multimedia before transitioning into photography, Camille LePrince has developed a practice defined by an intense and methodical approach to research. Based in Paris, his work unfolds through a process that begins long before the act of photographing. Each project is carefully constructed…
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Bettie Buio: Control and Surrender in Burlesque and Shibari
Bettie Buio: Control and Surrender in Burlesque and Shibari by Sopho Kharazi Control is something you can construct, rehearse, refine, and repeat until it looks effortless. Surrender is different. It cannot be fully planned. It happens gradually, often unpredictably, and once it begins, it is difficult to reverse. For Letizia, who performs as Bettie Buio,…
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Valentin Pitarch: Directing and Animating Beyond the Algorithm
Valentin Pitarch: Directing and Animating Beyond the Algorithm © Tito Piermarini At 32, Valentin Pitarch, similarly to many contemporary artists, tries to navigate his path between industry and independence, visibility and authenticity, algorithm and creativity. Born in Switzerland to a Swiss father of Italo-Spanish heritage and a French mother, Valentin moved to Paris at eighteen, enrolling…
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“I Get Paid by Men to Bully Them”: Inside Georgia’s Hidden World of Online Domination
“I Get Paid by Men to Bully Them”: Inside Georgia’s Hidden World of Online Domination by Sopho Kharazi Note: For privacy and safety reasons, all names in this article have been changed. Stop everything, ladies. I have found our dream job. You wake up. You roll over. You open your phone. Before your first coffee,…
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We Bleed Glamour: Inside the Georgian Drag Ball
We Bleed Glamour: Inside the Georgian Drag Ball by Sopho Kharazi Note: My writing style in this article is influenced by Chuck Palahniuk. Inspired by his raw, fragmented storytelling, I consciously echo his novels’ rhythm and intensity, letting the text move the way the night itself moved during the Ball. Prologue Give me lust, baby.Flash.Give…
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From Georgia and Beyond: Exploring Cross Cultural Chairs with Matteo Guarnaccia
From Georgia and Beyond: Exploring Cross Cultural Chairs with Matteo Guarnaccia by Sopho Kharazi © Sharaf Naghiyeva Interest in the rituals, hierarchies, and cultural codes embedded in everyday life led a Sicilian-born designer Matteo Guarnaccia to create Cross Cultural Chairs (CCC), a project that explores social and cultural differences by examining how people sit, gather,…
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