• Camille LePrince: Between Photography, Research and Painting

    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

    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 

    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

    “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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  • From Georgia and Beyond: Exploring Cross Cultural Chairs with Matteo Guarnaccia

    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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  • Khma: The Voice, the Journey, and the Theatre of Anna Kobakhidzé 

    Khma: The Voice, the Journey, and the Theatre of Anna Kobakhidzé 

    Khma: The Voice, the Journey, and the Theatre of Anna Kobakhidzé In this editorial, we talk with Anna Kobakhidzé – an actress, director, and founder of the theatre company Khma. Her life has unfolded between Tbilisi and Paris, two places that have shaped her in profoundly different ways. Georgia grounds her, Paris challenges her, and…

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  • From Tbilisi to Paris: Tatuna Asatiani’s Path to Art World

    From Tbilisi to Paris: Tatuna Asatiani’s Path to Art World

    From Tbilisi to Paris: Tatuna Asatiani’s Path to Art World When Tatuna arrived in Paris at the age of 17, she did not have a plan, just possibility. What followed was not a straight path but an unfolding – photography, film, corporate work, citizenship, MBA, and finally art. She started her studies in a liberal-arts…

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  • Light, Memory, Belonging: The Photography of Tito Piermarini

    Light, Memory, Belonging: The Photography of Tito Piermarini

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