collaborators
thoughts dai burger dai burger is the sassy rapper from queens. she’s the super-fly performer, who after backing for lil mama, began holding her own shows at patricia field, the renowned new york fashion store. she recently released her new mixtape in ya mouf!, which is her third recording. she’s appeared beyonce’s video party and is opening her own online boutique, mommy’z closet. john dale john dale is the author of six books including the best-selling huckstepp and dark angel which won a ned kelly award. his other books are the dogs are barking, a novel about police corruption in sydney, and a memoir, wild life. his novella plenty was published in twenty thirteen and he is currently researching a novel based on an unsolved sydney murder. rufio rouge rufio rouge is an asian-american musician and dj. he has been a pianist since age three, and competed in various international competitions while performing at some of the most well known venues in the united states. as a dj, rufio rouge has had the opportunity to perform for numerous high profile clients, and held residencies around the world. he received his piano training from the juilliard School, manhattan school of music, and mannes college: the new school for music, and has a bachelors of art from the university of chicago and a masters from king's college london. visuals beak foundry beak foundry is a graphic designer by trade, who spends his breaking free of clients demands and practicing what he wants. most of his work is created with pencil, paper and ink, across illustration and typography (hence the foundry part of his moniker). recent typographic experiments have been created with lino, a medium that gets close to early wood carving techniques. his work usually attempts to capture something about someone he’s seen that day, be it in the headlines, or one of the strange people that stroll past me in newtown. he likes focusing in on small features people have, and trying to flesh out the rest of the person around that. elbow-toe raised in texas and a graduate of school of visual arts in new york, brian adam douglas is a brooklyn based multidisciplinary artist whose practice ranges from monumental woodcuts to stencils and large scale drawings to collage. douglas has gained international recognition for his street art which he executes under the moniker elbow-toe. douglas' solo show due date exhibited first at the warrington museum in the united and then moved to black rat projects in london. in september twenty thirteen douglas presented his critically acclaimed show, how to disappear completely at andrew edlin gallery in new york city. lady k fever lady k fever (kathleena howie) is a new york-based inter-disciplinary artist and curator from canada working with painting, installation, photography, performance and public art projects. she began her career in vancouver the early nineties when she was invited to create an installation with riot grrlz for 'artropolis’ ninety three. in two thousand, she was invited as the first canadian woman to paint at the legendary graffiti hall of fame in east harlem. in twenty thirteen, her graffiti/street art has been presented at the graffiti hall of fame, new york, rooftop legends twenty thirteen, new york, and the new york walls wynwood, miami. joe iurato joe iurato is a new jersey-based street artist. he uses layers of hand cut paper and spray paint to create texture and form. his art an exploration and documentation of his personal experiences. his works are often created in public spaces and left to interact with the environment and community. in addition to his public works, his art can be found in galleries and commercially. past commercial clients include: espn, nike, the nba and the new york racing association, to name a few. phlegm phlegm is a sheffield-based muralist and artist who first developed his fantastical illustrations in self-published comics. his work now extends to the urban landscape, and can mostly be seen in run-down and disused spaces. phlegm creates surreal illustrations to an untold story, weaving a visual narrative that explores the unreal through creatures from his imagination. each drawing forms part of a grand narrative that extends worldwide, in countries including norway, canada, switzerland, sri Lanka, the united states, belgium, poland, italy, slovakia and spain. skulk skulk is a printmaker and illustrator, who takes his drawings to walls around sydney. skulk's work is character-based, exploring the figure in motion, object and scale. skulk has shown across sydney and in melbourne, at galleries such as ambush, kind-of-gallery, the tate and no vacancy gallery. skulk had his debut solo exhibition last year, and recently closed a second solo show at 'gallery twenty ten.' style charlieboy carol stephenson is the designer of check charlieboy. she attended the university of technology sydney studying fashion and textiles. later she settled in canada, studying costuming for stage and screen program at capilano college, vancouver. During her four years with lululemon athletica her eyes were opened to the world of athletic wear for women. after eight years in vancouver, carol returned to sydney with the aim of starting her own clothing line, charlieboy. she loves creating unique pieces inspired by traditional menswear tailoring. carol also takes a lot of inspiration from the nineteen twenties, a huge turning point in women's fashion. she not only wants to use details from that era in her pieces but wants to honour the whole movement towards freedom for women, with her designs for charlieboy. lupe jelena lupe jelena is a photographer/artist/nerd based in buenos aires. her journey into photography started at the age of fifteen years old, when she started experimenting with borrowed cameras, retouching software and self portraiture. in the following years she became more interested in portraits and fashion, and shooting women to make them look their best ever. soon enough her interest in photography evolved into a passion, a full time job, and a way of life. today she is an emerging figure in the fashion scene in buenos aires, while also teaching private classes, group workshops across the country, and producing and hosting a photography show with tips, reviews, and tutorials on youtube. nathalie kraynina nathalie kraynina believes "the password is love". love yourself, love what you do, and love what you wear. in her designs she strives for timeless elegance. london street style mirella rodrigues is a student of fashion in brazil. since she’s been in london studying english, she started up her street fashion blog london street style. lou noble lou noble was born, lives, and will one day die in los angeles. he saves lives and takes pictures. nic mesker nic mesker is a sydney based photographer and videographer. he’s been shooting it all his way since he failed photography in high school, which was the end of form for 'formal' photographic education. he loves to try and weave an underlying narrative into the photos he creates. his biggest inspirations are the works of david fincher, stanley kubrick and the street photographer, boogie. lee nutter leenutter.com is a fashion photographer based in sydney, australia. he enjoys telling short photographic stories that suggest a lot but explain very little. he is forever inspired by sydney's under-appreciated creative community. words louise carter louise is a writer who once spent an entire year writing one poem per day – an experience which, while worthwhile, is not one she would recommend. at the moment she is working on her first verse novel, called warm in the belly of a monster. when she’s not writing, louise can be found baking cakes and talking to cats in the street. she lives in sydney. maru delgado multi-award winning writer, maru delgado has published in utero and el autoeclipse del espejo. she's translated the poetry of plath and vivien with maria miranda for the collection lady lazarus. she has taken part in various international magazines, directed two urban intervention projects and studied at the school of literature and linguistics at the universidad nacional de san agustin in arequipa. paulina noir paulina's mother used to read her de sade at bedtime. she fell in the street early on and her mind has been in the gutter ever since. she grew into one of the most stunning specimens and helps cuties with their relationship problems. mattias tello mattias tello is a poet from arica, chile. he’s taken part in the poetry workshop ,em>mal. he was in charge of a local magazine for several months in twenty thirteen. he’s studies teaching at tarapaca university. currently he has his own poetry blog we didn't start the fire. gina tron gina tron is a writing robot. she is the features editor for ladygunn magazine and has contributed to such magazines as vice, bullet, and the daily beast. she is editor-in-chief for williamsburg fashion weekend magazine. gina doodles up quick drawings designed for entertainment on her tumblr and is working on finishing her first book. karlina veras one hundred percent dominican made londoner. she's crazy about avocados, olive oil, limes and cocunuts too! shots mariana dias mariana dias photography is a photographer based in porto, portugal. she’s a traditional artist who developed her love for photography while studying fine arts and intermedia at escola superior artística do porto. “recently i've started using film photography -- it's not because of not knowing what will happen, or what I will get, but the fact that film itself has a dream-like feeling attached to it. photos taken using film gather a memory-like feeling around; it's like we're looking at someone's fragmented memories, lost in time... it's beautiful! my intentions when I make new projects are making whoever's looking at my works, stare at it and feel their inner emotions.” pushkar raj sharma pushkar raj sharma is a delhiite photographer, who also works as an it manager for a french telecom company. he’s always loved capturing landscapes and travel shots but lately he’s been struck by the street photography bug. Photography has taken him to places that he otherwise would never have gone to; be it streets, around cities, areas around corners or the lovely landscapes that mother nature offers. hirokazu toda hirokazu toda is a street photographer based in tokyo. |