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🦋 UNEXPECTED EXISTENCE // Kristina Hrevušova has mastered the art of finding beauty in the moments of abject transformat...
05/08/2024

🦋 UNEXPECTED EXISTENCE // Kristina Hrevušova has mastered the art of finding beauty in the moments of abject transformation. In exploring evolution in all its forms and angles, the interdisciplinary artist finds the borders of the known and improvises on what lies on the other side. Read today’s interview to learn about her artistic journey, recent exhibition, and why she chooses images over words.

Kristina Hrevušova has mastered the art of finding beauty in the moments of abject transformation. In exploring evolution in all its forms and angles, the

🍭 BLESS THIS MESS // “Every job throws you into a vortex of the unexpected.” Prague-based creative photography duo SHOTB...
31/07/2024

🍭 BLESS THIS MESS // “Every job throws you into a vortex of the unexpected.” Prague-based creative photography duo SHOTBY.US introduces a new photo series called “Sips”. Featuring vibrant colours, abstract amoebic shapes and bits of sweets, the pictures feel like examining specimen samples from a psychedelic pond under a microscope.
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“Every job throws you into a vortex of the unexpected.” Prague-based creative photography duo SHOTBY.US introduces a new photo series called “Sips”. Featuring

🩵📌Just to say: we are proud to have been one of Pohoda Festival's media partners and feel deeply sorry for how the event...
25/07/2024

🩵📌Just to say: we are proud to have been one of Pohoda Festival's media partners and feel deeply sorry for how the event turned out in the end, especially given the vast amounts of care and thought that goes into it every year as Michal Kaščák, the festival's founder, outlined in an interview we published (link below).

Nevertheless, we've been touched by the outpouring of immediate support and solidarity concerts for Pohoda and we hope to see it fly its colours high and proud next year. ✊

Interview: https://swarmmag.com/music/come-for-pohoda-stay-for-the-values/

🌱 SANATORIUM SONORUM // This year marks the first year of Sanatorium Sonorum, a unique festival-residency for musicians ...
23/07/2024

🌱 SANATORIUM SONORUM // This year marks the first year of Sanatorium Sonorum, a unique festival-residency for musicians and sound artists. Featuring site-specific performances, the event aims to not only present some of the most innovative experimental musicians, but also provide them with a space for healing and self-reflection. Read today’s exclusive interview with founder Natálie Pleváková and Thistle, one of the performing acts, to get a taste of what you can expect at the visionary event this August.

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This year marks the first year of Sanatorium Sonorum, a unique festival-residency for musicians and sound artists. Featuring site-specific performances, the

🌸 MODERN WORKING GIRL // At first glance, Natálie Nepovímová's looks seem simplistic and stripped to the bone. The secon...
16/07/2024

🌸 MODERN WORKING GIRL // At first glance, Natálie Nepovímová's looks seem simplistic and stripped to the bone. The second glance, though, reveals sartorial mastery and clever structural and textural twists. Imbued with a touch of whimsy, these “working girl” variable and adjustable designs were created to not succumb to time.

At first glance, Natálie Nepovímová's looks seem simplistic and stripped to the bone. The second glance, though, reveals sartorial mastery and clever

🍭 FLUID NEON // Through a kaleidoscope of neon and flux, exiled artist Liza crafts comics defying tyranny and perception...
08/07/2024

🍭 FLUID NEON // Through a kaleidoscope of neon and flux, exiled artist Liza crafts comics defying tyranny and perception itself. Her work, shaped by face-blindness, asks: In a world of constant change, what truths can we recognize? With "Purple Empire," she paints rebellion in hues of human resilience. Read today’s feature to learn about her influences, creative process, and prosopagnosia.

Through a kaleidoscope of neon and flux, exiled artist Liza crafts comics defying tyranny and perception itself. Her work, shaped by face-blindness, asks: In

☺️ WHEN YOU JUST HAVE SOOO MANY FEELINGS / Larissa Honsek is a creative director, 3D and clay artist, and author of the ...
28/06/2024

☺️ WHEN YOU JUST HAVE SOOO MANY FEELINGS / Larissa Honsek is a creative director, 3D and clay artist, and author of the most adorable characters for kids and adults alike. In the interview with the creator below, we discuss how she keeps on being artistically amazed by her little daughter's “fresh brain”, her deep love of Berlin or how her multi-media style painstakingly emerged.

Larissa Honsek is a creative director, 3D and clay artist, and author of the most adorable characters for kids and adults alike. In the interview with the

🦋 THE LEXICON OF ETERNITY // Alexmonhart's collection of six distinctive unisex perfumes is inspired by the multiple per...
25/06/2024

🦋 THE LEXICON OF ETERNITY // Alexmonhart's collection of six distinctive unisex perfumes is inspired by the multiple personalities within each of us. Each represents a different archetype, and each is represented by an ambassador embodying the depth and ambiguity of the perfumes. Learn about the Lexicon in today’s interview with Alexandra and Daniel, and find out what inspired the creative duo to create this sextet of unique scents.
Alexmonhart

Alexmonhart's collection of six distinctive unisex perfumes is inspired by the multiple personalities within each of us. Each represents a different

19/06/2024

https://swarmmag.com/interview/you-are-a-snack-and-a-star/
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Sibel Balac’s playful illustrations and animations showcase her love for travel and intercultural dialogue. The German-Turkish artist plays with traditional notions of femininity to create new and affirmative interpretations of self-love and positive embodiment. Dive into today’s upbeat feature to learn about Sibel’s inspirations, ongoing projects, and future aspirations.

🔥 WIN 2 TICKETS to Pohoda Festival 2024!! 🔥We've done a thing and joined forces with one of the most conscious, admirabl...
17/06/2024

🔥 WIN 2 TICKETS to Pohoda Festival 2024!! 🔥

We've done a thing and joined forces with one of the most conscious, admirable and enjoyable festivals there is – and we can send two of you there.

How to enter the raffle:
1) Read our interview with Michal Kaščák and find out in which year did the Kronos Quartet play a custom piece at Pohoda (or read it anyway, it's cool)
2) Write your answer in the comments and tag who would you take to Pohoda 2024
3) Follow us and Pohoda on both Facebook and Instagram
(+ optional: share the article in your Stories if you enjoy what we do.)
4) Wait! We'll randomly choose one winning comment on (datum) that'll get two tickets. Good luck.

“We have watched many clubs and festivals opening in the Czech Republic and many fitness centres opening in Slovakia.” Nowadays, the Pohoda Festival near

☀️ COME FOR POHODA, STAY FOR THE VALUES // “We have watched many clubs and festivals opening in the Czech Republic and m...
16/06/2024

☀️ COME FOR POHODA, STAY FOR THE VALUES // “We have watched many clubs and festivals opening in the Czech Republic and many fitness centres opening in Slovakia.” Nowadays, the Pohoda Festival near Trenčín, Slovakia, is an internationally acclaimed award-winning three-day event but its seeds were sown by the Slovak hardcore scene nearly three decades ago. Michal Kaščák, Pohoda’s original founding father, explains this growth, the deeply rooted activist side of the event, and how the festival has been championing an above-standard ethical, ecological and diversity framework since the first edition.
Pohoda Festival

“We have watched many clubs and festivals opening in the Czech Republic and many fitness centres opening in Slovakia.” Nowadays, the Pohoda Festival near

🍬 LET’S JUST HAVE FUN WITH IT // “It's impossible to get bored with ceramics.” Markéta Špundová is a Czech ceramics desi...
06/06/2024

🍬 LET’S JUST HAVE FUN WITH IT // “It's impossible to get bored with ceramics.” Markéta Špundová is a Czech ceramics designer whose whimsical and delightfuly chaotic body of work overflows with cheeky humour and unexpected references. With the artist, we talked the malleable and mirroring nature of ceramics, balancing practicality and storytelling, jolting awake with sour candy, and more.

“It's impossible to get bored with ceramics.” Markéta Špundová is a Czech ceramics designer whose whimsical and delightfuly chaotic body of work overflows

A COZY SPOT TO UNWIND // Digital illustration and animation were the missing pieces for Aliina Kauranne’s expression. In...
30/05/2024

A COZY SPOT TO UNWIND // Digital illustration and animation were the missing pieces for Aliina Kauranne’s expression. In her works, the acclaimed Finnish artist conjures up sequences and images which explore identity and nostalgia, be it through surreal visions or absolutely pampered boots. Read today’s feature to learn about Aliina’s changing relationship to art, global brands, and the Spice Girls.

Digital illustration and animation were the missing pieces for Aliina Kauranne’s expression. In her works, the acclaimed Finnish artist conjures up sequences

28/05/2024

Our beloved Lunchmeat Festival just announced this amazing event! stay tuned for the locations 💥
--> 21/6 Glory Affairs x Glück x Lunchmeat x Rare x Wrong present Till The Last!

🌸 STAY FUNKY AND KEEP IT CHUNKY // Aleksandra Bokova’s works are a vivid answer to a post-Soviet upbringing. In her 3D a...
24/05/2024

🌸 STAY FUNKY AND KEEP IT CHUNKY // Aleksandra Bokova’s works are a vivid answer to a post-Soviet upbringing. In her 3D art and animations, the acclaimed Belarusian artist explores disturbing feelings and perplexing emotions to overcome them, creating pieces that are equally relatable and confusing. Explore today’s feature to learn about her inspirations, and how she uses cutting-edge technology to project her vision.

Aleksandra Bokova’s works are a vivid answer to a post-Soviet upbringing. In her 3D art and animations, the acclaimed Belarusian artist explores disturbing

THE IMMORTALISTS // London-based fashion designer Tanya Liu's intricate creations could be simply pigeonholed as ultimat...
20/05/2024

THE IMMORTALISTS // London-based fashion designer Tanya Liu's intricate creations could be simply pigeonholed as ultimate mermaidcore – but they spring from much deeper sources. The pearlescent gradients and gently billowing silhouettes are rooted in the relationship between natural biology and post-human science, and mechanisms of endless life cycles of certain species. In the interview, we talk the bell of the immortal jellyfish, pivotal influences, and the scent of lavender.

London-based fashion designer Tanya Liu's intricate creations could be simply pigeonholed as ultimate mermaidcore – but they spring from much deeper sources.

    Shotby.us✨ We cordially invite you to the amazing exhibition of our dear friends SHOTBY.US which will take place at ...
17/05/2024

Shotby.us
✨ We cordially invite you to the amazing exhibition of our dear friends SHOTBY.US which will take place at Josef Sudek's studio, Újezd 30, from 17.05.2024 till 23.06.2024

SHOTBY.US, in its first intervention in Josef Sudek's studio, reflects the original purpose of the gallery as a starting point for exploring the possibilities of the medium of photography.

🥳 SHOTBY.US is a photographic-artistic duo, formed by Lenka Glisnikova and Karolina Matušková, whose work focuses on visual narratives full of bold colours, unconventional compositions and work with humour. With a deep background in fine art, they explore the medium of photography as a creative playground and focus on documenting deviations in the traditional approach to work.
📂 The exhibition is curated by Miloslav Vorlíček.

  Lunchmeat FestivalHearing/Seeing –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ OpenCall for young artistsGalerie Rudolfinum and the Czech Philharmonic, with...
10/05/2024

Lunchmeat Festival
Hearing/Seeing –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ OpenCall for young artists
Galerie Rudolfinum and the Czech Philharmonic, with the support of Lunchmeat Festival, invite young artists to participate in the “Hearing/Seeing” project as part of the Czech Year of Music 2024.

Join us for a project whose aim is to bring together contemporary visual art and the heritage of Czech classical music in a creative conversation. The result will be up to fifteen individual audiovisual works exhibited in the Rudolfinum Ceremony Hall. The project will also be shared through the social media channels of both institutions.

Submissions will be accepted from April 18th to June 2nd, 2024.

Form
Artists will create a visual piece in response to one of five musical extracts, in a format of H.264@30 fps in a 9:16 (portrait) aspect ratio. The result will then be a fusion of both components into a resultant audiovisual work.

The artists can choose from these five extracts
Smetana: Vltava (0:53)
Kaprálová: Suita rustica, I. Allegro rustico (0:54)
Martinů: Symphony no. 6, II. Poco Allegro (1:31)
Rychlík: African Cycle, III. (2:00)
Vöröšová: Lunapark, III. Shooting Range (1:59)

How to apply
Send a concept for your audiovisual work as a storyboard or still frame (and, optionally, a referential piece of moving image; this can be a sample from an existing work), and a concept proposal for the piece (250–500 words). This text should include an explanation of the planned images, with a focused on the time-based media character of the work and an understanding of the artistic or formal connection between the audio and video components.

Send your proposals by e-mail to [email protected] by June 2nd, 2024, with the subject as “Hearing/Seeing Lastname Firstname”. If you need to send more data, please share your materials through any file sharing site and add a link to your email. Get in touch at the same email address with any other questions.

The selected artists will be paid a fee of 15 000 CZK.

Samples of musical works and more information can be found on the Czech Philharmonic website here.

🌼 INNOCENCE GREETS MISCHIEF 🌼Don't let the cheery colours fool you, the whimsical world of Latvian illustrator and objec...
10/05/2024

🌼 INNOCENCE GREETS MISCHIEF 🌼
Don't let the cheery colours fool you, the whimsical world of Latvian illustrator and object maker Inga Ziemele is chock-full of adorable danger and seedy characters. In the interview, Inga talks using art to work through the themes of self-acceptance and anxiety, bringing joy into people's lives, and professes her love for deceitfully cute bunnies.

Don't let the cheery colours fool you, the whimsical world of Latvian illustrator and object maker Inga Ziemele is chock-full of adorable danger and seedy

🌸HEALING BLOOMS 🌸Chelsea Theilmann's vibrant tufted floral creations came about as a pandemic lockdown project and soon ...
02/05/2024

🌸HEALING BLOOMS 🌸
Chelsea Theilmann's vibrant tufted floral creations came about as a pandemic lockdown project and soon turned into a hallmark of her artistic practice, desired by many. Her joyful creations are intended to brighten up spaces and moods either as rugs or wall decor and some can be even worn as handbags. More in the interview below.

Chelsea Theilmann's vibrant tufted floral creations came about as a pandemic lockdown project and soon turned into a hallmark of her artistic practice,

🍬 ABSINTHE BUBBLEGUM // Ian Moore’s works not only satirize the absurd aspects of living in the 21st century, but are a ...
30/04/2024

🍬 ABSINTHE BUBBLEGUM // Ian Moore’s works not only satirize the absurd aspects of living in the 21st century, but are a visual treat on their own. The Bristol-based artist uses media ranging from digital illustration to murals and Riso printing to showcase his vibrant style and textures. Read today’s feature to learn about Ian’s insights into visual storytelling and why he uses 1-star TripAdvisor reviews as inspiration.

Ian Moore’s works not only satirize the absurd aspects of living in the 21st century, but are a visual treat on their own. The Bristol-based artist uses media

💥 COUCOU TCHOUTCHOU // Charlie Mars’ works span illustration, animation and video, and his unique style inspired by a di...
24/04/2024

💥 COUCOU TCHOUTCHOU // Charlie Mars’ works span illustration, animation and video, and his unique style inspired by a diverse life trajectory has led his works to attracting significant acclaim. Having taken a 15-year-long break from illustration, Charlie is now back and his newfound creative freedom shines through his glazed textures.

Charlie Mars’ works span illustration, animation and video, and his unique style inspired by a diverse life trajectory has led his works to attracting

RESPAWN // PART 3 OF MATCHMAKING18th APRIL - 18th MAY 2024PREVIEW:  17th APRIL 6-9pmArtists: BOB BICKNELL-KNIGHT, ROC HE...
19/04/2024

RESPAWN // PART 3 OF MATCHMAKING
18th APRIL - 18th MAY 2024
PREVIEW: 17th APRIL 6-9pm

Artists: BOB BICKNELL-KNIGHT, ROC HERMS, EMILY MULENGA, LÉA PORRÉ, TOTAL REFUSAL, GEORGIE ROXBY SMITH, and ANGELA WASHKO.

Respawn is part three of Matchmaking series
Respawn is an exhibition investigating violence, war and politics in the digital realm. The exhibition reflects upon how artists use video games and game aesthetics to speak about conflict, from exploring the history of deserters through the lens of digital warfare to confronting misogynistic portrayals of women in games.

With artworks from Bob Bicknell-Knight, Roc Herms, Emily Mulenga, Léa Porré, Total Refusal, Georgie Roxby Smith and Angela Washko.
Curated by Bob Bicknell-Knight.

PV Wednesday 17th April 2024, 6 - 9 pm

Open 18th April - 18th May 2024

Opening hours |Thursday to Saturday,

2-5pm or by appointment

◼️SEAGER GALLERY◼️
2 Mill Lane
SE8 4HP
London

Image: Total Refusal. How to Disappear, 2020 (still).
Video with sound. 21 min 6 sec. Courtesy of the artist.


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