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The New Black Renaissance: Alex Smith On Afrofuturism And His Many Artistic Endeavors

Evan M-C

My collage style comes from designing fliers for punk shows in the 90s! I started booking shows because I wanted to participate, wanted to be more tangibly involved with the music I was listening to, and I just kind of fell in love with it. The flier was like, the packaging for the show, was this artistic representation of the moment you were curating, like an album cover. So it all stems from wanting to create a unique visual idea for events I was planning, and it just evolved over the years and spilled out until it became its own thing. Continue reading The New Black Renaissance: Alex Smith On Afrofuturism And His Many Artistic Endeavors

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Taylor McManus, a Black-centric Body-Positive Artist Championing the Redefinition of Beauty Standards

Tim Gustave

Taylor McManus is a body-positive illustrator in a world where many are ostracized based solely on their physical appearance, McManus is a force of good, bringing to the forefront full-bodied, naturally curvaceous, and unashamedly, beautiful Black women in each oeuvre. Continue reading Taylor McManus, a Black-centric Body-Positive Artist Championing the Redefinition of Beauty Standards

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Pink Daydream Q&A With Ariya Sonethavy

Cedrick Gustave

I’ve been obsessed with the color red since high school. Maybe because I was listening to Taylor Swift’s Red a lot and I was wearing a lot of red (I still do). I think the color represents intensity and the tumultuousness of… any emotion. Love, anger, passion. I like how red contains pinks and beiges, which is what I’m really drawn to when I make any kind of visual art. The red and pink color palette of “bubbling froth” is meant to embody intimacy in its most raw form — it’s an experimental short about the franticness of love, how meeting someone new makes you feel like you’re “blooming” (hence the second title card). The pinker tones of the film capture the comedown of these intense feelings as well. Continue reading Pink Daydream Q&A With Ariya Sonethavy

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Tender Kid Drops Melancholic “Few Missed Calls” Music Video, Speaks Of Art & Love

Tim Gustave

Few missed calls features Spring and was recorded Lewis’ studio, Silence Wireless. With Madeintyo, Spring, JMP, Killy, Andy, Big Man Alex, and Lovely Nils keeping him company in the stu, Lewis decided that the infectious riff that was stuck in his head for the better part of the day needed to be projected sonically and permanently, as quickly as possible. While his label-mate and friend, Spring, was in the booth, he jumped on the instrumentation and recorded the introductory vocals. Continue reading Tender Kid Drops Melancholic “Few Missed Calls” Music Video, Speaks Of Art & Love