Beya Gille Gacha and the art of perlage
Beya Gille Gacha was born on the 8th of December 1990 in Paris, to Cameroonian-Bamiléké mother and French father. From an early age she got used to frequent changes, to travellin..
‘Velvet’ | Iggy LDN’s short-film brings knife deaths back to life
Knife crime is a hot topic in London, a city that has already seen 100 homicides since the beginning of the year. When talking about violence figures become the main characters o..
Meet Nigeria’s coolest kids, Santi and the Alté Scene
Lagos has always been a buzzing urban hub whose cultural output has reshaped Nigeria’s artistic and cultural aesthetics. If it is crucial to sing the praise of the outstanding ta..
‘Khonnar’ | Deena Abdelwahed’s debut album is almost here
The release of Deena Abdelwahed’s higly-anticipated debut album, Khonnar, via the french label Infiné is only a few days way. After paving her way into the high ranks of the euro..
The Black Speculative Arts Movement & Afrofuturism as an afrocentric, technocultural social philosophy
Black Panther, the movie, catapulted Afrofuturism and Black ideas of alternative future into the mainstream. For many viewers across the world, the movie was the first time that ..
‘Surfing Iran’ | Giulia Frigieri explores the hijabi surfers’ revolution
A revolution is something extraordinary and unexpected: it’s a game changer, it reverses the order of things, and despite what they teach us in school, soft revolutions—those whi..
Berlin Biennale | We don’t need another review
You know it’s Biennale season because there’s an uneasy air of low-key artsy sophistication everywhere. As expected, Berlin desperately wants to remain the coolest Art Metropolis..
MOTHERLAND ▷ Sanford Biggers| Construction, Deconstruction, Reconstruction
Sanford Biggers is an American multidisciplinary artist and musician. He spent last year in Italy as a fellow of the American Academy in Rome. In January 2018 he was featured in ..
These are the summer 2018 videos you absolutely need to watch
21st September 2018. Summer is officially over. What better way to numb the pain than dig into the brightest corners of the European underground music scene?
Among the many ge..
Kwena Baloyi | “How we look is not illegal”
Kwena Baloyi is an eccentric leader with a powerful presence and easily one of the best dressed people on the internet. Within a few short years, the self-made style therapist an..