Mimi Langenstein
Have you ever tried to solace yourself with a billowing slime? 45% of adults watch ´oddly satisfying´ videos and audios on TikTok on a weekly basis. As we watch and play with ´ourselves´, a turquoise fluff globe suddenly clamps between our toes.
Samira Mahboub is an entrepreneur, sociologist and performance artist. Together with Zaid Charkaoui, she co-founded Limala. Celebrating Moroccan's artisanal culture through “Slow Manual Labour” with handcrafted rugs from the Atlas Mountains.
A noisy pond of humans in the field. I put on a strained smile. A stranger stares at me waiting for my answer. I look down at the wrinkled mushroom caps that just got squished. In between the silence a swarm of words rush through me. Are you here alone? A BBC report estimates 52% of UK adults experienced single shaming since the start of the pandemic. There is a deficit bias in society that considers singletons to be in a transitional period rather than in a state of contentment. Normative Idealization and Matrimania are based around the idea that there are ‘standards of relationships’ that cannot be changed. While social norms compete with each other, people are beginning to shed their patriarchal pasts and leave Singlism behind.
*trigger warning: this interview contains references to sexism, violence against sex worker, criminalization and stigmatization of sex work*acknowledging: that the interviewer and interviewed person are both not a survival sex worker, so we don’t speak for them. There is violence in the sex work industry, exploitation of youth, consensual or forced sex work, aggressors, survival […]
The theory of mind that never sleeps and is all around us. Generating images of our thoughts and forming new urban identities. Architecture is uncovering a new scale of geometry. But can computational architecture build a better future? From solar disco balls, an Algae powered Plant – AI Data tower to light channels – environments […]
Meet your new oncologist: A soft round body, warm-blooded with ridges on their bills. Sipping some water with a beak that functions like a straw. Wobbling off in a green-gray, purple coat carrying roughly 10.000 feathers. While in many myths and legends highly respected, pigeons are less welcome on cobblestone and asphalt. Pigeon comes from […]
The act of taking. Festivals are a playground for expression but also cultural appropriation and theft are being redrawn. Unique speaks up for environmental Justice and is part of “Total Ethics Fashion” – working for a fashion system that upholds total ethics, by prioritizing the life of all animals, humans and non-human, and the planet. Her politics revolve […]
The stomping of dildo heels echoing through a green corridor. Everywhere she goes, she takes a bag of sour Maoam candy with her. Ella Douglas is the conceptualizer and designer who embraces her fluidity through scaling objects and performance art. Sculptures exploring themes of queerness and social commentary. The Central Saint Martin´s student adds distortions, where artificial intelligence can smurk through an argyle gown.
Her smile glistens at me, with gemstones on her teeth. A colourgon blending into eyelids. Naezrah Desir is the Make-Up artist who instruments her living avatar. Magnifying characters through fiction, nature and mythology. A fairy and nymph series with Kellan – ´the fairy of immortality and peace´, who was gifted with psychokinesis and telekinetic abilities. With a voice beyond Make-Up, Naezrah uses her platform to start conversations and elevate BIPOC and LGBTQAI+ artists in the industry.
A pearl clitoris glistening. Mantled in nacre, watching over the passengers walking by. The exhibition “Shift” shows artists installations in Magasin du Nord, Denmark's oldest department store. A collaboration with Designers´Nest. Each oval vacuum is filled with a vision. One portal was opened by fashion designer @vika.im_official and graphic designer @sandgaardstudio. A four meter high vulva created with fabric layering.
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