Category: About
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Nancy- A Fashion Graduate From Wood Green
Nancy is from Wood Green in North London and has just completed her degree in fashion at Manchester Metropolitan University, ending with an incredible runway where she showcased her four final looks. These were all intricately handmade drawing on inspirations from both her degree as well as aspects of her life, specifically from women and…
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An interview with Florence- A DJ and Co-Founder of ‘See You Next Tuesday’ a female led collective
By Ava Hall Sat in the leafy garden of the Fox and Hounds pub in Battersea, I chatted with Florence about co-founding See You Next Tuesday, a female-led DJ collective based in Newcastle, and her experience as a female DJ entering into the industry. Despite being an old school friend of mine, attending Florence’s set…
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Everyone is a girl- launch review
By Marisse Cato In the darkness of the Internet it seems girl’s do just want to have fun. Playing dress up, melding their supposed “self” more and more deeply with an internet self, submitting to the politics of performance and surveillance culture. For you pages of hysteric Baroque damsels captioned “she’s just like me fr”…
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Nella Releases Brand New Single, STORM, Ahead of Debut EP Launch
By Lauren Bulla Nella is an up and coming alternative indie pop/ dark dream pop musician based in London. On April 5th, Nella released a new single entitled STORM. This track does a perfect job of catering to Nella’s aesthetic and wider vibe, they are someone who appreciates the emotional and whimsical alongside more serious…
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Moems and Memories and Lemons and Mothering – Interview with Artist Tracey Elizabeth Downing
By Marisse Cato A brightly illuminated studio presents the inner world of artist Tracey Elizabeth Downing. Gleaned from her subconscious and presented in a flattened composition of objects, her art has a shifting vibrancy, as though the image could change if you look away. With no interest in painting things as they are, her work…
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An interview with Simran- a climber
By Yasmine Silva I spot Simran across the street from where we have agreed to meet to talk about her experience as one of the strongest and most inspiring women in climbing I have the pleasure of knowing personally. Having had an operation to heal her ruptured ACL only a few weeks prior, I was…
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Artist Spotlight – Composer and Electronic Musician Jasmine Morris in CreativeEvolution
By Marisse Cato The Japanese/British composer moves toward electronic practice, (re)presentingpast stories and cultural traditions through new mediums. Her music warps familiar sounds into abstract amalgamations of larger sonic masses. The result – something that projects you beyond earthly time, toward somewhere multitemporal. Searching for a more self-contained practice, she came to electronic music as…
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Interview with Izzy Searle (Pauls Daughter)- A Musician and painter
Written by Yasmine Silva Izzy finds me in a booth at the Grove in Camberwell. Known artistically as Paul’s Daughter, we discuss her music career so far and what it’s like to have been so quickly propelled into the industry. We met while studying in Camberwell and then after seeing her perform at The Finsbury,…
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Sophie Irving- A singer/Songwriter from London
I had a video call with the lovely Sophie Irving, a singer from London who has recently moved to Manchester. She started releasing music at the age of 14 and then took a break from for a while until 2022 when she released her single ‘Do you have pictures’. Her latest single ‘I’ll Build You…