It’s raining with weather warnings of harsh squalls the evening Atelier Fomenta opens its doors. I am slightly damp when I enter the studio.
CULTURE
Pattern Without Pulse: Posthuman Affect in the Work of Icysaw
We are living in an age defined by fluid surfaces and imperceptible seams. Digital tools are designed to vanish, as extensions of the soma and psyche.
Girls to the Front: Emerson Isa’s Riot Grrrl-Infused Launch
On May 17, the Lower East Side in Manhattan pulsed with femme-laced grit as Emerson Isa launched her debut collection, Girls to the Front, with an event at Pianos, a storied venue on Ludlow Street.
1664 Fashion Week: The Iconic Accessories Showcase
The 1664 Iconic Accessories Showcase, presented during Fashion Art Toronto this month, brings together three of Canada’s most promising emerging designers for a singular runway event curated by Montreal’s influential fashion incubator Lignes de Fuite.
Samantha Sutcliffe’s Haunted America
In her latest project, the decade-spanning photo series titled Broken Mirror, New York-based visual artist Samantha Sutcliffe peers through her camera into the black mirror of American life.
To the Floor: Sam Besca’s Dichotomy of Dance
New York native and director Sam Besca’s To the Floor, a short film written by Electra Artemis, unearths the menacingly cannibalistic femininity cultivated beneath the glitzy norms of European ballroom dance tradition.
Dupe or Twin: The AI Fashion Model Creeps In
It seems we were expected to clap and cheer and act impressed by the fact that in a meeting of the editorial staff at Business of Fashion (BoF), only a “slight majority” correctly guessed which image of model Mathilda Gvarliani, provided by the Swedish multinational retailer H&M, was a photograph and which was generated by artificial intelligence.
‘Kissy Face’: Jake Santos on the Blur of Intimacy
Titled Kissy Face, Toronto-based artist Jake Santos’ new solo exhibition, showing at Blouin Division until early May, presents a series of miniature, close-up portraits rendered on wood panels.
Demna Takes Over Gucci: Can His Balenciaga Strategy Revive Sales?
In a move that has left the fashion industry reeling, Demna Gvasalia has been named the new creative director of Gucci, marking the end of his nearly decade-long tenure at Balenciaga.
Beauty and War in Chloe Majenta’s “Enantiodromia”
“I think I was really craving something a little bit more like banging my head against a wall without me actually doing it,” Chloe Majenta tells me.