“I’m an Indonesian photographer and CG artist primarily based in Toronto. Drawing inspiration from day-to-day human situations, I combine 3D and pictures into surreal, dreamlike photos. My work magnifies the small, random on a regular basis moments and mixes them with the magical. Whether it’s myself having a nasty hair day, individuals dancing at gigs, or jealousy between siblings. I prefer to discover them in an exaggerated lens however not too literal. Lately my work is much more minimal and quiet. I really like detrimental area and loads of optical phantasm.
“These shoots didn’t begin with a set idea, the story got here later in publish manufacturing. Marcolino grew to become about coworkers’ rivalry, and Dancer within the Dark is my spin on catching somebody dancing alone on the subway.
“I acquired into 3D at a time the place I felt stagnant with the pictures I used to be doing, principally due to the same old funds, location and prop limitations. With 3D there have been no constraints, and I may take that pictures and construct whole worlds from scratch.
“Growing up in Indonesia, I used to be surrounded by mystical and religious concepts from early on. I’ve had a number of inexplicable experiences again residence that made me fairly open to the concept of issues current past what we perceive. That formed how I create. Music is an enormous one, in school I dreamed about making visuals for artists I admired – humorous as a result of that’s all I do now – and that ended up influencing my model quite a bit too.
“Nothing compares to the inventive power in my hometown. Everyone’s making one thing, and inspiration is in every single place. It’s contagious. You can’t assist however create. Since shifting to Toronto, I’ve been energised by the individuals I’ve met. It’s vital for me to be surrounded by doers. All of us, artist or not, may use slightly extra creating and fewer consuming” – Denisa Rahma
“I’m a 20-year-old photographer born in Tema, Ghana. My complete journey with pictures began in highschool after I had no profession in thoughts to search for throughout my faculty profession day, and all I had at residence had been cameras and subject vests, with no concept I’d even turn into a photographer. On that day, my principal requested who could be dressed as a photographer to take photographs. Then from there I used to be referred to as to {photograph} the occasion, with no concept of what I used to be doing! From there my curiosity began rising much more after we went on break throughout COVID and I met a mannequin from my neighborhood who wished to collaborate with me. I used to be extra into nature photographs after I was beginning out, and that has actually guided my journey now, as a result of I get color inspiration from crops and clouds and something to do with nature.
“After highschool, I started working with Free The Youth – a Ghanaian street-style collective. From right here, I discovered mentors and the preliminary plan of doing editorial pictures began to develop extra, as a result of I grew to become extra uncovered to it. I acquired the chance to shoot considered one of their largest drops this yr – their collabs with Jordan shot in Ghana.
“With my creative themes I like to play around and edit with emotions using cool colours. Gabriel Moses, Ashmond Kwesi, Free The Youth, PM Boakye are just a few creatives who inspire me. My creative community is centred around Free The Youth Ghana, Adom Gee The Brand, and a couple of model friends. The stuff we like to do is to work more on challenging concepts. I’ve got a project I am working on named the Noble Herd which talks about a Fulani man of wealth and elegance, not defined only by his cattle, but by his presence, style, and grace all in a modern way” – Edward Konu
“I’m a 22-year-old abstract-expressionist painter from Lincoln who specialises in utilizing acrylic paints and oil pastels on picket panels to create playful but evocative items with an emphasis on texture and color. I vowed to cease making artwork for different individuals and as a substitute to create artwork that may be a real reflection of myself. During this era, I grew to become fascinated by the concept of reductionism, which I channeled right into a sequence of small black-and-white drawings that advanced over time into bigger textural work with distinctive and vibrant colors.
“My follow takes the idea of abstraction very actually – I break up the topic into smaller ‘segments’ which are visually distinct from one another however come collectively to type a cohesive picture. This displays my deep fascination with the binary between abstraction and figuration.
“At the second, I’m deeply influenced by artists akin to Amy Sillman and Wassily Kandinsky. I join deeply with the way in which they create area for abstraction and figuration to coexist. They each deal with abstraction as one thing to be skilled and felt, moderately than simply one thing to have a look at, which is how I strategy my very own work too. My background has undoubtedly influenced my follow in loads of methods too. Even although my work are playful and filled with color, there’s loads of my experiences and trauma buried inside them. Painting has turn into a method for me to course of these feelings and switch them into one thing tangible so others can interpret them in their very own method.
“At the moment I’m working on a publication with a few friends that focuses on highlighting fashion, art, and culture through the lens of young people. My role involves researching and writing articles about emerging artists, exploring their influences, creative processes, and the stories behind their work. This summer we recently released our first issue, titled Restoration and hope to continue releasing more in the future. I am always looking for new artists to collaborate with so if you are interested please drop me a message here on the Dazed Club app. Alongside this, I’m also collaborating with local artists on smaller creative projects within my area” – Ellie Mai Butler
“I’m a curator and producer with a background in artwork historical past and theatre, working on the intersection of latest artwork, membership tradition, and post-internet sensibilities. I’m inquisitive about how music tonalities, efficiency, and collective behaviour type new cultural languages. My follow strikes between nightlife and important concept writing, treating each as phases for experimentation.
“I moved into occasion manufacturing as a result of I wished the concepts I studied, collectivity, liminality, emotional area, to stay past educational writing. Nightlife grew to become probably the most trustworthy medium to discover them, embodied, porous, and collaborative.
“Fetchish started as a small cohort for Eastern European diaspora artists in London, and has since grown right into a multidisciplinary collective internet hosting cultural occasions, supporting inventive initiatives, and constructing experimental areas throughout London, Berlin, LA, and NYC, centred on experimental sound, hybrid efficiency, and community-led membership tradition. As an occasion company, we carry all issues tradition to the membership: weaving algorithmic feed-logic with Eastern European self-discipline, taking music critically as an artwork meant to be shared and interpreted collectively. We transfer between pleasure, well mannered erudition, and play. Our neighborhood isn’t only a scene however a constellation of style, curiosity, and starvation, a spot the place individuals encourage each other via the luxurious of shared consideration. Fetchish in three phrases may very well be described as curious, terrifying, theatrical.
“We’re developing a multidisciplinary Fetchish night for Cambridge Union event (29 November, 2025), featuring Babynymph in a debate-meets-performance format that extends our interest in treating club culture as a site of discourse. The proposition declares Cambridge nightlife dull and dead. The opposition, led by London’s Fetish Studio, responds not in speeches but in basslines. Expect a night of experimental electronics, heavy rhythms, and euphoria. Check it out here on the Dazed Club app.” – Zlata Mechetina