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Maria Liu is a Gold Coast based designer who began mid-2015 crafting handmade lingerie under the label Miss Liu. In the following years she released a number of collections as well as making appearances in local magazines and shows, as well as diversifying her collections to include swimwear and streetwear-style cut-and-sew pieces.
‘imbi the girl’ is smashing through conventional ideas of vulnerability through their songwriting, and has big things coming in 2020.
With 2020 shaping up to be the year that Easty challenges her own medium, we sat down and chatted with the Sydney-based artist about her biggest inspirations, her pet-peeves about being a creative, and what it means to be an artist.
Byron Bay’s adopted son - Garrett Kato is what one would call a, holistic creative. He tours the world, produces music for other like minded artists, writes and performs with an authenticity that is undeniable and consumingly lovely.
Deena Lynch is the multi talented creative force that has taken 2019 by force. The Brisbane local who was born in Japan has spent the last few years spreading her eggs throughout a number of baskets, all of which are hatching in succession and leading to some seriously captivating chickens.
Founder of the design label, ‘The Brutalist’, Dar Smith is an enigmatic force carving a space for progressive jewellery design in Australia. Dar is about to wrap up his month long stint at The Brutalist pop-up in Newtown, so we sat down and chatted life in Berlin, inspiration for his collections, and how he has reconciled his design work with his music production.
Sculptor of Sound - Ninoosh aka Anya Trybala, launched her debut album Floodgates on October 25 with a single launching each day in the week leading up to the release.
In 2015, Jon Bryant joined a cult. His short-lived time in and subsequent separation from NVXIM. When looked into there are coutless articles on NVXIM being a pyramid scheme, a cult and a sex cult.
Sly Morikawa is an artist known for her dreamy, fantastical aesthetic and has managed to generate an impressive commercial client list through this signature style. Sly’s work transports us to the delightfully perverse world she has created within her artistic endeavours, and we sat down over a coffee to chat about the inspiration behind how she creates.
Brumby, a prominent music photographer and videographer, is more than just the box he works within.With 2020 shaping up to be a huge year of non-music related work, we can’t wait to see how he balances his passion for music, and his desire to create outside of the industry he is most well-known in.
SYML AKA Brian Fennell, is a Seattle-raised musician that is known for his emotive vocals and smooth, heart-tugging melodies. He was previously part of the indie band Barcelona, before venturing on a solo project which he named SYML, meaning “simple” in Welsh
Oh hair. How you cause me so many woes. No two days are the same. I wake up and you look so fine! Ignorantly in my confused morning state - which is a somewhat similar feeling being quite drunk - I have a shower and let the steam get it all frizzy.
Adelaide-born pop artist, Alex Hosking, has been writing songs since she was 10 years-old. Her music would mostly be written for other artists, but recently, she released her own single, Monsters, which is the start of a new chapter for her.
Viewing Steele’s work on your laptop transports you into a world that you’ve only ever dreamed about. It has the ability to make you feel as though you are melting through the screen and into her creative mind. Although we can’t actually show you what Steele’s brain looks like, we can let you in on how she views some really big concepts that are a constant in her practice.
Harrison Storm is a Victorian-born modern folk singer and songwriter. His music is emotionally evocative, but it is the vulnerability that makes his art so comforting and relatable. It leaves you feeling exposed, yet content, like stepping out of the freezing ocean with the sun warming your back.
Notoriously established in the fashion world, Tim Swallow is also an avid escapist in his personal, creative works, and strives to deliver something that will push our perceptions of why nudity should always be acceptable.
Up and coming Newtown singer/songwriter Thandi Phoenix has built up a following for her powerful, classic vocals and ability to glide effortlessly between electronic genres.
At 21, we think future-Soul and RnB singer, Kaiit, is doing pretty damn well. Since her first single “Natural Woman” went viral, the Melbourne-born Indigenous artist has been co-signed by two Neo-Soul legends, Jill Scott and Erykah Badu, as their musical love child from down under.
Showcasing the talent and creativity of Western Sydney’s many communities has been the raison de entre of multidisciplinary arts company Urban Theatre Projects. Now leading this organisation is curator and artist Jessica Olivieri, who was previously curator, contemporary performance at Campbelltown Arts Centre.
Independent theatre director Claudia Barrie has been pushing the Sydney theatre scene, taking on plays outside of the canon to probe and ask questions of audiences all too used to convention. This month, Claudia takes on a new work by Stef Smith, Girl in the Machine.
