Corentin Leroux ÉCAL, Switzerland
Inspired by Ukraine’s political situation, New Dawn Fades questions the West’s fascination with former Soviet Bloc aesthetics. Focusing on image-building ‘for economic, cultural or political purposes’, Leroux examines the fine line between truth and entertainment.
Dream collaborator: Thom Yorke
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Jesper Houborg London College of Communication, UK
Houborg’s We Are Still Here is a visual investigation into the zeitgeist of postcolonial Zimbabwe, now emerging from decades of political oppression and financial hardship. His considered documentary images build an empathetic picture of everyday difficulties and hopes.
Dream collaborators: The New Yorker, MoMA
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Hugo Yu The School of Visual Arts, USA
Yu’s practice seamlessly combines studio works and street photography. While Yu meticulously composes his still lifes himself, his street shots use the world around him to create a dialogue of form and colour, blurring the line between authenticity and fiction.
Dream collaborator: Peter Saville
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Alex Colley University of South Wales, UK
Drawing on archival material from his parents’ roles as civil servants within the Ministry of Defence, Colley has created a performative series on monotony, stress and detachment. Guy Debord’s Marxist theories are also a point of reference in this curious integration of photography, video and sound.
Dream collaborator: Jack Davison
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Eugénie Frerichs The University of Hartford, USA
Turning an obsessive eye to the overlooked, Frerichs’ Water Salad imagines a Californian’s daily experience during a severe drought. With visceral depictions of water, we are confronted with wilting vegetables and floods. There’s clarity, and murkiness too, in keeping with the liquid itself.
Dream collaborator: Pina Bausch
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David Barreiro The Royal College of Art, UK
By subverting the norms of labour in a series of staged photographs, Barreiro’s A Breach of Margins reflects on the ‘tensions between technology and manual work, the performance of masculinity, or the human body as a material in production processes.’
Dream collaborator: Roman Signer
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Josje van Stekelenburg Royal Academy of Art (KABK), Netherlands
The formative transition into adulthood can be difficult as we move from the comfort of childhood into an unknown, complex future. Van Stekelenburg’s Growing Pains captures this trepidation expressively; she describes the work as a ‘safety blanket’ that reminds her there is no clear path to follow.
Dream collaborator: Susanne Sundfør
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Angela Blažanović The Cass, UK
Blažanović’s project Fragments of a River reimagines forgotten narratives of objects salvaged from the banks of the River Thames. Rhythmic sculptural arrangements breathe new life into bottles and pipes, while repeated images of the river itself reflect the water’s flow and form.
Dream collaborators: Fischli and Weiss
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Justin Carter Nova Scotia College of Art, Canada
With a preference for the book form, Carter produces in-depth sequences such as Camp. Shot intensively over a week, it is an intimate look at the microcosm of a kids’ summer camp. It’s a half-real world of card games in the sand, naps in rubber rings and whispers between friends.
Dream collaborator: Lydia Davis
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Byredo holiday collection draws inspiration from Wim Wenders and Georgia O’KeefeByredo’s creative image director Lucia Pica speaks to Wallpaper* in an exclusive interview, revealing her off-kilter design process
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Design Miami 2023 explores how design responds to the world around us
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