KELLY BELTER
KELLY BELTER April 2022 Kelly’s self-initiated work for Still Here, Still Life You can find more of Kelly’s work here and here.
Bamako, Mali
Bamako, Mali Photographed by Nybé Ponzio April 2022 You can view more of Nybé’s work here.
Departure Day
Departure Day written and illustrated by Tiffany Zhong April 2022 With all that’s going on in the world right now, I felt like I didn’t have words to express the heaviness in my heart. This silent comic depicts a few quiet unassuming moments before a departure. The final frame reveals the dystopia of her situation […]
Portraits of Ao Dai: Part V
Portraits of Ao Dai: Part V Photographed by Chiron Duong April 2022 You can find more of Chiron’s work here and here.
Baroque Futurism
Baroque Futurism Photographed by Akina Chan April 2022 Baroque Futurism celebrates the intersection of renaissance-era romanticism and chrome-inflected fantasy futurism. Playful, irreverent and cheeky, Baroque Futurism fuses a world inspired by the regal neoclassical era with an artful, futuristic sleekness. Team: Photography — Akina Chan Creative Direction — Andrea Nazarian Stylist — Spencer Garvey Makeup […]
Why Your Definition Of ‘Professionalism’ Might Be Problematic
Why Your Definition Of ‘Professionalism’ Might Be Problematic Why Your Definition of ‘Professionalism’ Might Be Problematic By Fadzai Nzuwa April 2022 When it comes to characterising professionalism the reality of structural & cultural exclusion is often overlooked. Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong “We’ll disagree to agree”. This was the closing […]
Apathy: Art’s Growing Nemesis
Apathy: Art’s Growing Nemesis By Fadzai Nzuwa April 2022 The next possible consuming ailment of our generation. Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong It is my belief that apathy towards art will soon become one our generation’s most consuming ailments. To be quite frank, it’s hard to make people care- about […]
To Tell A Vision
To Tell A Vision April 2022 A young black kid in 1964, New Zealand discovers a TV from the future and sees a world in which he can be a part of. https://ajifa.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ToTellAVision720.mov “When you’re a black kid you look for yourself wherever you go, you cannot escape your identity. You seek a likeness, that someone to […]
Paradise
Paradise April 2022 A short film based on Caribbean poet Roger Robinson’s tough but tender and ethereal poem, ‘Paradise’, visualising paradise through a distorted lens and uncovering the existential undertones of a ‘perfect’ resort life in the current climate crisis. https://ajifa.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/paradise_by_missohio-2160p.mp4 Paradise explores different perspectives of paradise through a Caribbean-English lens. The poem is aligned with […]
In conversation with Ranti
SPOTLIGHT In conversation with Ranti April 2022 “I’ve always enjoyed making my own clothes because I lovecurating my personal style.” Ranti is a designer, fibre artist and architecture student based in London. Á: Why did you choose to study architecture? R: Initially I wanted to design and create art but after speaking with my parents, […]
