Virtual Beauty explores human identity and beauty in the

24 Jun

What once would have sounded like fantastical and futuristic inventions from The Fifth Element – silicone-skinned avatars, AI-generated influencers, virtual make-up masks – are now a routine part of our everyday existence. Technology has reached beyond the digital realm to have a very real impact on our physical bodies. More and more, we are using it to alter, enhance and filter our identities. Now, a new exhibition is exploring how beauty and identity have been redefined in and by the digital space; and who holds the power. Opening at Somerset House as part of its 25th birthday season, Virtual Beauty is an exhibition that takes the glossy aesthetics of the online world and brings them off-screen, IRL. Curated by Bunny Kinney,...

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2 Dec

Andrea Lewis Explores The Intersection Of Beauty And Culture

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Andrea Lewis Explores The Intersection Of Beauty And Culture

Courtesy of Miguel McSongwe Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… When Andrea Lewis sets her sights on a story, she doesn’t just create content—she builds community. The actress, producer, and filmmaker behind The Black Beauty Effect, now streaming on Netflix, is back with another groundbreaking project: GlamCulture. This new series is a travel-meets-beauty docu-series premiering on her YouTube channel. The first episode, “The GlamCulture of NYC,” is kicking off a four-city exploration that celebrates beauty, identity, and self-expression through cultural lenses. This passion project—created, produced, and independently financed by Lewis and her team—is what she proudly calls #indierealityTV. The series spotlights the intersection of culture and glam in four cities—New York, Toronto, New Orleans, and Los Angeles—each chosen for its distinct creative heartbeat. “I’ve always...

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5 Jun

Bodywork: This shoot explores the bond between man and

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Bodywork: This shoot explores the bond between man and

There is a certain poetry in decaying machinery. Rusted steel panels, cracked enamel paint and abandoned engines, once symbols of reinvention, are now remnants of a world that has been left behind. In a new shoot titled Pace Notes, that cycle is reimagined, drawing from the remains of derelict rally cars to uncover something human beneath the ruins. Shot and creative directed by photographer Maxime Ballesteros, with Angel Velluto on board as co-creative director, Pace Notes is inspired by the scattered relics of farm and motor machinery left to rust in remote landscapes. The shoot explores how nature reclaims and softens the line between the mechanical and the organic. Resembling a car crash, the models, all ballet dancers, are body painted by...

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16 Nov

This book explores what it’s wish to navigate beauty

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This book explores what it’s wish to navigate beauty

“I'm in a bar in Brooklyn, listening to 2 men, my friends, discuss whether my life is price living.” So begins Easy Beauty, the debut book and genre-bending memoir from philosophy professor and Pulitzer Prize-finalist author Chloé Cooper Jones. It’s not the primary time her body – its autonomy and inherent value – has been discussed in front of her. Not the primary time it’s been discussed as if separate from her, the person sat right there, listening as friends, colleagues or strangers evaluate her existence, dismissing her perspective within the name of “objectivity”. It also won’t be the last. Weaving together aesthetic philosophy, art history, travel writing and private narrative, Easy Beauty is a confronting and eye-opening exploration of beauty from...

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