NAACP Creative Sole Scholarship

May 27, 2021

Legendary sneaker brand, Vans, has partnered with the NAACP; the United States’ leading civil rights organization, to establish the ‘NAACP Creative Sole Scholarship Powered by Vans.’ Vans has committed to uplifting and supporting African American students within all communities by providing them with financial aid to be put towards their college educations. This scholarship applies to students studying and pursuing a career within a variety of different curriculums including music, design, architecture, communications, journalism, marketing, and art.

Applications are open for the NAACP Creative Sole Scholarship Powered by Vans from now until June 18, 2021. On August 9, the N-SPIRE, a committee centered around creating and providing scholarships within the NAACP, will announce the 50 students chosen to be the recipients of the scholarship. Each recipient will receive $5,000 to be put towards tuition fees and to continue their support of these students, Vans will provide them with $5,000 a each year for up to four years.

Text by Oona Oglesby

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Culture

Services Généraux's SISYPHE

February 26, 2026

Paris-based studio Services Généraux presents SISYPHE, an experimental short film developed as part of its annual personal project. Working across visual art, fashion, and music, the film examines repetition, control, and the search for meaning.

Inspired by the myth of Sisyphus and informed by Albert Camus’ interpretation, SISYPHE reframes the condemned figure not as punished, but as reflective of contemporary life, defined by cycles of effort and renewal. The narrative follows a structure influenced by Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, tracing a progression from survival to self-actualisation, each stage briefly attained before collapsing back to the start.

At the centre of the work is a question of free will. The film approaches the idea of choosing one’s death not as defeat, but as an attempt to reclaim agency within an existence shaped by routine and constraint. Control becomes the core tension when endurance shifts from obligation to choice.

The score by Para One was composed in dialogue with the edit, creating a restrained sonic framework that mirrors the film’s rhythm. Costumes by Craig Green function as structural forms rather than decorative garments, reinforcing the body as a site of endurance and containment. Shot in Brittany, the film combines practical and digital techniques to construct an environment that resists a clear sense of time.

To mark its release, Services Généraux hosted a watch party in New York on February 17 at Public Records, as well as a screening on February 26 at Espace Commines in Paris.