Then check this: From June 1 to June 6, there will be an entire lineup of IG Live takeovers everyday, by an extensive list of extraordinarily talented artists, musicians and other creatives from Crush, "a curatorial project dedicated to creating a diverse community of artists and friends by organizing events that celebrate creative youth," according to the organization itself.
Today’s IG event was hosted by Fleurotica. If you haven’t tuned into their IG live yet, no worries—you’re not too late. Catch up with Hester Street Fair on their IGTV.
This sort of vulnerability with the self is exactly what inspired our May digital cover—the Intimacy issue. In thinking about what being intimate—both with others and with yourself—means during such strange times, we of course wanted to explore dildos, orgasms, and Chaturbate culture. It is office, after all.
But we also wanted to move beyond that. What do our current conditions mean in terms of being intimate in all facets of the word—being intimate with your thoughts? With abstraction? With objects or ideas? Do you cringe at your overgrown hair when looking in the mirror and the Snapchat camera? How has isolation played a part in your want or need to be intimate? Have you developed any new intimate relationships while in quarantine?
We asked 13 subjects to explore these ideas in a series of remotely-shot portraits and videos. We also asked each subject to write a diary entry with this vulnerability in mind.
This is Francis Buseko.
Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Buseko is a photographer, creative director, and muse whose goal is to push the limits of queerness and masculinity as it pertains to existing as so in a highly-censored country. Through his work, Francis wants to ultimately dismantle the stereotypes and taboo cultures that surround queerness in Africa.
We thought that Francis would be a perfect muse for our Intimacy issue. Both beautiful and risque, he gives us a raw look at his sexuality-as-art right from his bedroom.
Watch this video, as well as all the other Intimacy videos, on .show, the new interactive video camera and shoppable video marketplace.
This sort of vulnerability with the self is exactly what inspired our May digital cover—the Intimacy issue. In thinking about what being intimate—both with others and with yourself—means during such strange times, we of course wanted to explore dildos, orgasms, and Chaturbate culture. It is office, after all.
But we also wanted to move beyond that. What do our current conditions mean in terms of being intimate in all facets of the word—being intimate with your thoughts? With abstraction? With objects or ideas? Do you cringe at your overgrown hair when looking in the mirror and the Snapchat camera? How has isolation played a part in your want or need to be intimate? Have you developed any new intimate relationships while in quarantine?
We asked 13 subjects to explore these ideas in a series of remotely-shot portraits and videos. We also asked each subject to write a diary entry with this vulnerability in mind.
Meet Agusta Yr.
Like any modern multihyphenate, it's hard to pinpoint exactly what Icelandic artist Agusta Yr, aka @iceicebabyspice, does. She's a model, signed to New York's No Agency. She's a visual artist, having created 3D, video, and multidisciplinary works that confront beauty in a humorous way. She's also a meme queen, creating and reposting tens or hundreds of internet memes a day on her Instagram.
Treading the line between behind-the-scenes guru and the star of the show herself, she's almost like a modern day, all-digital, filtered-out Cindy Sherman. For her Intimacy cover, we got Agusta to create a sex doll of herself. Talk about self-love.
Watch this video, as well as all the other Intimacy videos, on .show, the new interactive video camera and shoppable video marketplace.
