Slowtide x Evan Mock

June 30, 2023

Wednesday night, art lovers flooded the Lower East Side’s Van Der Plas Gallery for the Sand to City art show, which sheds light on the meanings of collaboration and redistribution. Slowtide, a beach and bath wear company, produced the exhibition while actor, model, and skateboarder Evan Mock curated the event.

Mock selected 12 artists to feature their art printed on Slowtide’s 100% quick-dry towels. Each towel had unique paintings, photos, and designs from Adam Zhu, Bret Krak, Curtis Kulig, Eri Wakiyama, Evan Mock, Gray Sorrenti, Jeff Weins, Madsteez, Manon Macasaet, Mario Sorrenti, Mark Gonzales, and Waylon Bone.

JuneShine provided drinks and towels literally flew off the shelves. Because of this, Slowtide is considering another run of towels to continue to raise awareness and funds for the Public Art Fund.

Text by Marisa Kalil-Barrino
Photography by Hannah Turner-Harts / BFA

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Billel Ouazene: Revelation of the Obscure

December 12, 2025

Between truth and construction, the series explores what it means to be seen in a space where everyone performs, records, and displays themselves, and where identities quietly unfold. I look for the moments when the crowd no longer absorbs but reveals: solitude within the chaos, intimacy rising through the lights, the fragile beauty of those suspended instants the night sometimes lets slip. Light works through shadow, deliberately dark yet never opaque, to unveil what usually remains hidden. This chiaroscuro builds a constant sense of mystery, the feeling of watching without being seen, a gaze observing bodies, fractures, gestures, without ever intervening, whether in a single frame or in movement.

Created during the Dance Hole by Petit with Kim Petras, u.r.trax and JENYS - Billel Ouazene’s Revelation of the Obscure explores what it means to be seen in a space where everyone performs. Moments of solitude in chaos, light revealing what the night usually hides.

Photography and Director by billelouazene
Light Assistant by steadi_borscht
AI Animation by nikamlinova
Sound Design by britmyersprx
DOP by lenakeretli

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Reflecting with Kristina 18

December 09, 2025

Ukrainian-born, Paris-based photographer, Kristina Podobed just released her new book titled Kristina 18. Inspired by the special meaning of the number in her life, she started photography at 18 and was born on the 18th, the book reflects on her intimate, sensual and documentarian style which she has cultivated over her decade and a half as a photographer. She says this about the book, "Kristina 18 is a story about the end of an important chapter, a time that once seemed endless but now exists only in fragments of memory." The end result is a collection of raw and honest photography bound over 134 pages which was released during November.