I-D magazine

NO. 351 THE BRAVE ISSUE SPRING 2018 IVAN CHEN PHOTOGRAPHY CHRISTOPHER JIN

i-DEAS, FASHION, MUSIC, PEOPLE

NO HIDING

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OPTICAL

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the brave issue no.351 Where is the Northest place you have traveled from home?

editor-in-chief christopher mcdonnell… asst. editor-in-chief huaqing he… beaver, alaska, USA creative director huaqing he… fashion director tianzi jin… hulunbuir, inner mongolia autonomous region, CN fashion feature director huaqing he... beauty director yuxian wang… vancouver, british columbia, CA feature editor angela xia… new york city, new york, USA casting director angela xia... music editor tianzi jin… advertising manager yuxian wang... content manager angela xia…

super man huaqing he(Galsar) tel +1 912 257 2768 galsarhe@gmail.com iron man tianzi jin(Jill) tel +1 912 308 1656 tianzi_jin@163.com bat man yuxian wang tel +1 315 830 9309 9tous.wyx@gmail.com wonder women angela xia tel +1 713 505 2207 xia.184@osu.edu

contributors christopher jin, teresa allison rowe, jony zhao, eden guo, shawn wu, ivan chen, meng wang, suki kong, libo chou, dihao xu

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contributors

Huaqing He(Galsar) MFA candidate, current Luxury and fashion management major in Savannah College of Art and Design, before this major, he was in illustration field, which this background provides him a colorful style in his photography works.

Tianzi Jin(Jill) MFA candidate, current fashion major in Savannah College of Art and Design, she is a thinker, she loves old fashion becasue she believes the fast fashion is superficial, which is the main reason that she only use film camera for her works.

Christopher Jin MFA candidate of photography in Savannah College of Art and Design. Chris Jin is an artist who has cinematic background before he came to US, which this unique experience impacts him a lot in his choice of lights in his later works. Jin’s style of lighting contrasts in between stillness and flowing, altogether which creates a moodiness through this unique tonality.

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spring 2018 the brave issue

come out, come out where you are...

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H I D I N G

Our generation of y have a lot of press iteration, occupati all the time to tes psychological affor just have a little most of our generat keeping silence, an this does not solve I hope that our gen be aware of this, a own hearts, and com others,and calm the 22 i-D

young people ssure. Technical tion disappeared, est our ordability, but we e time to vent, ation are used to and then numb, but ve the problem. eneration can and open their ommunicate with he mind... i-D 23

TERESA ALLISON ROWE PHOTOGRAPHY TIANZI JIN

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Designer

DIHAO XU: no hiding

During the period I designed this collection, I was suffered from negative energy. I thought I was strong enough that I could take those all but I failed in the end.

The theme of this collection is hiding, but this concept for me actually is "do not hide". Find a way to release our negative energy and this is how we learn from pressure. We can not be easily defeated by negative energy. Our generation of young people have a lot of pressure. Technical iteration, occupation disappeared, all the time to test our psychological affordability, and we just have a little time to vent. Most of our generation are used to keeping silence, and then numb, but this does not solve the problem. I hope that our generation can be aware of this, and open their own hearts, and communicate with others, and calm the mind.

Black and gray are the main colors, which imply depressive mood.

The oversize design, like a huge haven which wraps in negative energy. I design the big words "save me" and "brave" on the garments, which achieves an aspiration that when someone else notices people who wear these graments, he or she is willing to save them and chat with them. Meanwhile, I also wish that people wear these garments could tell themselves be brave, and do not hide.

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DIHAO XU PHOTOGRAPHY HUAQING HE

"Black and gray are the main colors, which imply depressive mood. The oversize design, like a huge haven which wraps in negative energy.

I design the big words 'save me' and 'brave' on the garments."

TERESA ALLISON ROWE PHOTOGRAPHY TIANZI JIN

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"morning, morning, morning, everyday is a new day, I wish I could stay in Savannah everyday.

I understand the pressure from the mega-city like Atlanta."

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"So, I just wanna stay."

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Eden - E

A beauti girl grew because and cons others. S on laye It wasn’t her appe complex don’t let

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n - Embrace yourself.

autiful 20-year-old young adult with olive skin and purple hair. The half African half Chinese rew up in Beijing, China. When she was young, she was isolated by other peers at school use of her distinct skin color and facial feature. She was lost, and confused by her appearance constantly asked herself why she looked so different from others. She refused to socialize with s. She was afraid that they might laugh at her. She tried to hide her dark skin color by putting ayers of makeup that made her look whiter. sn’t until the day that Eden was spotted by a photographer on the street, she started to embrace ppearance. She was asked to model for multiple events and she realized that her actual skin plex made her unique, special, and beautiful. “You have to believe in yourself, love yourself, and let others define who you are. Be confident, you are beautiful the way you are.” Eden says.

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"When I was young, I was isolated by other peers at school because of my distinct skin color and facial feature. I was lost, and confused by my appearance."

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EDEN GUO PHOTOGRAPHY TIANZI JIN

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"It wasn’t until the day that I was spotted by a photographer on the street, I started to embrace my appearance."

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“You have to believe in yourself, love yourself, and don’t let others define who you are. Be confident, you are beautiful the way you are.”

I tried hide,

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I feared that he would know my past that I was a bad girl.

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I was a rebellious girl, I was not afraid of anything, I was the bad girl that other parents would tell their kids to stay away from. I was a girl who hated the whole world. What did I love to do? Oh, the worst things you could imagine, I was the girl with problems.

When I was 18, I met my angel, I started to fear, I feared that he would find out about my past. I tried hard to be a nice girl, I didn’t smoke for half a year, I didn’t swing in the bar for half a year, I tried to convince myself that I liked being good, but...that was not real me.

Oh, finnaly, he knew...he was astonished, disappeared for a month, I was so desperate.

He was back, "no more hiding, are",he said. I was so glad‌

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I

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way

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you

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"no more hiding, I love the way you are."

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IVAN CHEN PHOTOGRAPHY HUAQING HE

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Ivan Halloween, Halloween, it’s the time of the year when strange clothes are not strange anymore. I can wear any style that I love, skirts, high heels, lace, make up, the bold blue lips, the black nail, no one judge me, no one notice my sex, I can be whoever I want, I am Cinderella, I am a king, I am a queen, I will go where I want, the dark alley, the bar, the hollywood walk of fame, I am who I am!

But...after that day, I return to what others called “normal”. Wearing boring, ordinary clothes. This is not what I like, this is not the real me. I cannot keep pretending to be what others think I should be.

No, no more those days, I am who I am, I wear a lace skirt to school, I wear high heels to the mall, no more running away, I need to face my inner soul, cuz I am a transvestism with bold blood.

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"I am Cinderella, I am a king, I am a queen, I could go where I want, the dark alley, the bar, the hollywood walk of fame, I am who I am!"

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NO ESCAPE

BRAVE

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IVAN CHEN PHOTOGRAPHY CHRISTOPHER JIN

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ASMR Art reduces your pressure Trending Now: ASMR You may not know what ASMR is, but videos about ASMR are everywhere on YouTube and livestream. The videos are often entitled with “help you fall asleep”. Will it actually do what it says and possibly cure your insomnia?

It Sounds crazy, a video that can cure insomnia? Not really, because ASMR is not affected on every brain, ASMR is based on neuroscience, it stands for Autonomous sensory meridian response. It is a term used for “an experience characterized by a static-like or tingling sensation on the skin that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine” based on When you experience ASMR, it is like getting a brain massage.

In ASMR videos, the host creates sound of stimuli to trigger ASMR that include the following: listening to a softly spoken or whisper voice Listening to quiet, repetitive sounds resulting from someone engaging in a simple tasks such as turning the pages of a book, munching food, and brushing the microphone with makeup brush.

Watching someone attentively execute a mundane task such as preparing food Receiving altruistic tender personal attention Initiating the stimulus through conscious manipulation without the need for external video or audio triggers Furthermore, watching and listening to an audiovisual recording of a person performing or simulating all but not limited to the above actions and producing their consequent and accompanying sounds is sufficient to trigger ASMR for the majority of audiences who report susceptibility to the experience.

If you are willing to have a ASMR experience, please prepare an earphone, the dimensional sound through earphone could provide better results.

ASMR apply to art As we know, the ASMR has potential to activate pleasant sensation, it could be used as a sleep aid that help people who suffer insomnia. It also has potential to be used in the art industry, by enhancing the pleasant sensation while audiences enjoying the atmosphere of show, such as fashion show, art gallery, film and museum.

Since 2014, a limited group of artists noticed ASMR. A British artist named Lucy Clout established a channel video ‘Shrugging Offing’, used the model of online ASMR broadcasts as the basis for a work exploring the female body as contemporary art.

Lately, the American artist Julie Weitz, inspired by ASMR and created the first digital arts installation called “Touch Museum”, which opened at the Young Projects Gallery on 13 February 2015, and comprised video screening distributed throughout seven rooms.

In addition, the music for Julie Weitz's “Touch Museum” digital arts installation was composed by Benjamin Wynn under his pseudonym ‘Deru’, which was the first musical composition specifically created for live ASMR art event.

Subsequently, artists Sophie Mallett and Marie Toseland created a live “binaural sound work” composed of ASMR triggers, broadcast by Resonance FM, the listings for which advised the audience to 'listen with headphones for the full sensory effect'.

On 18 May 2015, contemporary composer Holly Herndon released an album called “Platform” which included a collaboration with artist Claire Tolan named Lonely At The Top, intended to trigger ASMR. The track "Brush" from Holly Pester 2016 album and poetry collection Common Rest featured artist Claire Tolan, exploring ASMR and its relation to lullaby.

Nowadays, an increasing number of artists and individuals are creating their ASMR videos to stream on YouTube or livestream websites, attracting people to the unique ASMR experience, and we will be excited to see what this neuroscience trick will evolve into.

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PRESSURE

vaporwave 00:00 am come out come out turn the radio on time to voice loudly EDITED BY TIANZI JIN

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Do you know WHERE you are?

Do you kNOw what you aRe DOING? DO you KNOW WHO U ARE? WHAT IS THE TRUTH? ARE YoU STILL FEELING EVERYTHING? Are U lost?

ARE YOU STILL AWAKE? NOW IT’S 23:46:03. I’M SLEEPY, BUT I WANNA BE AWAKE ALWAYS. I’M EUPHORIC, BUT I WISH I WAS ASLEEP FOREVER. WHAT’S FOREVER? EVERYTHING AND NOTHING. I LIKE SLEEP IN THE DAYLIGHT. I OnLY DRINK COFfEe AT MIDNIGHT. I eAT MuCH ICeCreAMS WHEN IT SNOWS. IT’S 00:00:01, GoOD MORNING GUYS. I’M YOUR MUsICIAN AnD AUDIENCE. I’M A BOSS AND AN EMPLOYEE. vAPOR APPEARS, WAVE WILL COME SOON. YOU ASK ME WHAT VAPORWAVE IS. ARE YOU KIDDING? ThErE’S NO DEFINITION EXCEPT FEELINGS. TIME. NOW IS IN THE MORNING, AFTERNOON, AND MIDNIGHT. ThAT’S SO LIKE VAPORWAVE. GIVE YOU FREE IMAgInAtION. FLOW WITH YOUR MIND. YOU COULD NO HEART, BUT YOU MUST BE THINKING. VAPORWAVE IS AS TIME, RUnNING IN THE RIVER, STREAMING IN YOUR HEAD.

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