KNEON 07 'HEAVEN AND SPACE'

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The Heaven and Space issue Editor-In-Chief & Founder Victoria Jin

ARTS Editor Julia Karpova

Photographers

Andrea Swarz, Marie H. Rainville, Lucky Luke, Victoria Jin, Aaron Feaver, Shereen Jamil, Louise Smit, Rhyan Santos, Federica Simoni, Elizabeth Kinnaird, Max Seedorf, Paolo Colaiocco, Heiko Laschitzki, Katie Eleanor, Yuji Watanabe, Rhiannon Adam, Thomas Babeau, Olga Valeska

SPECIAL THANKS

Camille Peck, Natalia Swarz, Horst Mayer, Lara Garcia Diaz, Yuji Watanabe, Hong Meow

FEATURING

Christian Blanchard, Sofie Fatouretchi, Sophie Cull Candy, Eva Goldwyn-Simpkins, Victoria Emslie, Noemie Merlant, Olga Valeska, Cris Yong,

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Art Direction Victoria Jin

CONTACT

info@kneon-magazine.com www.kneon-magazine.com

Cover photographed by Marie H Rainville, featuring Amanda at Major Model, styling by Catherine Simard, makeup and hair by Cynthia-Christina

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

We thought of the theme ‘Heaven and Space’ mainly through the seven/heaven-rhyme, which sounds a little naïve at first, but is a great example of how we put together each issue of KNEON: we think of a simple concept, one that everyone is familiar with, challenge a group of creatives from all over the world to react and respond, then collect the respective results. It’s like an experiment, expect no laws of nature apply and the only thing being measured is pixels.

This seventh issue collects a new group of individuals from all over the world -– Australia, Paris, Vienna, London, Portugal, UK, and Tokyo to name a few places – for another online exhibition filled with youth, inspiration and talent. For me, ‘Space’ is a void, an area to be filled, either with facts or ideas. Ideas combined with action creates art. And this issue is filled with some of the most beautiful art that we’ve ever collected.

I hope you enjoy this seventh compilation of our latest art-crushes. We love emails, snail mail, and stickers all year around, so feel free to say hi anytime at info@kneon-magazine.com.

With love, Victoria editor-in-chief & founder

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Issue07 Marie H Rainville Age: 22 Nationality: Canadian Based in: Montreal Her editorial ‘Sky-High’ was shot on a rooftop in New York. The theme being Heaven & Space for this issue we opted for a minimal and modern atmosphere.

Website: www.mariehrainville.com

Yuji Watanabe Age: 26 Nationality: Japanese Based in: Paris Yuji photographed and interviewed French actress Noemie Merlant in Paris for this issue.

This is definitely not the first nor last time Yuji is contributing to KNEON. He’s been a part of the family across three issues already and is planning more amazing editorials and interviews for Issue 08.

Location: Les Caves Alliees website: www.yujiwatanabe.book.fr

Louise Smit Age: 20 Nationality: Australian Based in: Queensland (QLD) My editorial ‘Chrome’ - after the metal Chromium - is a mix of masculine and feminine, having both bold and fragile elements. The amazing and talented team involved really brought it on the day and am so grateful for their efforts.

Website: www.louise-smit.com

Katie Eleanor Age: 19 Nationality: English Based in: London The story of Queen in her ornate, yet hollow, castle. With loneliness she begins to grow into its features, lacing herself with the crystals and fabrics that cover the walls. She glazes herself with bronze, a statue.

Website: www.katieeleanor.com

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Photographed by Louise Smit Stylist, Madeline Roberts Model, Laura Evans at Vivien’s Hair/Makeup by Carla Sakrzewski

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Top — Sally Kerkin, Pants — Sally Kerkin, Shoes — Oak and Hide, Necklace — stylist own, Belt — Asos 11

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Dress — Batson, PVC Vest — Verona Saints, Sunglasses — Asos, Tote 16 — Batson

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Coat and skirt — Sophia Sung Suh

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skyhigh Photographed by Marie H Rainville at Judy Inc Stylist, Catherine Simard Makeup and hair, Cynthia-Christina for TRESemme Hair Care at Judy Inc Model, Amanda at Major Model

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Top — Joseph Singh, Pants — Joseph Singh, Shoes — Jeffrey Campbell 20

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Coat and skirt — Sophia Sung Suh, Shoes 22 — Topshop

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Top — Sumaiyah Akhtar, Coat — Sumaiyah Akhtar, Pants — Sumaiyah Akhtar, Shoes — Urban Outfitters Opposite page: Coat — Sophia Sung Suh, Shoes — Sophia

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CHRISTIAN BLANCHARD / photographer & filmmaker, 21 years old, sydney

Working as a freelance photographer and film director in Sydney, Christian Blanchard has been named ‘One of Australia’s top ten’ by Capture Magazine, has photographed bands such as The Raveonettes, and lists Puma, Nintendo and L’Oreal Paris amongst his clients.

We interviewed the 21 year-young Christian about his early experiences in the industry and his advice for young photographers who are trying to establish their work.

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VICTORIA JIN—First of all, tell us a bit about yourself.

Who is Christian Blanchard?

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Christian Blanchard is an ambitious creative and a foolish business man.

If I was in photography and film to make money it would be weddings but I am obsessed with the creative process of telling stories through fashion editorials and films. My vices are chocolate, gin and red wine, and I will do almost anything for them at the end of a shooting day.

How old do you feel?

I currently feel significantly older

than I am. Let’s say 43. The cause is an underwater fashion film for Mimco, an epic TVC for Melbourne Spring Fashion week, post production on a Spring/Summer campaign for Mimco and finishing touches to the cover editorial for Tangent Magazine with six cinemagraphs.

That being said, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I live and love chaos and try my best to be 21 when I am not working!

Where are you right now as you answer these questions?

The best possible place to answer this question. In bed and it is 12:47am.

This one is for readers torn between jumping into working immediately after high school or pursuing a higher education: Which one would you recommend, and which route did you personally pursue?

I was very fortunate to fall in love with photography in high school and have an inspiring mentor as my teacher. From there I went onto higher education for two years, became frustrated and jumped into the industry. I took up work experience at a studio for a year with the mentality it was free education and learnt ten times more in that year than the 29

Stills from Christian’s film ‘Tomorrow’s Lovers’, which will be screening at the Berlin Fashion Film Festival next month 30

previous two years.

I am a huge advocate for getting into the industry, learning from the best through extended periods of work experience and doing that with as many different people as you can. That way you can pick and mix different skills and techniques to suite your own style and direction.

That being said, I do occasionally teach and think it has an important place to incubate initial development and exploration. Without my teacher I wouldn’t be here today.

How was your start in the industry?

My career started in the most isolated city in the world. Perth, Western Australia. This pushed me to find creativity from within rather than around and meant I was shooting anything and everything from product, architecture, cars, trucks, food and some fashion.

I had to be resourceful and learn a lot from different fields. Lighting however translates across all genres of photography, if you can light a bowl of food or a big rig truck in studio you can apply that same technique to lighting a model.

From there I travelled around between Melbourne, New York and Sydney for almost ten years and have been based

in Sydney the past three years.

What have been some milestone events in your life and career so far?

Nobody Was Thirsty Exhibition, where I was invited to photograph a selection of celebrity talent to raise funds for cleaning drinking water. The exhibition toured globally through New York, LA, London, Paris, Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney.

Also Art Gallery of NSW, Hosting a talk on ‘The Fashion of Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims’. Finally, “Tomorrow’s Lovers” International Film Selection, for ASVOFF in Paris and BFFF in Berlin.

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“I am a huge advocate for getting into the industry, learning from the best through extended periods of work experience�

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Do you have an ‘inspiration figure’, someone whose career and lifestyle choices you really admire?

Tim Walker, Terrence Mallick and Gaspar Noe - I love all three for the work they produce. Tim Walker for his vivid imagination through locations, props and set design. Terrence Mallick for his approach to filming and storytelling and Gaspar Noe for his challenging stories and very unique cinematic approach.

What, for you, has been your biggest achievement to date?

My film Tomorrow’s Lovers screening at the Centre Pompidou in Paris for A Shaded View On Fashion Film Festival last year. To receive that international recognition made me realise that as challenging as film work is that I must be doing something right.

I’ve only just last week been notified that the same film has also been selected into the Berlin Fashion Film Festival which is screening next month.

What kind of work do you enjoy the most: creative editorial, filming, or shooting advertising campaigns?

Currently I would have to say filming because it is so very challenging. Everything is still so new to me which is exciting and incredibly

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5 years from now, where do you ideally see yourself?

Directing a feature film with a challenging script and a lot of money behind it.

When and where are you the happiest?

Whenever I have my camera in my hand, am directing a film or cooking a feast for family and friends.

If you could be a drink, what would you be?

Pinot Noir. Deep red, mysterious and needs time to breathe.

Are you a day person or an evening person?

An insomniac person. I get the best of both worlds Favourite movie of all time?

There shall never be an ‘all time’ but for now here are my current favourites in no particular order: Enter The Void, Baraka, Drive, In The Mood For Love, Anti Christ, Moon, The Fall, The Tree of Life and This Must Be The Place A song that’s stuck in your head now.

What are some quirks about you that not a lot of people know about?

I write and take photos with my right hand but do everything else with my left.

If you wouldn’t be working and living in Sydney right now, where would you be?

Someplace where it’s Summer right now. New York, London or Copenhagen.

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by Federica Simoni featuring Patrish at Profile and Tom at Elite styling, Melina Kutelas, makeup by Michelle Dacillo

Assistants, Goizane Guerrikabeitia and Ugo Galelli dress by Rejina Pyo

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hooded jacket & shorts by Hiroaki Kanai, leggins by Benjamin Bertram, shoes by Mors Footwear

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Trousers & sweater by Lisa Pek, top by Benjamin Bertram

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coat by Julie Eilenberger, trousers stylists own, shoes by Tosin Mogaji

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WHERE THE NICE THINGS ARE

photographed by Shereen Jamil Model, Evy Jane at Rad Kids Stylist, Sarah Danniels Makeup by Oz Zandiyeh (MAC) Hair by Erum Sheikh stickers by victoria jin 48

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top,leggings, and corset—DAVID JACK

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LA BOUND Sofie Fatouretchi was working for Stones Throw Records in Los Angeles when she got involved with Boiler

Room – also hailed as the ultimate upcoming platform for underground electronic music. The music show is currently the largest in the world and features the biggest names in the industry, from A$AP Rocky to Ghostface to Diplo, and reaches over 5 million vieweras per month. That’s a lot of people. We caught up with the petite 21 yearold – fresh out of Primavera Festival in Barcelona – at The Ring Hotel Vienna to talk about her work as a full time host and programmer for Boiler Room.

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VICTORIA JIN—tell us a bit about yourself. Who is sofie?

SOFIE FATOURETCHI—What is there to say - I was born in California, grew up all over the US and then Vienna - which is where my mother's from. I'm obsessed with early 90s devil worship hip hop, play records sometimes and am paranoid about bad haircuts.

How old do you feel?

Way too old for my age and then equally very immature. In reality, I'm 21.

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Where are you right now as you answer these questions?

At the Vice offices in London.

Boiler Room is known to have its sets in really unique locations.

Where has your favourite location been so far?

After having done LA for a year now, it's hard not to be biased. Most recently we went to Barcelona to broadcast from Primavera festival. We had a stage that was

right next to the waterfront and we started just as the sun was setting and the moon came up, it was pretty special. My favorite non-LA location however would have to be this rap show that we did from a producer's condo in Miami.

What's your favourite thing about WORKING FOR BOILER ROOM?

Being able to work with amazing artists, the travelling, and then that special moment that happens ever so often during a show where you really feel like you get to witness a moment in musical history.

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“My favorite non-LA location however would have to be this rap show that we did from a producer’s condo in Miami.”

All photos taken at the Ring Hotel Vienna Kärntner Ring 8, 1010 Vienna, Austria

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Saying that, There is probably no 'typical work day' for you, but could you try to describe one?

Wake up, read emails in bed, get up, shower, get a coffee, go to the office - this term being used loosely as I'm not based out of just one office. I'm trying to make this sound as interesting as possible but I can't.

What in your opinion makes an especially good Boiler Room session?

For me, I have a good time if the music’s right, the artists are into it, my friends are around, and there’s a really, really fast internet connection.

For our readers who are torn between higher education and jumping into their careers immediately: What did you study at university? And have your studies helped you in terms of your work now?

I'm probably not the best role model! I graduated high school at 16 and went on to intern at big software companies as I was studying computer science and economics at the time.

It wasn't the challenge I was looking for. On a whim, I applied for an internship at Stones Throw Records, didn't hear anything back for months and then finally did, subsequently got hired, moved to Los Angeles and through that started working at Boiler Room at the same time.

If I'm honest, I didn't enjoy university, I was easily bored and missed classes most of the time. I did study sociology on the side and that was the only thing I never flaked out on, but more out of personal interest than anything else. While I was still in high school, I attended the conservatory of music in Vienna (Konservatorium Wien) for classical viola and violin. I've always been passionate about music.

If you weren't working for Boiler Room now, what would you be doing now?

I'd most likely still be at Stones Throw Records. I love that label, everyone working there was like my second family when I moved to Los Angeles. It just became increasingly difficult to juggle two jobs and have enough time to pursue personal projects.

Can you tell us what qualities you think Boiler Room looks for in artists to potentially collaborate with?

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I personally think that Boiler Room does a massively good job at covering a whole slew of different genres and representing such a wide variety of diverse music scenes, so really, there are very little limitations if you’re a credible artist doing your thing.

Just a look at the Boiler Room chat room and it’s noticeable that you have a group of admirers…

Oh man. Admirers is putting it nicely. Those guys are alright, but there’s also a couple of creeps. The internet is crazy.

When and where are you the happiest?

Anywhere if the weather's warm.

What’s a track that’s stuck in your head right now?

The song ‘Glass Half ’ by Minor Sick, the whole Knxwledge anthology that was just released on Leaving Records via Stones Throw, and the track ‘Party Woman’ by Azizi Gibson, which is on his new Brainfeeder mixtape.

What’s your summer guilty pleasure?

Wearing cutoff Levis in all situations, even if they’re not appropriate.

If you were a drink, what would you be?

I like really good tequila. I’ve sadly fallen out of love with it for a while and now seem to enjoy whiskey a lot more, but I’m hoping we’ll reconcile. So if I were to be a drink, I hope I’d be tequila.

What's next for you this year?

I wish I knew! If someone would have asked me this question a year ago I would have definitely not been able to answer correctly. Short term - moving to New York.

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“I have a good time if the music’s right, the artists are into it, my friends are around, and there’s a really, really fast internet connection.”

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(above) t-shirt—Maria

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(below) shirt—Heimstone, skirt—stylist’s own vintage, shoes— Heimstone, necklace— Maria Isabel Guzman

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upcoming talent spotlight

Eva Goldwyn-

Simpkins / artist / british / current favourite album: old soul by l’orange

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Julia karpova—Tell us a bit about yourself.

Eva goldwyn simpkins—I grew up in

Manchester, but am currently studying in London, which is a fantastic city, but I’m definitely a northerner at heart. I’ve just finished at Central Saint Martins, and will be starting at Goldsmiths later this year, to study Fine Art and History of Art. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Either living in London or somewhere like Berlin or New York, and making art. I’m also interested in the artistic potential of curation, as a form of art itself, essentially taking a step back and observing how everything fits in together. I will probably be incorporating this into elements of my work.

Can you tell us about your arti-

stic influences?

Artists working with space or installation are a big influence. Rachel Whiteread’s interpretation of the interior and exterior has been very important, and recently I have become interested in Carsten Holler’s way of breaking down the conventions of a space.

Mainly, I am influenced by artists who work three-dimensionally, but specific paintings such as Richard Hamilton‘s Bathroom fig. 1, have inspired whole collections of work.

What were you trying to communicate through your video installation Untitled (Projection onto Floor)?

This was initially an exploration of dirt and the cultural associations we attach to it. By removing the bath from it’s original setting, and projecting the video in a corridor space, I wanted people to question the limitations

of public and private. While the movement is mundane, the conflict occurs in the spatial element of the work: by projecting vertically, reinforcing the camera angle, the bath is juxtaposed onto the floor, and purity and dirt are in direct contact. Through physically looking down on a female nude who washes without any awareness of being observed, the audience is made to feel like a voyeur, which inspired more political connotations, through an awareness of the male gaze.

This was really something that needed to be experienced, because it was so much about the physicality of the work, but watching the video documentation helps to make sense of it. https://vimeo.com/58828990 You just completed your foundation in art and design at CSM, can you comment on your experience?

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much as an artist, and my work has completely transformed. It’s been amazing to be surrounded by so many creative minds and I am really looking forward to continuing next year at Goldsmiths.

If you had an unlimited budget to create one art piece, what would it be?

I’d love to create something on a large scale, some kind of interactive installation. There are so many amazing spaces I would love to have the opportunity to work with, like the Tate Turbine Hall. It is so unique in the way it challenges the conventional ‘white cube’ gallery space, through the way that people behave and communicate and it would be incredible to be able to affect the way such a powerful space is inhabited.

What would you say is the hardest, most challenging thing about being a young artist?

Challenging yourself to make new and interesting work, and to push the boundaries of your practice is difficult. It is too easy to establish a comfort zone and stop asking questions or re-evaluating your own or other people’s work. I also think it is really important to understand your own work, to recognise that it is a process of decision making; being able to reflect on why you made those decisions is fundamental.

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What themes are emerging in your work?

Recently there has been a definite movement towards the architectural, specifically the relationship between humans and space.

I tend to interpret this through conflicting extremes, for example public & private or interior & exterior. I am interested in the parallels between the architect and the installation artist, both of whom project a kind of ideology onto a space, with the intention of manipulating a certain type of living, behavior or interaction.

Can you tell us about your most recent installation, Untitled (Three Doors, One Wall), shown at the end of year exhibition?

Untitled (Three Doors, One Wall) was the culmination of a series of works, collectively titled Public and Private: Politics of the Domestic Interior. While in many ways it could be seen as a continuation of Untitled (Projection onto Floor), it was the focus on the home that set it apart from previous ventures. I was interested in the ways that walls act as boundaries or points of division in the home, and how these physical ‘barriers’ serve to perpetuate the notion that different rooms have specific functions. I was particularly fascinated with the ways in which the modernist open plan opened up living spaces, enabling more fluid movement

and multifunctional spaces. Subverting this idea of the wall as a physical barrier, I created a divider that could, itself be divided, and therefore would incite communication rather than separation. The ‘doors’ also function on a two dimensional level: as a result of being constructed from two-way mirror, the space on both sides is visible on the flat plane, essentially superimposed onto one another.

The theme of this issue is ‘Heaven and Space’, do these words have any particular meaning to you?

I think of space not in astronomical terms, but architecturally, through the spaces we inhabit and how we navigate them; the ways in which spaces influence our movement, our behavior and our interaction; and the conventions defined by different spaces and what happens when we challenge these.

For more of Eva’s work, visit her site here:

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“It is too easy to establish a comfort zone and stop asking questions or re-evaluating your own or other people’s work.”

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Rochas off-white raw silk trench coat, Ralph Lauren white jeans, Rochas white pumps

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Sophie CullCandy / designer

Styling, Sophie Cull-Candy Photographed by Lucky (Luke)

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Noemie Merlant

Her performance in The Orphan Girl, directed by Jacques Richard, earned her a place in the Revelations Caesars 2013, a feature on level with her part in the short film by Pierre Niney, also a part of the Talent Cannes Adami, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Born in Paris in 1988, the French actress started nurturing her love and talent for the arts from a minute age. She started classical dance at six years old, contemporary dance at ten, and modelling under some of the world’s major agencies in Paris, New York, Milan and Tokyo at age seventeen. In 2008 she debuted as an actress in Boaz Yakin’s ‘Death in Love’. From there onwards, it’s all going just peachy.

Photographer Yuji Watanabe, caught up with the young talent in Paris about her classical training and her thoughts on Hollywood.

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Earring—CHANAEL K, dress—CELINE METEIL, gloves—GLOVE STORY, bracelet—SYLVIA TOLEDANO chez l`ECLAIREUR

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“Personally, I’m a hard worker, a dreamer, and anxious.

A lot.”

Model, Actress, theatre talent who is NoemiE Merlant?

I was born in Paris and I started modelling when I was seventeen. And then I went to acting school in Paris. I did four years there, and around two years ago, I started with my first movie, The Orphan Girl. Personally, I’m a hard worker, a dreamer, and anxious. A lot.

How old do you want to be?

My age. I don’t want to get older.

Where are you right now?

I’m here with you.

You were recently voted one of the most promising rising stars of 2013 - What is your agenda for the near future?

The Revelations for the Caesars 2013 was this year with the first movie I did, The Orphan Girl, which helped me get a lot of future projects. I have three movies after this one, and I’m going to Cannes Film Festival

where I have a short film by Pierre Niney, who I really enjoyed working with. Then I have a movie in June and another one in South Africa - it’s a French movie but it’ll be in French and English.

You are a professionally trained actress. What are some things that you have learned that you wouldn’t have otherwise?

Theatre is a bit different. You learn how to work in a team, and you have to be conscious of the stage and the audience.

Would you recommend formal training for someone who wants to get into acting?

Not really. It’s good to be natural, but it also depends on what you want to do. With some people, they work well with their own style. But it’s also good to start with the basics. It helped me a lot, but I don’t think it helps everybody.

Would you consider moving away from France to act?

Yes actually. I’m acting in France for the moment, but I will go to London soon to meet with agents.

You have been featured in short films, the lead in Jacques Richard’s productions, and Julien Courbet’s TV series. Which ‘type’ of work do you like the most?

I mean, depends on the role. I love theatre.

I did a little bit of TV, but the two I like best are cinema and theatre.

What is your favourite part of your body?

I would say my eyes.

And your least favourite?

My mouth. And a lot of other things!

Which is your favourite planet?

I have never been to any other planets, and I quite like this one. So I’d say earth.

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ONE DAY IN PARIS Photographed by Thomas Babeau Model, Alba Galocha at City Make-up, Stephanie Jacquet Hair, Raphael Mariage Styling, Aurore Donguy Post production, Julien Dauvillier

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Firstly, who is Victoria Emslie?

Actress. Sushi lover. With a Masters in Arabic and French.

Where are you right now as you answer these questions?

Sitting on the sassiest item I’ve ever bought: my blue chesterfield sofa with vintage Levi jean cushion covers. More generally, living and working in London, as well as abroad.

The more travel the better!

Acting,initsessence,isportraying someone realistically.

How do you think such an idea has blossomed into a phenomena, developed into Hollywood, and created an entire nation’s obsessive subjects?

Acting is about being in the moment.

You exist as yourself within someone else’s circumstances, drawing on parts of yourself that adapt to these new situations and set of rules. Thanks to recent TV shows that blur the boundaries between ‘acting’ and ‘reality’, you can understand how the audience can identify actors with the characters they see on screen, idolizing or berating them. At the end of the day, this is our job and there needs to be a separation between the professional and private lives of actors.

Why are you drawn to acting?

Who doesn’t want to be a snake charmer one day and a pilot the next (actually neither of these are my casting, and I have a phobia of flying, but you get my point).

You studied Arabic and French at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Why did you decide for languages?

Let’s just say parental guidance swayed my decision to go to University before applying to Drama School. So choosing two subjects that allowed me to travel (in addition to being a huge Francophile and increasingly fascinated in the Middle East) seemed to be the natural choice.

What do you like best about your job?

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Meeting new people. I love that you get an entirely new family for the duration of every project you do. Travelling: I will never say no to travelling and seeing more of the world.

On the theme of ‘Heaven and space’ for the upcoming issue – what is your favorite Science-fiction movie?

Probably ‘A Trip To The Moon’ by Georges Méliès. Or ‘Return of the Jedi’.

Where do you hope to be in 10 years?

Having just filmed A Christmas Candle, which will be in cinemas in December, I would never say no to a period drama. I’d love to have been in a few sell-out West End shows, after being one of the next Bond Girls (if they want to take casting in a quirkier direction) as I have been the biggest Bond fan since I was in the womb.

A small, modest French-speaking part in a Jean-Pierre Jeunet film would be nice; and if Wes Anderson wanted to work with me I would probably cry (with happiness).

Who is a role model for you?

Professionally: Carey Mulligan. She is only a couple of years older than me but has accomplished so much. Watching her ease and subtleness on screen inspires me to aim higher. Personally: my Dad for his diligence and ambition, my Mum for her generosity and kindness, and my Granny for her loving spirit.

Lastly, tell three things no one knows about you

This is a hard one as my friends already know how strange I am… ok, when I was 14, I drew a picture of Jamie Bell and sent it to his agent complete with a gushing letter (I was obsessed with Billy Elliot); I would rather date an Orc than an Uruk-hai; and every time Ty says “busdriver, move that bus” on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and you see the family’s reaction to their new house, I have a little cry.

the ones to watch: Victoria Emslie

“Who doesn’t want to be a snake charmer one day and a pilot the next?”

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Cris Yong / Stylist

Just a glimpse into Cris Yong’s portfolio reveals names like Christian Lacroix, Versace, L’Oreal, and Wella.After graduating from the London College of Fashion in 2000, Cris Yong returned home to Malaysia to become a central figure in the Malaysian fashion industry, working as a designer, consultant and stylist. Twice he was nominated the best fashion stylist at the Malaysian International Fashion Alliance (MIFA), and mediums he works in varies as much as Lady Gaga’s hairstyles.

VICTORIA JIN—How old do you want to be?

CRIS YONG—I would like to live as long as possible so that I can continue to do what I love.

You work as a stylist, a designer and a consultant: tell us a bit about your day-to-day jobs and tasks

Working as a freelancer for the past 13 years, I have no fixed schedule or routine. Whenever I have a certain project, it could be a shoot or show, I will be running around town meeting clients or shopping and preparing materials, talking to tailors, seamstresses and interns, sorting out logistics. When without any work I mostly sit at home doing absolutely nothing, watching DVD, going to the movies, and browsing a lot of magazines.

Describe one of your favourite days of work.

My favourite days would be travelling to Bangkok – all paid by clients to do “shopping”. It is a shopping paradise there, not only do I get to buy work material, also my own ‘bonus’ merchandise.

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Tell us about your favourite project so far.

My favourite project so far was a fashion show in 2009, for a liquor brand ‘Chivas’ bottle sleeves design by Alexander Mcqueen soon before he passed away. I was given full freedom to present a collection based on his design aesthetic. It was such an honoured opportunity.

You studied at LCF, located in fashion hub of London. How was it moving back to Malaysia? What is the main difference in terms of the fashion scene in both places?

London is always so cutting edge and cool. The fashion Scenes of London and Malaysia are hugely different. The most important one would be Malaysia, being a Muslim country, makes it very hard to have freedom of creativity, as fashion is only a reflection of wealth and status. From time to time, I am struggling to let my voice speak out. I don’t have the power to go against the system, and most people in my industry prefer to stay conservative. But fortunately there is still a small group of rebels who are unwilling to settle for boring.

Which designer do you admire the most, and why?

I am terrified of boredom so I have to say my favourite would the extremists: John Galliano and Alexander McQueen. Even though they are quite messed up in their minds, but which creative individual is not?

Onto the theme of the issue, ‘Heaven and Space’ - do you believe in aliens?

I absolutely believe in Aliens: they built the Pyramid and some of the other wonders of the world. My favourite movie about aliens is ‘Mars Attack”. One day if they show up, I don’t think they’ll be too friendly.

What confuses you about life?

When People say “be yourself,” that confuses me. Because we live in a world of make believe, and illusion. Everyone only appears like they are being themselves.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years ideally?

New York!

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VICTORIA JIN—First of all, tell us a bit about yourself. Who is Olga Valeska?

OLGA VALESKA—I’m a 21-year-old fine artist and self taught photographer, but also a hair and make up artist, costume and set designer. I usually do self-portraits and my pictures are often a mixture between photography and painting. Beyond this, my pictures speak better than I do.

How old do you want to be?

Actually I already feel that my mental age does not match with my real age.

Often I feel like I’m 7 years old, sometimes 15 or 16, and sometimes I honestly feel that I come from another century. I think that I’m a child trapped in the body of a young girl, or vice versa have thousand years in the same body. In any case, the child is still there, and I think that despite everything, I still look upon the world with the eyes of children.

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a quality of the imagination, and emotional intensity, a victory of the taste of adventure against comfort. One does not become old because he lived a certain number of years; one becomes old because one has deserted his ideal. […]

You are as young as your faith, […] as young as your hope. You will stay young as long as you will be receptive, receptive to what is nice, good, and great— receptive to the message of nature, man, and the infinite.” (Général Mac Arthur) Where are you as you answer these questions?

In my forest! I copied the questions into my book because I do not like to write on the computer, and I do not like computers in general.

You are model, photographer, and basically all around artist. What do you identify yourself mainly as?

A mixture of three maybe. I still feel closer to the figure of the artist even if ‘artist’ is a big word. Ideally, for me, only

God is ‘artist’ because He is only creator. I’m just a human being among others, seeking somehow to find a kind of happiness, to find answers to his questions, trying to rise, to excel. In any case I do not really consider myself as a photographer. As far as I can remember, I never dreamed of becoming a photographer. I consider myself more in terms of ‘creative images.’ Because in the end, I do not like photography. I do not like cameras, technicality bores me... I do not like the idea that the device creates the image for me: it is like a barrier between me and the dream. I also combine to it a sense of modernity, a form of rationality, something prosaic, far from my ideals. I find the figure of the painter or sculptor so much more romantic, much more poetic. I see the photographer as a vampire appropriating moments of reality, shapes and colors that ultimately do not belong to him. He has not really created.

This is why I like my approach towards staging and self-portraiture, also the mix of photography, drawing and

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“I like my approach towards staging and self-portraiture. This allows me to bring all my passions together”

painting. This allows me to bring all my passions together: creating costume, decoration, model, makeup, hair ... and also the ‘theater’, because I am my own model. If it weren’t for all that, I would not be a photographer. Photography is a medium like any other, and my world would always be there, even if I did not photograph.

For our readers who are torn between higher education and jumping straight into work: what did you study at university if you did? Has it helped you with your current work?

I have a degree in modern literature, but I

decided this year to focus on photography.

Actually, I always struggled to find studies that match me completely. I feel like anywhere is my place. In each area, there is always something I’m missing. I’m interested in so many different things at once: painting, writing, sculpture, and fashion design. This is why I love being self-taught in everything I’ve done. I never expected to take courses to do what I love. I like to learn alone and work alone. I like to define my own rules.

Where do you get inspirations for your creations?

Everything I do is so close to myself, so personal, that I feel a lack of perspective to define it. All this comes from my inner world, my dreams, so from my unconscious, perhaps! Who knows.

In your images, you almost float in worlds beyond this one. Tell us about your vision. What would your ideal world be like?

Actually I realize that I do not really dream of a perfect world. I love the fact that the real world displeases me. Because that is the source of imagination. Because I’ve always been accustomed to this eternal dissatisfac-

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tion and I think that, with time, it defines me.

What interests me is not to turn the dream into reality, because it will be no longer a dream, and I would be unhappy of it. What interests me is the desire for something else, the search for refuge. What interests me is this question: what next? What interests me is the search for meaning. But for me, there is no perfect world, not even the one in my head.

What confuses you about life?

Everything! Everything seems to me so absurd. I am always astonished by people who are blasé, bored, people who are surprised by nothing. Everything is so incredible! Sometimes I force myself not to question why I’m trying to be happy, but it’s an apathetic happiness, amorphous, stupid. So I never would reach perfect happiness. Total happiness is not for me. I’m always looking for other things. What disturbs me most is the question of meaning. Every day I wonder: why? But at the same time I like this great mystery over me, over us. Because for once, what I love in life is that it does not lack of mysteries.

Do you believe in aliens?

I could not make a scientific answer, but in my heart, I always thought that everything is possible. After all, are not we ourselves, ‘aliens’ to each other?

Favorite planet?

I could not say, because I only know one really. However, I am passionate about astrology, and each planet therefore has a special role and meaning for me, connected to the signs of zodiacs. But Earth is amazing, I love it so much but alas it is in very poor conditions.

Nature is very important to me and I am sad to see it damaged.

Your favorite movie?

Impossible to choose one! I love movies of 30-40 years, but also Technicolor films from the 50’s. I particularly like the work of Méliès, Murnau, Tourneur; Fritz Lang and the German expressionism; but also films which are more ‘kitsch’, full of color and fantasy. Finally everything related to the imagination, especially with animated drawings. The list is very long!

against commodification of human beings, eugenics and gender theories.

The Internet has become a playground and portfolio space for artists all over the world. What do you think about this phenomena?

Would you have wanted to be an artist in an age before the Internet?

I’m not an avid Internet user and all that scares me a little. I wish I could have been an artist before this age, that’s for sure. But for a shy and secretive person like me, it helped me a lot. This allows me not to confront reality, to preserve a form of secret life. I have some work while being able to remain alone, like editorials for magazine. And I love the solitude.

Tell us about some upcoming projects you have planned

Lots of projects. I am a little bit “frenetic”, with the feeling that I always have to challenge the impossible. But all this is very confusing: my inspiration is extremely unpredictable and I’m never sure what the day holds for me. What is certain is that I am never short of ideas. My imagination is so boundless, even a little too intrusive! And I am excited for so many things! All surprises and amazes me; I find life so full of resources, mystery, amazing puzzles... I sometimes feel that I have made only one or two percent of all I would like to do, everything that I would like to explore. A lifetime is not enough, except if I decide not to sleep. My miserable skeleton may not hold more standing, but never mind! I have all the death to rest.

5 years from now, where do you ideally want to be?

I prefer not to think about it. I never think of the future, I prefer the past. I’m a fairly oldfashioned and love to romanticize. And basically I do not feel I have grown a lot. Finally, I do not like to think that my destiny is mapped out. I love the feeling of infinite. “Words cannot describe the satisfaction I feel in my heart when I think of the infinite [...] My soul is so open to every manner of idea, taste, and sentiment, it avidly takes in everything that turns up!” (Xavier de Maistre, Voyage Around My Room)

What’s a song that’s currently stuck in your head?

‘L’Espérance’ – a scout and catholic song that we sing often in France this time, with the resistance movement ‘Les Veilleurs’ that fight for kids’ rights to have a father and a mother,

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Hong Meow / artist

Looking at Hong Meow’s work, they look like a series of intricate explosions from out of this world. This artist knows how to create Gifs in a way that is not simply meant for memes, but as artworks in themselves. In fact, if you go on KNEON Magazine’s website, you’ll see a live example of her work in motion. Literally.

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VICTORIA JIN—First of all, tell us a bit about

yourself. Who is Hong Meow?

HONG MEOW—Hong Meow is just a kid who wants to make a living out of her art, like every other artist does. I wasn’t always like this though, I thought for a long time that I would be a closet artist, and would find a second passion in a field that would make a secure living. I still haven’t found that second passion.

How old do you feel?

No age in particular, but I keep acting naive, keep having the sense of wonder of an amateur from when I was a kid. I like to try new things

and experiment with all my possibilities, even if I fail a hundred times. I like to be “forever a beginner” so I’ll always feel young.

Where are you right now as you answer these questions?

I’m in Caracas, Venezuela, where I’m originally from.

How did you discover this ‘niche’ style?

I always liked mixed media work, especially collage. I remember in pre-school my teachers said to me that I was very good at cutting and pasting. Sounds silly, but it really stuck with me.

Looking back, that is basically what I’m doing now, only I’m cutting and pasting together hot robot girls in Photoshop rather than geometric figures glued on a paper. The animation technique comes from Tumblr, where GIFs became popularized. I was amazed seeing all these cool GIFs and thought “Why not make my art move in a loop?” It’s not an original thought, of course, as everyone else is doing it right now too.

Tell us about your job. What do you call yourself, and what kind of day to day tasks do you do?

I don’t like the word job, it makes me cringe.

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Reminds me of school, and I don’t like school either. Making art is a lifestyle, I don’t really consider it a job. A job, for most people in the world, is a very mundane thing, something you need to do to get by. My favorite project to date has been the one I did for you guys. It was a big personal challenge. Yeah, I’ve done collage before, but never like this. I was both loving and hating everyday I worked on it. It was a good learning experience.

Tell us a bit about the equipment you use.

A camera, and Photoshop.

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“Making art is a lifestyle, I don’t really consider it a job. “

Which artists do you admire?

Top two are Hayao Miyazaki and Jean-Michel Basquiat. And I have a deep respect for the creator of Pokemon and the creator of Zelda. These four people really succeeded at creating worlds of their own imagination.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?

Fake it ‘til you make it.

What’s your advice for artists and multi-me-

dia creatives out there, especially young ones debating on whether to study art/higher education or pursue their careers right away?

Hard question to answer, as everyone is different. Some people thrive going to art school, others become disenchanted very quickly and leave, which happened to me, and others complain a lot but remain in school because “my parents would be furious if I quit”. If I can give any advice at all, I would say: Follow your instinct. If something feels right but is risky, you should do it. You will never grow strong doing things to please other people (Sorry, parents out

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When and where do you feel the most alive?

I feel most alive in Asia. I love Japan, I wished I was Japanese since I was small. Now I realize that, if I had been born Japanese, I wouldn’t have had the same appreciation for the country as I do now.

I feel alive when I have a new idea for a project.

What confuses you about people?

Oh, people... We keep talking and never really listen to anyone, keep nodding but never really understand anyone. What confuses me most is that many people don’t have a creative outlet.

They just don’t need it to live, most people get by by being social, or very active. For all my years in high school I felt like those emotionally unstable, misunderstood artsy kids that weep to Daniel Johnston’s “Story of an Artist” because I simply couldn’t relate to other people.

What do you wish there was more of in the world?

There’s already too much of everything in the world. I wish for less child labor, less toddlers and tiaras.

Your favourite movie.

Howl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki.

A song that’s been stuck in your head?

Bitch, don’t Kill my Vibe by Kendrick Lamar.

Where is your favourite place in the world?

The Internet.

The next issue is themed ‘Heave and Space’ do you believe in aliens?

Of course, aliens are the shit. Ironically, I always feared aliens abducting me at night, and I don’t like ET either.

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The story of a Renaissance faerie, the character of an opulent Queen in her grand, but empty, castle. Her loneliness leads her to venture into the world of the surreal, the magical.

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Poplar, Hamburg, Ireland, Wales, Dungeness, St. James park, London’s Southbank and more

Emulsion Lifts—by Rhiannon Adam

These pieces are created using the Polaroid emulsion lift process, where the Polaroid’s photographic emulsion is floated off the paper backing into water (it resembles a temporary tattoo) and is then transferred to a new surface, in this case, paper. These are fantastical landscapes, starting in fact, and developing into fiction. Each one of these pieces contains elements of a myriad of pictures taken in different places, and as such resembles the snowball effect of memories, where things morph and change over time. One place becomes another, a fact becomes fiction, and everything is embellished. These are my way of capturing something other than pure fact – a mood, a sense of a place, and my personal relationship to it.

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new era

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www.oakandhide.com www.onauratoutvu.com www.pacorabanne.com

www.pauleka.com www.petshopgirlsshop.com www.ralphlauren.com www.rejinapyo.com www.ringspun.com www.rochas.com www.rosantica.com www.rynshu.com

www.store.retrosuperfuture.com www.supplystore.com.au www.sylviatoledano.com www.mugler.com www.tiffany.com

www.topshop.com www.showtime.arts.ac.uk/tosinmogaji www.unitednude.com www.urbanoutfitters.com

www.vagabond.com

verona saints

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verve store

Sophia Sung Suh

walter steiger

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stella mccartney

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wood wood

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stine goya

zara

nino bollag

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zeferino

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www.stinegoya.com

www.sunday21.it

www.zara.com

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