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THE ARCHIVE DIRECTOR & CHIEF EDITOR & ART DIRECTOR & GRAPHIC DESIGN Ella.

WRITERS Inés Calvo Agnès Aeberhard Nacho Doctor Julian Baena Baldomero PHOTOGRAPHERS Andrei Mezinoi Pablo Rodrigo Oscar Arribas Clark H. Alexander / Chakk Boom STYLISTS Raúl Cabanes Kaya Koinig / Chakk Boom Ali Maghsood MODELS Bettine Buda Yosune Guillén Carmen B - UNO Models Oana Apetroaie Laura Paal MAKE UP & HAIRSTYLE Miriam Franco Pérez Laura Parra Kaya Koinig / Chakk Boom Maikel June Bleyer COLLABORATORS Yazemeenah Rossi Osei Duro Danit Peleg Jose Romussi Maria Glück Fabian Oefner Tatiana Plakhova Jeff Koons Paola Torres Chakk Boom Daniel Bointner Armin Bointner Ali Maghsood Unikatessen Angel-a Ulises Mérida Palais Sans Souci, Wien Lisi Lang ILLUSTRATORS Lucía Fernández PUBLIC RELATIONS Sara Dolado WEB Adrián Bolonio

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THE ARCHIVE ARTICLES

INTERVIEWS

EDITORIALS

Maria Gl端ck 10 Osei Duro 14 What is Fashion to me? 106 Erasmo 110

Complexity Graphics 36 Danit Peleg 46 Paola Torres 52 Jose Romussi 56 Yasmina Rossi 80 Fabian Oefner 82 Chakk Boom 124

Nature 22 Radiant 38 Perspective 60 Nymphs de Sans Souci 114

ART Jeff Koons 86

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EDITOR’S LETTER We are finally there! All I can say is that I am amazed how all our ideas managed their way into these pages. When you start you have many ideas and blank pages, so you let your mind wonder about everything you could put in it. It all starts as a mystery but finally the pieces fall together and create one big project that you always dreamed of since the first second you started planing it. And now you can finally have it in front of you and admire the work of all those creative minds who cooperated in this huge project.

For this issue we wanted to show our potential as a new magazine, with new contents that we always say we want to learn more about but let’s face it, in the end we never do! We want to inspire people throughout these pages and make them dream of their new projects while we keep working on the next issues.

We like to “go with the flow”, we get inspired by what is happening now a days. Every innovation in the Fashion industry inspires our pages. I shall say more, we want to explore how fashion can be related to other topics some people might not even think of. In this case we wanted people to be more curious and find out more about our world : a world that unites design and science in the most artistic way. From the creation of a new sustainable way of creating to a totally technological and futuristic aspect of design and art.

Moreover, our work is like a book you can collect and have a look at in some years to remember what was happening in every moment.

Therefore, we call ourselves The Archive, because we work like one after all : we collect information that is relevant to our time to remember it and save it forever.

We hope that you will enjoy these pages like we did while working on them. Each piece of this issue, each page, has its own story. We enjoyed creating it and we hope you will enjoy reading it and start dreaming as I said earlier. Let your mind wonder and “go with the flow” of our times. Welcome to our first issue.

Ella.

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Benz Fashion Week Madrid (FW 14), Berlin Fashion Week (SS14), International Fashion Showcase at London Fashion Week (FW15), Paris Fashion Week and many more.

But how did she get there?

After studying law and Fine Arts, she moved to Berlin as an exchange student and studied fashion design for two semesters. Since she had a Fine Art background she kept her fascination for materials and decided to broaden her horizons by researching more about fabrics, texture and fashion. To the designer, the main interest is to create great combinations of materials, leaving us with unique shapes, always working with organic fabrics and sustainable production methods.

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In 2013, she created her brand H O W L , which unites all these ideas in each of its collections. You will find branches, flowers, cork, raffia or technological bio fabrics in the most minimal shapes and elaborated textures. H O W L’s statement involves the use of ecological and organic fabrics, recycled materials and fabrics, as well as fabrics that come from small mills and traditional techniques. Maria’s idea is to support the production methods by integrating these materials into her designs and helping small communities with traditional and unique weaving techniques.

What if I told you there is a brand that embraces the qualities of high-end fashion and sustainability? Wouldn’t you like to get to know the creative mind behind the great combination of those two ideas? The woman we are talking about was awarded with the SAMSUNG EGO FASHION INNOVATION Project in September 2015, during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid...

Let us introduce you to Maria Glück, the artist behind H O W L. Maria has presented her collections internationally, starting with Mercedes

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Working in the “eco-friendly” area is sometimes really challenging, but it should be noticed that it is possible, and we hope that this amazing designer will inspire you as much as she inspires us.

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“OSEI DURO”—WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND WHEN YOU FIRST READ OR HEAR THOSE TWO WORDS? YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THEIR MEANING (*ONE WHO IS IMPERMEABLE TO NEGATIVE VIBES) OR THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (GHANA), BUT YOU DEFINITELY CANNOT LET THE INCREDIBLE FASHION PROJECT WHICH IS BEHIND THAT BRAND NAME GO UNNOTICED DECEMBER 2015

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“OSEI DURO ... ONE WHO IS IMPERMEABLE TO NEGATIVE VIBES”

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olly Keogh and Maryanne Mathias met in the Vancouver Waldorf High School, a place which offers an alternative to high pressure education by supporting the development of confident and creative thinkers. Far from considering if the policy of the school encouraged their artistic union in any sense, what we know for sure is that Molly and Maryanne became friends through their mutual obsession with fashion and textiles. As Molly declared to Accra Dolt Alt Radio: many years after leaving high school—once they were both working inside the industry—, Maryanne was the one who approached her about a textile research trip to Ghana. Molly’s acceptance led both friends to meet again to travel and live in Africa for several months, discovering the people and falling in love with their culture as their new fashion project was taking shape.

“It’s grown from a curious and wild idea into something that totally consumes us”, said Molly: “we are not of Ghanaian descent but we liked the look and the sound of the name. “Osei” means “powerful”, or some say it means destroyer; “Oduro” is “medicine”, or bad omen.”

Thus, their project “one who destroys medicine” or “one who is impermeable to negative vibes”; that is to say, Osei Duro consolidated and grew strong in the hands of two brave women, eager to face any possible setback.

and Accra, Ghana to design their inspirational and coveted line of hand-dyed and batiked women’s wear. The two of them recognise the importance of working with local garment workers and artisans to create their collections by applying African traditional techniques to each piece. Transparency becomes, therefore, a key point at Osei Duro. While it’s important that the clothes are able to stand anywhere in the world from a design perspective, Mol-

ly and Maryanne say they are also proud of where the work comes from, and especially the people who make it possible.

They consider that their aim is also to help develop systems that allow the tailors, dyers and seamstresses they work with to improve their own businesses’ success; an undeniable arduous mission, given that working on a smaller scale with specialised craftsmen normally leads to a longer production time. In any case, both designers are com-

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pletely engaged with the beautiful idea their project underlies: that of an old-world methodology which encourages a more ethical and sustainable fashion world.

by rulebreakers whether that’s Rei Kawakubo with Commes des Garcons, Vivienne Westwood with Seditionaries, Leigh Bowery with his costumes, or Hussein Chalayan with clothes as furniture Beyond their unique story, Osei because, as Molly admits, “fashDuro recognises being inspired ion has a great power to expand our comfort levels, and therefore, entire ways of thinking.” In Ghana, their aim seems to be a little bit complex given that people are more into aesthetics from around the time of independence (an Afro variation on a look that’s being called “heritage” in the U.S. right now) but Maryanne and Molly remain firm, they believe in evolution and change and they would love to see “people get freaky with their self-expression, and go sideways with something totally unexpected.” The duo thinks that in order for the textile and garment industry in Ghana to thrive, there must be a variety of exciting offerings and they definitely want to be part of that movement. That may be a reason why this fall, Osei Duro have thought about linear and geometric prints and how they distort on the human form, especially as slouchy clothes. They are bringing in stripes and plaids, all of them uneven and distorted, imperfect… That idea of a mathematical form that is handmade, so a bit soft around the edges.

The predominant colours are also moody and raw, a little emotional and even bruised. It’s all about juxtaposition, an inside out thing: is the body wearing the dress or is the dress wearing the body?

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So, what’s next? While working to set up a facility that experiments with traditional textiles, merging them with the right infrastructure and training to create something that is consistent and still distinctive and exquisite, Osei Duro—having already designed an entire houseware collection— is in fact researching the fashion retail industry in India with an eye to expand to the South Asian market. Their longer term plans involve a roof balcony in Kanda Estate with a passion fruit vine, and an artist residency program that brings people in from all over the world to collaborate with the incredible creatives there in Accra. Ambitious, fearless and original; an absolutely impermeable to negative vibes horizon.

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PHOTOGRAPHER ANDREI MEZINOI MODEL BETTINE BUDA STYLING & MAKE UP & HAIR ELLA. CREATIVE DIRECTOR ELLA. SPECIAL THANKS TO UNIKATESSEN CONCEPT STORE

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Dress by STEVE FABRIKANT, Neiman Marcus, Vintage Collection

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Coat by MANILA GRACE Open soul

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Skirt by MOSCHINO Cheap and chic by MOSCHINO Shirt by ZARA

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Grey skirt by VICTORIA RHOMBERG Shirt by ZARA Coat by ANGEL-A

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COMPLEXITY GRAPHICS TO THE ARTIST HIDDEN IN THESE PAGES, MATH IS EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE. TATIANA WANTS TO EXPLORE A NEW WAY OF INFOGRAPHIC DRAWING BY CREATING THESE ABSTRACT ART PIECES BASED ON MATHEMATICAL SIMPLICITY AND HARMONY. MEET TATIANA PLAKHOVA AND HER WORK : COMPLEXITY GRAPHICS.

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THE ARCHIVE : You graduated from Moscow State University with a Master in Social Psychology … tell us the steps you took to get where you are now.

TATIANA : My first infographic work was visualizing sociometry tests in a school I’ve been working at. We were giving 3 questions to the kids, something like: “which 3 persons from your class would you invite to your birthday

party?”. So at the end we had a real social map of the class, we could see popular and unpopular kids and could help unpopular ones to be more integrated into the social life. That experience really inspired me both as a psychologist and a designer because even when I wasn’t familiar with some classes – I could see their social diagram. Then we could see the dynamics year by year, amazing – you can actually see

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how important visualization can be.

TA : Do you have a favorite project? If yes, tell us why it is your favorite.

TA : What part of your job do T : I would say that Noosphere is you enjoy the most? Which one one of the most interesting the least? collections that I’m planning to T : When I see how some new continue. form or image is created and I feel truth in it.

TA : In your installation “Antrum” the viewers can interact TA : Tell us about your working with your work… could you process. imagine working on a project T : In the beginning I make with a fashion designer where many, many, many elements. the clothes would create this Then I piece each of these ele- interaction with your work? ments into larger and larger com- (Where the clothes could repositions that I would describe as place the membrane you are constructing linguistics. I make using in this project, for examletters then I make words then I ple). If yes, describe what immake phrases. It’s like linguistic ages/shapes come to your mind work. When I have this library of when thinking about such a elements, I just play around. project.

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T: What a wonderful question!

Yes I’d love to do something like that. And about the style, I have a kimono collection, which shows what fashion style I see for the garnments. Also it could be more futuristic.

some tragedy, who wrote me that my art helped him in his really heavy moment. As a psychologist I was touched.

TA : Where do you want to be in 5 years from now?

T : I want to work on exhibitions, shows and fashion. So i hope to travel with my art and get more and more inspiration.

TA : What was the best feedback you ever got from someone?

T : I’m so happy when kids and really old people enjoy my Work.

The funniest feedback was “do you have a religion? Because I’m in”.

And the most touching was a comment that was written by a person after

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RADIANT PHOTOGRAPHER PABLO RODRIGO MODEL YOSUNE GUILLÉN STYLING RAÚL CABANES MAKE UP & HAIR MIRIAM FRANCO PÉREZ CREATIVE DIRECTOR ELLA.

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Dress by ANGEL-A Jacket private vintage collection

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Dress by ANGEL-A Bracelets private owner Shoes by DIESEL

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Top by ANGEL-A Pants by ZARA Jacket private vintage collection

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SOON OUR CLOTHES WILL BE PRINTED AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEND THEM PER EMAIL. MEET THE DESIGNER BEHIND THIS OUTSTANDING COLLECTION. WELCOME TO A NEW ERA.

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THE ARCHIVE : Imagine you are a superhero, what would your superhero name be?

DANIT : 3DP-Liberty TA : Since you are now an expert with 3D printing, let’s imagine that this is your superpower : when and how did you find out about it? (in a more serious way we would ask : When and how did you come up with the idea for your project?)

D : I discovered my 3D printing superpower during 9 months of research. I went to Burning Man in Nevada last summer and saw amazing - out of this world outfits that were made with new technologies. Someone gifted me a 3d printed necklace and I got excited about it. That’s how I decided to research 3D printing for my final collection before graduation.

TA : If you could choose another superpower, what would it be? How would you save the world with it? D : Dont know :) I like my current “superpower”. I hope to give people inspiration to create whatever they want!

TA : We reckon you would design your superhero outfit… what would that be like?

D: I already designed my su-

perhero outfit. It’s the red jacked that says “LIBERTE”, because I have freedom.

TA : What is your next mission?

D : My next mission is to inspire young people to go and experiment and create new things.

TA : How does being a 3D printing superhero feel?

D : It feels exactly the same as a 2D printing superhero, surprisingly.

TA : Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

D : Sending my customers clothes by email.

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tures, I try to combine them and that is how I get inspired, just by starting with something. I use this technique as a way to relax and then the inspiration flows anyways!

TA : What would be your dream project?

P : I would love to see my collages in campaigns for big companies and international magazines, where you could see me as a collage artist.

TA : What are you working on right now?

P : Right now I am working as a community manager for a Mexican clothing brand, there I develop also the whole picture of social networks.

I guess I should sneak in one of my collages for the brand.! Moreover, I keep working as a stylist next to these other projects/jobs.

TA : Where would you like to exhibit/publish your projects?

P : Well, I would love to see my work as the campaign images of important brands, thus that is where I would love to publish or exhibit my projects.

Also, I would love to organize a small exposition of my work sometime.

THE ARCHIVE: When did you start creating collages?

PAOLA: I’ve always liked playing with the composition of elements, but I really started to develop it when I moved to Madrid, especially during a workshop with Nicolas de los Santos, where I started to work more on it.

TA : Tell us how your creative process works.

P : I start with different images that I like and that inspire me to do something, I use different techniques then I take a photo of them and move everything around until I like the composition on the photo.

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TA : Who would you like to collaborate with next and why?

P : I like working with new designers since I feel like there is mutual support, and we can be free when creating an image, though of course I never rule out the possibility of doing so with magazines and major brands.

TA : What has been your craziest project?

P : I really have no project I consider the craziest, but over time I have learned that it is much better to take risks, you have to risk it to gain more confidence in the process, while working.

TA: What advice would you give a young artist?

P : Well, I believe my advice is not to be afraid to risk it, as I mentioned before, it is the best thing you can do.

Do not follow the rules and do what you think is best. Don’t worry about trends.

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JOSE ROMUSSI WAS BORN IN CHILE. HE STARTED TRAVELING AT AN EARLY AGE THANKS TO HIS MOTHER, AN ART TEACHER WHO WOULD TAKE HIM WITH HER ALL AROUND CHILE. JOSE BEGAN TO EXPERIMENT WITH COLLAGE WHEN HE WAS LIVING IN NEW YORK AND NOW HE IS BASED IN BERLIN BUT STILL TRAVELS A LOT TO KEEP HIS ART-JOURNEY GOING : FIND NEW TECHNIQUES AND NEW WAYS TO DEVELOP HIS ART. DECEMBER 2015

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THE ARCHIVE : Imagine you were an artist in a different century, describe yourself.

JOSE : I would be much more relaxed, and my mind would be more calm. Because the city

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would not eat me. My studio would be full of tools, and I would give back life to those who lost it. Dr Frankenstein style.

TA : With which artists of that century would you have liked to have dinner with and why?

J : I would like to have dinner with Alexander Calder. He was doing portraits of his friends with wire at dinner partys. I would like to have a portrait made by him.

TA : Do you see yourself collaborating with any of those artists if you could?

J : It would be a dream to work with Calder!

TA : Back to our century, what came first, the chicken or the egg… do you choose the photographs and then work on them or do you have an idea and then look for the materials?

J : First there is the photography (not always) and then comes the design.

TA : Where do you want to take your projects in the next 5 years?

J : In a barn doing marionettes.

TA : What was the best and the worst review/comment you got for your work?

J : The best would be “your work is splendid but you are so dirty” And the worst “your work is beautiful”

TA : What 3 advices would you give your 15 year old self?

J: -play the guitar - go to the ocean - go out of your house as much as you can, and be with yourself.

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PER SPECT IVE PHOTOGRAPHER OSCAR ARRIBAS PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT CYNTHIA ESTÉBANEZ MODEL CARMEN - UNO MODELS STYLING ELLA. MAKE UP & HAIR LAURA PARRA CREATIVE DIRECTOR ELLA.

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Blouse by ZARA Purse by ZARA Pants by ULISES MÉRIDA Shoes by ZARA

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YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD HER NAME QUITE A LOT LATELY... BUT WHO IS THIS WONDERFUL AND MYSTERIOUS SHADOW? WE HAD THE PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW HER A LITTLE MORE THROUGH OUR QUESTIONS AND ARE VERY PLEASED TO INTRODUCE THIS AMAZING WOMAN TO YOU. MEET YAZEMENAH, THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MODEL, ACTRESS AND FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER...

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and the Nature surrounding me .

I travel the World alone confident and love that.I feel at home everywhere simply because I am present and my Soul is comfortable in my body.

THE ARCHIVE : How would you describe yourself?

YAZEMEENAH : Anticonformiste. Paradoxe.

Adventurer.Mystic.Curious of the unknown.

Lover. Hermit.Nomad. Extra terrestrial.

I am a paradoxe in the way that I love as much to be at home than to explore the World ….I am an artist in each field of my life .

During my childhood I grew up in nature and raised by my Corsican grand parents, this gave me strength to face the first school (and for life) where I had been rejected by other kids.

Kids can be very cruel… they called me Italo, Romano, gipsy, dirty Arab, because of my name Yasmina Rossi. Having an Arabic first name and Italian last name was a hard combination in a world of primary racism. Kids did not want to play with me, spit on me… I was sad. However, this sadness now has been changed, it is the gravity we can see on my face.

This rejection made me feel like an alien, but also made me go deep inside. I was apart, playing alone, very creative… and surprisingly this instilled in me a great feeling of safety, that everywhere I go I can rely on myself, without fears, feeling secure everywhere my inspiration guides me, as I can rely on my strong instincts.

Resilient.

I believe these first life experiences where necessary for me to be who I am today. The rejection by my young peers has been a gift, obliging me to embrace myself in my uniqueness, feeling at a very early age linked with the Universe

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TA : What were your first steps in the fashion and artistic world?

Y : Fitting model at 28. Photographer, ceramist, clothing and interior design. Artist since I was a child, I have been taking photos since a very early age.

I always created with my hands and my mind since I can remember. I knew instinctively to make wishes, to “pray” at a very young age, and I have always been surprise to see my wishes come true. I still do, and I am still surprised . Maybe because I grew up between fairytale books, the Bible and the Dictionary, and a part of me is under the energies of the great archetypes.

It is an art to create with our spirit and our heart for sure.

I started modeling at 28 to replace a model who was sick for a company of a supplier of a friend of mine on a commercial show in Paris.

I learnt the hard way to defend my rights, that first time was tough, the people who employed me tried not to pay me what they promised, I had no contract. For me, having no experience working outside my home, I was quite shy, but since I needed the money that I hardly won I had to go out of my shell and request my Money almost fighting physically for it, me being a Pacifist …Pacific warrior…! After that first experience I told myself “Never again”.

But as curious as I am, I also looked around during that show and saw that modeling could be a great opportunity to make some money and be free most of the time. So I investigated

more and worked many years for companies as a fitting model, that is a field of the fashion industry not very known by the public, quite hard work. But all came on the right time as I was going to get divorced and be a single mother of two kids at age 33. I worked in prêtà-porter for YSL, Jill Sander, Thierry Mugler, JLSherrer, Frederic Castet for Dior, Guy Laroche, Christian Lacroix, Gres, Carven, Leonard and many more… I mostly worked as a fitting model and at commercial presentations. I did rare catwalk regarding my size : not tall enough and not thin enough, being a perfect 38 and not a 34 or 36.

I was working mostly for fur companies and in the 90’s the fur market crawled down and I turned towards TV commercials. I took acting classes and really enjoyed acting. I started as well to work more and more, while aging, for printed campaigns especially for a great Japanese client Ysetan who made me travel the World for many years. I left Paris, went to Cape Town, South Africa , and then NYC. I was 45, and right then, I had a turning point in my life as a model, as fitting was gone and now I was more on printed ads and tv commercials and learning a language that was not mine. I took some acting classes in NYC, always like a very shy inside voice who tried to get some attention about acting, but I just recently realized, since I am on the West coast, I could maybe give myself a chance as an actress… I am very excited about this now!

rywhere. Traveling, discovering.

Traveling without agenda, being surprised by new territories or the small daily miracles. I love the creative process of evolution, I love being crossed by sudden inspiration like a Grace that falls on me unexpectedly. I love to be surprised, to not know what will be next.

My life can change on a phone call or an email.

I also love randomness especially in my photography, I love to not have control. It took me years to let go the control-thing, but now I am so happy! Life is so enjoyable when you let you carried in the hand of the Divine.

TA : What is your favorite time of the day and why?

Y : Going to sleep to go in the other world unknown beyond.

Curious of what and where my dreams will take me, I really love this!

TA : Do you also have a favorite place to be?

Y : Yes, Deserts on Ocean.

TA : What question would you want us to ask you?

Y : Did you change your name lately?

TA : Answer that question…

Y : Yazemeenah is my legal name since more than a year now. It’s a long story …

TA :What is you biggest passion?

Y : To enjoy life by all my human senses. I am a lover of simple things, I can see magic eve-

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I chose my Identity as my name Yasmina has never been registered in the civil records …I was named by something that was not existing in a way… to make it short… I worked with a shaman in Corsica on my ability to create and why I was not able to share my creation with the world as I wanted, feeling like blocked … so, he was curious to know where Yasmina was

coming from as I am not Middle Eastern… and I discovered at the 1st session that my real name was in fact the name I was called when I started to speak in between 2 and 4 years old, at that time I was raised by my Corsican grand parents who where not speaking french… my first language was Corsican, and my grand parents where unable to pronounce Yasmina, they pronounced “Yazemeenah”. When I discovered this, it felt like a revelation with so much meaning! I decided to choose this spelling through many I wrote, this one sounded right to me, I felt very attracted to it. And then, I discovered 2 month later by an Amazing syn-

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chronicity, that this means something in Native Indian without changing a single letter!

“Bowl Of Salt”…quite Amazing! My Corsican grandmother looked like a native American...

It was as if a circle was complete. At 12 my hair started to show some silver and I embraced it immediately… and Sea, Ocean… Salt is very dear to me as Moon in Pisces! It took me a year to have all my civil records updated in both countries…

Done for my 60!

TA : If you had to give an advice to the new artistic generation what would it be? (job and career related) Y : I never give advice, just informations. Everybody is different and has a different path and a special way to be on it. Be yourself, find what makes you unique, embrace this and go with it.

We are in an era of huge discoveries, there are new ways of living and working that are still not revealed, see how all the World changed since the internet era and the new fields that opened. Trust life, go where you like to go what makes you happy, even if it seems crazy for others. Follow your dreams, your desire, you can be surprised of the new things coming, totally unknown at this present day. So trust the little voice inside you and don’t forget that sometimes the path takes some unpredictable turns. The Universe has its own special way. Don’t bring resistance, resistance is sufferance, go through the pain in your body or a difficult time, avoiding things

never makes them lighter. Everything is source of learning. The right path is often the uneasy one. Always be true to yourself, face yourself, love yourself even in your shadow. There is nothing to throw away, you are here today, alive, because of your ancestors and what you

did since you’ve been born, it is just a question of transformation. Look at who you really are and what you would like to become. The answer is already in the question, and you have the answer. If you wonder about something it is because something is at work and you will

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have a response if you are honestly present to the question.

TA : If you had to give a health advice what would that be?

Y : Difficult in some words to testimony of a lifetime of experiences, research and studies … Be friendly with your body, it is your buddy, trust him, he has wisdom.What is good for me may not be right for you.

Be in touch deep with yourself, all the answers and secrets are there. The supreme intelligence is at work inside of you, be curious of who you are you, ask and you will have answers. Yes, be curious like a child and open to the World outside of you, as it will be as a screen where your higher self will projects informations for yourself to see. Be passionate but moderate in everything you eat and drink and use, moderation, temperance, brings balance. Don’t get frustrated, do things because you like to do them, because you have pleasure… pleasure is an other key of youth…look at the kids playing… we have a body with senses, it is to enjoy life through them. Eyes to see, ears to hear, a mouth to taste, skin to feel, a nose to smell, all are here for us to enjoy. When we are present to all our senses life is very beautiful. Full of Beauty. Being alive is “sexy”. The proper meaning of Sexiness is being alive. Being alive is moving, changing, mutating all the time, so follow the flow of life, be like it : impermanent, unpredictable. Follow what you feel like doing. If something comes to your mind do it now and don’t postpone it, don’t block the flow. This creates stress to your higher self, and the only way for him to be listened will be through creating pain or sickness in your body as signal for you to listen and make changes.

I am curious and open to discover, but advices is a kind of superiority connotation of someone who knows better than you.

Who can be in a position or knowing all to tell you what to do? Nobody knows better than anyone else and especially than yourself. But I had the chance to have people around me telling me to learn to apreciate myself.

We are learning all the time and especially from our own experiences. Life is an evolving process where every step is precious even if off the road. Especially off the road is when we learn the most, so nobody can spare you from your experience of life with advices. But informations are precious.

It’s important to take all situations that life brings as an opportunity to discover more about who we are .

I love to be still in learning process, this maybe is one of the secrets of youth.

A healthy body inhabited by an healthy spirit, to be true to oneself makes everything possible :)

TA : And at last, what would be the best advice someone gave you?

Y : Advices make me escape as I said above.

Nobody can be in my skin and see from my own window and live what I have to live. Now

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ART IS THE LENS OF EXPERIENCE OF THIS AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHER. LET US INTRODUCE YOU TO FABIAN OEFNER, THE MAN WHO BRINGS ART AND SCIENCE TOGETHER. THE ARCHIVE : Some people look back to when they were kids and somehow remember the first time they got in touch with what they are doing today… when was the first time you saw the relation between art and science?

FABIAN : To me the connection between the two fields has always been obvious. Just like an architect, who has to know about design, building engineering, social and many more aspects, I believe art has to be a fusion of various fields in order to create something relevant.

sensory experiences, whether being it an article that I have read, an image or sculpture from a fellow artist or a piece of music that I listen to. As most artists would probably agree, it is quite difficult to tell, where the original idea for a project or piece comes from, often it is a mix of inspirations that accumulate and finally ignite the creation of a new work.

TA : What does your workplace look like?

F : My workspace is a beautiful studio in the northern part of Switzerland. Its an old embroidery factory with marvelous TA : Where do you find the in- wooden floors. In the morning, its wonderful to see how the sun spiration for your projects?

F : From all kind of different casts the whole space in a golden light.

TA : You work very close to design… do you see yourself working on a project that involves fashion design?

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like „millefiori“ or „marbelous“ you will notice, that textures, structures and geometrical abstraction play a vital role in my work. These are all elements that play a major role in the creation of fashion design. I believe it would therefore be a small step to cross over into fashion.

TA : When you think about the relation between fashion and science, what comes to your mind?

F : What I like about the two fields is their diametrically opposed approach to their environment. Fashion often is a very intuitive, spontaneous approach, whereas science focuses more on the long-term, down-to-earth approach. I would love to see what happens when mixing these two approaches in a project…

TA : Could you share a glimpse of your future projects with us?

F : We are working on many projects at the moment. One that I am particularly fond of is capturing time in 3D. It will be a series of sculptures….

TA : How do you feel after finishing a project?

F : I feel ready to work on the next one. Its like each project branches into ten next ones.

TA : If you had to describe your work in only one picture which one would you choose?

F : Its probably „Dancing Colors No. 05“ as it explains the concept of bringing art and science together very clearly.

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JEFF KOONS Sculptures of balloon animals. Huge inflatable flowers. Vivid colors and stainless steel with mirror-finish surfaces.

Do you know who is hiding in our new art section?

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Let us walk you through our little exhibition and introduce you to one of the most quoted living artists from the United States.

Hanging Heart mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating and yellow brass Š Jeff Koons 1994-2006

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Inflatable Flowers (Short Blue, Short Yellow) vinyl, mirrors Š Jeff Koons 1979

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Balloon Dog mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating Š Jeff Koons

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Moon mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating Š Jeff Koons 1995-2000

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Balloon Monkey mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating Š Jeff Koons 2006-2013

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Five Double-Sided Floor Mirrors with Inflatable Flowers (Short Blue, Short Orange, Short Pink, Short Purple, Short Yellow) vinyl, mirrors, acrylic Š Jeff Koons 1978

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Tulips mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating Š Jeff Koons 1995-2004

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Ribbon oil on canvas © Jeff Koons 1995–1997 / 2010

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WHAT IS FASHION TO ME ?

WORDS BY

JULIÁN BAENA BALDOMERO, Architect

What does ‘fashion’ mean to me? Then, where are the differences between them? Notwithstanding What are we referring to when the initial romantic comparison, we speak about ‘fashion’? Is it the main difference is in the fisomething social, cultural, eco- nal product. Evidently, the economical, historical …? To answer nomic and temporal costs are the question ‘What does fash- much greater for the realization ion mean to you?’ I feel I must of a building than those needed choose one of the many factors to make a fashion design. This that come to my mind when I is why I consider fashion to be am asked about ‘fashion’ and my something ephemeral, immedichoice is ‘design’. The reason for ate, and easier to improvise with, this choice is because I am an ar- while architecture is generally chitect and I believe the relation meant to last in time. And once between these two disciplines is the project on paper has become very interesting. After all, fash- a building, it is much more exion designers dress bodies while pensive to make any changes. architects dress structures. Isn’t that right?

This immediateness in fashion gives it the ability to catch the If we take into account that the ideas of contemporary society, worlds of architecture and fash- and I believe this is the reason ion are both based on design, we why there are more and more arcan see that the creative process chitects that jump into the world in them is very similar. If we of fashion, just as they used to think about the steps to be taken decide to design furniture. Reto come-up with an idea, it is easy cently, Zaha Hadid said the folto find similarities: the search for lowing during a conversation a concept and references that with Rem Koolhaas: “Architecmay help us to make it visible, the ture is how the person places creation of sketches, the volume, herself in space, whereas fashion the choice of materials... is about how you place the object

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on the person. You could say that the fashion collaborations are fragments of what could occur in architecture.”

deconstructive principles in each of their jewelry collections. In the same way we can see the modulation of the ribs of the façade of Renzo Piano’s Whitney Museum Throughout history, these col- is similar to the design for a hand laborations, mentioned by Zaha bag he made for the fashionable Hadid have been very frequent Max Mara brand. in the world of furniture design.

When designing, for example, a According to what I have previchair, an architect has reflected ously commented , one could architectural principles in it that think that only architecture uses will later appear in his or her concepts that belong to the buildings. Today it seems that the world of fashion, but the relation shoe has taken the place of the between the two is reciprocal, chair. And if we take a close look and there are numerous examples at the recent shoe designs of ar- that illustrate how fashion is also chitects such as Zaha Hadid, Ben influenced by architecture, such Van Berkel or Koolhaas, we may as the designer Derek Lam’s 2012 recognize in them the curves collection, inspired by the works they give to their buildings. The of the architect Richard Neutra, shoes are the objects with which or a collection of shoes by Tea they experiment the forms that Petrovic that was motivated by they may be giving to their great- the designs of the Spanish archier creations in the future. tect Santiago Calatrava.

The cooperation between architecture and fashion is not limited As an end, I will answer to the to the industry of shoes, but we initial question. To me, ‘fashion’ may also find the curved forms is ‘architecture’ at human scale, is of Niemeyer’s works or Ghery’s a fassade to put on our bodies.

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JOSE ROMUSSI

NACHO DOCTOR, Director of Photography and Visual Effects artist WORDS BY

What is fashion to me?

a subtle but emphatic way. It is a fact that the clothes we wear, the My knowledge about fashion is colors and style characterize us. very limited, and to answer that question I have to take it to my It is therefore curious that the field of knowledge, and I guess viewer ends up feeling attracted that’s what each one of us would to this powerful “weapon of exdo, as there are many ways of pression”, and ends up adoptperceiving and understanding ing the dresscode of movie stars fashion. when they identify with them, with the intention of telling their If you ask me, I would associate own story in the same way. it to the world of film and photography, and how fashion can And it seems that in real life peocontribute both to the creation ple act the same way : humans of a character and the atmos- tend to build their “character” phere in a period of history and based on experiences and choiccontext. es, and want to show this on the outside, or simply decorate their One of the factors that we try body so that our image is to avoid when creating a charac- representative of who we are. ter in a film, is to describe it to the audience through dialogue, a On the other hand, as I said description of the character him- before, the outfit also serves to self telling who he is, what he contextualize a character in time. looks like, where he comes from Over the years trends have and where he goes is usually a changed, adapting to each not so elegant solution. era, like the concept of beauty evolves, just as does our effort to For me, the correct way to achieve it. address the description of a character to the audience is its image, The clothing has gone from an image that has to be implic- being a mere instrument of itly characteristic, an image that protection to be part of each shows a first impression of who individual, creating the image of you are talking about. ourselves that we want to show Every little detail of his ward- the world. robe has to tell you something about their experience, their tastes, their origins, their history and their current situation.

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ER AS MO INTRO BY

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LUCÍA FERNÁNDEZ CONRADI

STAYING IN OUR POINT OF VIEW SECTION WE WANTED TO EXPLORE AN INTERNATIONAL POINT OF VIEW ABOUT TRENDS. THEREFORE WE SENT OUR JOURNALIST AGNÈS AEBERHARD TO GET INFORMATION FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. IN THIS CASE WE ARE EXPLORING SWITZERLAND. AGNÈS AEBERHARD, WHO IS BUSY IN THE JOURNALISM AND PUBLICITY AREA, WILL TELL US ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE THERE.

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SWITZERLAND NOT ALL PLANS ARE CHEESY WORDS BY

AGNÈS AEBERHARD

One of the things I like the most about Lausanne is the encounter of cultures. Even though living in Madrid allows you to meet many foreigners and it is, indeed, a high visited city, the wealth of backgrounds that Lausanne embraces has always captivated me. From time to time, when I go there, I like to sit on a bench on the BelAir road and just watch people go by. As creepy as this might sound, it is nice to see that people came to Lausanne from all corners of the world, and to wonder what brought them there.

and children have often been partying at the same clubs and bars.

This may sound surprising for someone who, like me, is used to always changing night clubs, whether we talk about the name, the style, or even the running. It is cool to see that, sometimes, the trendy places survive along with the generations.

Le Bleu Lézard is a good example of it. My dad used to go there when he was young, and it still is an in fashion choice for those who want to have a nice time. On Tuesdays, there is this fun game As an expatriate, it is frustrating where you can send anonymous to hear talking about your coun- paper notes to other people in try only when it comes to people the bar. using it as a tax heaven and on the boxes of chocolate. This is The Great Escape is another hot why I love seeing that many for- spot of the city. Right next to eigners chose to live there, and the Riponne square (where Satnow know that Switzerland is urdays’ markets take place), it is more than just watches and cows. a good choice either for having lunch during the week or to have Lausanne mixes both the tra- some shots on a Friday night. It ditional look of a swiss town gets especially crowded on game and that up-to-date side that days. most teenagers look for when it comes to partying. Whether If what you’re looking for is the you’re searching for a traditional really cool and fashionable dispub or for the in-style night club, trict of the city, this has to be Le Lausanne is the place-to-be. One Flon. Funny fact about the Flon, thing to know about this city is it started being a warehouse area, that, even though you can find and then became kind of the slum some really cool and modern part of town, often associated places, many of the trendy spots with prostitutes and drug dealers. have been famous through the It finally turned into the trendy years, which means that parents place-to-be whenever going out 112

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in Lausanne. This happened quite recently, in the beginning of the 90’s. Since then, Les Quartiers du Flon (the Flon quarters) are iconic. There, you can find places such as cinemas, exotic restaurants, lounges, clothes shops, and night clubs and discotheques.

The MAD is certainly a must-go disco. It opened during the 80’s, and invites many of the coolest and most famous DJs, which is why it is often hard to get in, as it gets really crowded.

sports bar) or many restaurants and lounges.

The Flon actually has a lot of facets; education centers, contemporary art outdoor expositions, art studios, vintage shops… It is definitely what we would call in French en vogue.

After all the partying and on hangover day, it might be a wise choice to stop by Au Café du Brésil, a nice and genuine coffee and tea shop, full of scents and Apart from this trendy club, there flavours. are some really likeable spots Anyway, Lausanne is a tiny town where you can have a chilaxing compared to many European citmoment, such as Les Arches (a ies, so make sure to get lost in it nice terrasse close to the underat least once in your lifetime. ground), Legends (a skygarden DECEMBER 2015

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Outfit above: black “Bang Bang, Bombshell!” bullet bra & high waist panty by Daniela Paradeis, black shoes by Humanic Outfit below: black “Bon Bondage” fauxleather bralette & ouvert panty by Daniela Paradeis, black shoes stylist own

STYLING KAYA KOINIG / CHAKK BOOM & ALI MAGHSOOD / 361° HAIR MAIKEL JUNE BLEYER MAKE-UP KAYA KOINIG / CHAKK BOOM USING PRODUCTS BY MAC COSMETICS DIGITAL SUPPORT DANIEL BOINTNER || SPECIAL THANKS TO PALAIS SANS SOUCI & LISI LANG DECEMBER 2015

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Left outfit: purple elastic fabric “Why Try” gown by Callisti, black “Bon Bondage” harness

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BOOM AN AMAZING CREATIVE DUO THE ARCHIVE : We want to know all about each one of you… tell us about your journey into the creative world.

KAYA: My journey started already when I was a little girl. Yes, I know that sounds kitschy, but it’s really true. My creative streak was proverbially given to me as a gift in my cradle. With about 2 years I loved to watch my mother getting dressed, putting on her make-up or decorating presents she created by herself. She is such a stylish, beautiful woman. She did it, and still does it, with the greatest of ease (without wasting hours) and always with attention to detail. So I started to imitate.

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cause they do imitate, but with such an enjoyment.

Later then in school I loved the drawing lessons. I had my own creative corner in our house to paint pictures, doing batik work, stitching first easy cloth and a lot more.

I spent a lot of hours in my parent’s company too, when I developed a particular attention to watch my father at work, while he created teeth. It’s important to have a steady hand and an eye for detail. Observing was quite meditative for me and I realized that it is a pretty creative work though.

When my father told me that he earlier created some rings for my mother, I soon created rings of

silver and gold, cause the entire equipment made it possible for me.

Being a daughter of two selfemployed creative I have been brought up with creativity and entrepreneurial thinking.

In high school and during my studies (journalism and communication science) I worked as a model. But from the start the catfights between the girls were too much for me so I soon switched the side and I became a fashion stylist.

After studies I worked in the marketing section for international leading companies for some years. In the beginning I loved the job but in the end I always had the feeling that I miss something. So I decided to leave my job to fulfil myself a longstanding wish. I made a degree as a make up artist and started besides working as a fashion stylist again, that was the time when I met Clark!

CLARK: My journey started in my young age as well. I grow up with a lot of daydreams, colourful games and magic moments.

My mother was drawing car-

toons for a newspaper and my father was filming and cutting experimental material on 8mm and 16mm. I was fascinated by the opportunity of capturing moments, equally whether these impressions were recorded in paper or in film format.

When I was a teenager, I switched to a secondary school for photography and graphic design where I learned the basic skills and techniques. I shot analogue material that I developed and exposed in the dark room. For me, analogue was the perfect way to get a feeling for the subject of photography, colours, contrast and retouching.

I gathered my professional skills at the time I worked for international fashion and commercial productions in photo- and digital-operating. It was an intense time in which I had a lot of different creative inputs. My work made me travel around and I got to know a lot of people. So I was able to see all facets of this business and discovered different working flows. I had fun too, yeah ! There was this job on Ibiza for a lingerie and swimsuits com-

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pany. I stayed there for two weeks, spending my time at the beaches, at a yacht and at a mansion in the hills. I loved it.

That was also the time Kaya and me found each other :) and where I already had the feeling to start my own photography business.

The perfect time for both of us to output our creative needs.

TA : How did you two meet?

Both: (laughing) K: We met at an editorial shooting where Clark still did photo- and digital operating and I did the fashion styling.

While I tried to fix my cloth rack, cause the screw was crooked plugged in the opening angle; I looked for a strong man in the studio. But none was there. When I already was in a state of total despair, cause the cloth started to crumple, I looked up…and there he opened the door and entered the studio…He had a short haircut, no beard (not like now) and his horn eyeglasses. His strong shoulders and his look reminded me of Clark Kent, so I shouted: “Hi Superman! Could you please help me on that?” And what should I tell you, sure he fixed it in one second. Superman was alive and our love was born!

sion of us by name. Boom is the heartbeat for each other and the work we create. We searched for a name to describe our vision, creative mixture and the love that is a very big part in our life and work.

So here we go - Chakk Boom.

TA : What steps do you follow while working on a project?

BOTH: The first step and main important thing is to empathize us into the work, project or theme. For example, if we are going to shoot a lookbook or campaign for a fashion designer : we want to know the vision behind the collection and the story from the designer himself or rather the person behind. We want to become a part of it and feel it. That’s the most genuine access to express visions and stories in our visual imagery. Then we look out for the perfect location, go-see models, and organize everything around the production.

We also work with dynamic extern partners to strengthen our team for a maximum output. And we only choose kindhearted ones because for us it is very important to work in a good flow with honest vibrations. Superficiality - we want no part of it.

artworks through a world’s leading gallery “Saatchi Art” in Los Angeles. Collectors can as well online purchase our limited editions, which then can be shipped worldwide.

Step by step we will add more and more artworks.

We are also in preparations for another big deal. When it comes out, it will be international. But right now we cannot reveal you what it will be.

And we are actually looking for a suitable agent to represent our agency. There is already so much to do that we sometimes don’t know what to do next.

TA : How would you describe your work/style?

BOTH: It’s hard to describe our style by ourselves.

But in a way our working style is modern future, because we melt the abstract with the realistic.

We want to create fresh new ways of communication and visual perception.

What we really love is to stage sceneries and to invent individual stories.

TA : Question for Clark… where do you start when creating one of your artworks?

C: Mostly I start in my mind.

When I get a vision I create the parts of it in my fantasies TA : What are your next big- and then decide what I need TA : How did you come ger projects? Can you tell us to realize it. I also work freeup with the name “Chakk a bit about them? style, which means that I love Boom”?

BOTH: Right now we started to capture anything that inBOTH: Chakk is the fu- to sell limited editions of our spires me when I am around.

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During this process I get visions for a new artwork. Back to my digital dark room I pick parts out of these pictures to create a new one. Once I’ve started I’m melting with the artwork. The exciting thing is that there are so many different possibilities for the creation. And I love this great variety.

TA : Question for Kaya… What is the part you like the most about your editorial projects and why?

K: Puh…hard to say. I love everything on my/our work. Starting from the first reflections how it should look like. I love to imagine and envision a story – this is such an exiting part. And yes I do love to organize too, let’s say I’m a little control-freak, and this is something that is really not suitable with (my) creativity. Everything is structured, at least the process on the paper, my desk, my computer etc. but because creativity or working with other people is rarely linear, it often ends up in a chaos ;o) And I love to establish order, haha.

I love to look for matching models or new locations. And I absolutely love to visualize the models in my devised make up or running around checking the right outfits for them. Oh yeah! And I love the shooting day itself of course. While watching the final result always makes my day.

torial or campaign in Agartha or on Mars, haha.

K: No, but serious, we love to travel, so we would love to live and work at beautiful magic places on Planet Earth ;o) We want to invite people who are looking at our pictures on a journey to overwhelming places and stories.

Our baby girl is soon turning 3, so farther trips are coming closer.

Stay tuned.

TA : What is your best memory working together up until now?

BOTH (be all smiles): When we met the first time. Ohhh, the bristling tension between us…

C: And when Kaya was heavily pregnant with our little baby girl.

We have shot at 35 degrees in the shade, somewhere out in the middle of nowhere. All the way up a hill with her huge belly. She was absolutely magnificent.

TA : Where would you love to take your creativity in the future?

C: I would love to shoot an edi-

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