the interview was not made by me. it was done by an outlet that i couldn't seem to find now.
Since i cannot link to the original interview, here's the link to maalavidaa's website.
This, for example, is a selection of a project made by franck bohbot called “forever young”.
His photography work is amazing and you should check it out.
here’s links to all the artists featured ON THE PROJECT:
cristal
A YOUNG ARTIsT' MANIFESTO BUILT AS A MAGAZINE.
made by and for young artists, everywhere in the world.
Cristal is meant to be a playground for upcoming artists from all around the world to come and create a space for themselves. It's about rasing voices and sharing experiences throught all the forms of art.
It reclaims the "crystal/glass generation" boomer speech that we're "easily offended". Sir, we are just not pleased with how things work and are not afraid to say it and actually do somethings about it.
Every issue has a core concept and a main artist whose overall work aligns with it. With a previous open call to sumbit their work around that same concept, the rest of the print will feature the artwork from lots of artists from around the world.
Hopefully this will someday turn into a real project that can actually mean something to a lot of people.
As for now, it remains as a concept project that only had one print run and features my personal favorite artists and their work alongside interviews made by other people.
The main idea for each number’s cover was to feature the artowrk of that issue’s spotlighted artist. All the editorial elements would stay the same, only the picture would change from number to number.
The main idea for each number’s cover was to feature the artowrk of that issue’s spotHowever, as this was a concept project and that couldn’t be done this time around, i decided to make the covers myself and tie them up with the concept and the artists.lighted artist. All the editorial elements would stay the same, only the picture would change from number to number.
the covers were thought, from the very beginning, to be part of a collection kept on display. all different, yet somehow tied together by a core feeling.
the key aspect and goal was for them to not feel overly produced or staged. I wanted them to feel personal, intimate, raw and even flawed.
all the pictures were shot on film and developed on my college apartment at that time, so those textures and imperfections played a central part on the vulnerabilty i was trying to convey.
These were some of the runner-ups for the cover pictures. i wanted to show those too because i believe in showing the process and not just the final result.
some of them were pictures i had sitting on my hard drive and i saw the opportuniy to use them on this project. others were intentionally shot for this.
as it was being developed as a collection highlighting an artist each month, it was a no-brainer for me that the project would need a end-of-year recap issue.
it is presented as a high-school yearbook in a bigger, bolder format and with variations on the cover elements to make it special.
there’s no makeup. just a raw face with a smudge of colors around the eyes that can you can tell wasn’t meant to look like that. something happened. most likely she cried, but she’s over that now and she’s ready to get up.
it’s a representation of a generation whose full of dreams that are constantly challenged, doubted or denied. however, that doesn’t stop them.
eventually, this ended up being a compilation of artists that i’ve admired for years for their work and for who they are as humans.
