For more than three decades Japanese manga artist Usumaru Furuya has scoured the darkest crevices of the human psyche in search of substance for his stories. From the grotesque absurdity of his debut series Palepoli to the collective madness of Lychee Light Club, his worlds are populated by characters caught between obsession, fantasy and reality. GATA had the chance to talk to the artist about his thoughts on beauty, obsession and the sometimes disturbing impulses that make us human.
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Read MoreVenesiaWorld is an experimental electronic artist, producer, and visual creator whose work has steadily carved out a distinctive place within the underground.
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Read MoreTOO MUCH: A GATA SHORT FILM. This film examines how women are often labelled as “too much” by showing a woman who simply exists on her own terms.
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Read MoreWorking between instinct and imagination, Naya Kotko creates photographs that feel suspended in another world. Her universe is shaped by subculture, emotion, and a постоян tension between control and chaos.
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