GATA explores the off-kilter and eccentrically kitsch museum of Maboroshi Hakurankai—a paradise of forgotten memorabilia and eccentric ideas.
David Lynch—master of surreal and absurd cinema—is not always synonymous with music, however in his debut feature Eraserhead, he played a significant role in designing the landscape of sound that accompanied the images.
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Drenched in depravity and sin, the genre of nunsploitation is a diverse and varied area of cinema that beautifully blends the profane with the divine.
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Photographer Jason Renaud explores the intersection of movement and art with a bewitching editorial starring contemporary dancer Sorrel Dawn
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“Bedtime Eyes,” directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro and released in 1987, is a largely overlooked and forgotten film in the world of cinema.
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Nadia Lee Cohen has a knack for turning symbols of distinctly American bad taste: fast food, Sunday morning cartoons…
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A distinctive art style amidst an uncensored and dark sense of humour gave old Soviet cartoons an element of creepiness and intimidation.
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A dystopian future of data-driven arousal and sexual surveillance. Gata presents the visionary erotic film I.K.U. (2000), where orgasms are commodified and sold as microchips.
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Tokyo boasts a diverse array of girl's bars, spanning from classic maiden cafes to niche fetish establishments, but Tokyo’s first adultxx...
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The word “genius” is often thrown about in film critic’s circles to the point that it has become devoid of much of its meaning, but in the case of iconic director Stanley Kubrick, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone willing to argue the point.
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Beneath the surface of Korean culture, obscured within shadows, are hidden tales involving rituals, blood, and communication with the deceased, veiled in secrecy and unspoken narratives.
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GATA favourite, Virgen Maria returns with a sensual tale of motorbike rides, strip clubs and vampiric tendencies. With her latest visual project titled DEMONIA, Virgen Maria teams up with creative director Lily Carmesi to tell the seductive story of a girl fantasising about her nightly adventures.
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Between themes of love, divine beings and angels, Seoul-born brand Momentel is connecting the ethereal with the earthly and allowing us to enter into a space where celestial beings and love coexist. Designer Suyeon Jeong sat down with GATA to discuss the brand’s vision, her love for Asian culture and the “fallen angels” of Wong Kar-wai.
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Food Play is the latest editorial from GATA to welcome the kinkier side of the human experience—this time in an exploration of our relationship with food and the all-consuming obsessions that surround it.
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Upcycling, deadstock and eating brand’s waste: Zurich-based, design duo Laura Beham and Callum Pidgeon AKA Prototypes are disrupting the fashion industry.
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Inspired by the writings of Banana Yoshimoto — a Japanese author who uses magical realism and often writes about girlhood and coming of age in contemporary Japan.
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“Quinqui”—pronounced as “kinky” came from the Spanish word for “delinquent”—was a film genre that explored the chaos and savagery of the 1970s and 80s born out of the post-Franco vacuum that existed in society at the time.
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With the release of Konami’s Silent Hill in 1999, horror fans saw a paradigm-shifting change in gamer’s perception of what was possible within the horror genre.
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