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Roshan Whittaker explores social pressures and conditioned performance in ‘the devil made me do it’

Roshan Whittaker’s autobiographical series “showcases a conditioned performance to ensure gratification, purpose and popularity. We pose for this artificial world, enslaving ourselves to these social pressures that dictate and enforce creativity, abundance and happiness when in fact we feel the opposing.”

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Liv Burden’s new self-portrait series explores our Covid-induced struggle between confinement and freedom

Liv Burden’s latest self-portrait series tells a tale of escape and self-discovery, mirroring the story of Rapunzel and the confinement felt in her tower. The soon-to-be-published book was made during the Covid pandemic which inspires many of the series’ themes from false senses of reality to struggles between confinement and freedom.

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How moth fairies and flies inspired this first-year CSM student’s insect-like creation

Inspired by moth fairies and flies, CSM first-year student, Tasnim, “became fascinated by how vivid this dream [of insects] was and wanted to explore this world and the characters in more depth. This allowed me to visualise the silhouette and shapes in a clearer way. The garment is a representation of this world and what it beholds.”

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Arnaud Lin captures Alix Bortoli’s dreamlike world of fashion and art

Creative duo Alix Bortoli and Arnaud Lin collaborated with London-based emerging jewellers Rebekah Bide and Matilda Little to challenge the physicality of drawing by creating a visual universe embracing the spirit of their work. The organic quality of these pieces entering Alix Bortoli’s hand-crafted worlds composes a dreamlike lost island for the subjects to explore.

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