3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
“Art is the interweaving of events and a person experiencing them. And through these relationships, through the search for an answer to the question of who this Other is, life, connection, and beauty manifest. The most important thing is the space between me and the Other. Meeting with another is always an event, an opportunity to experience it together as equals.”
We are happy to announce absolute talent Alexey Kondakov is joining NFT Art Scene on @Superrare.co. You may know Alex for his meticulously created collages featuring the clash of reality and a moment of art history. Every work is painstakingly created by artist by selecting scene from real life, adapting the lights and selecting a perfect situation from the history of arts
Relationships of men and objects. While forming space, men create and surround themselves with product designs, objects, that have always been a major source of influence of humane conscience, mood, behaviour and attitude. Lightness of Being comes through the awareness of one's purpose.
Kofta is the independent couture studio specializing in the art of leather craft using futuristic technics. Based in Ukraine since 2010 the studio carry out unique projects and seasonal collections from start to finish, allowing them to be designed, developed and produced in-house. In the last few years, kofta won numerous art&fashion contests (A’Design 2016, Red Dot 2018 to name few) and was exhibited in K11 Gallery in Shanghai for the prestigious “BAGISM” exhibition.
Objects of kofta studio would be found at the intersection of art and applied science. Accomplished by using the futuristic techniques such as 3D-modeling/-printing/-cutting mixed with the traditional leather craft methods like molding, drying, straining, hand painting etc., they provide an independently fresh view at the manufacturing process, which is carried out entirely in-studio by kofta team.
“We want to allow the viewer to gain different perspective on familiar things through sinergizing with our artwork. Our bags serve as a canvas for expressing our creative intentions through properties that they did not initially possess endowing them with ability to bring aesthetic pleasure, while maintaining functionality.”
Digital artist Anatolik Belikov believes that the key to understanding of our fractured and disturbing reality could be found in our vision and how things surrounding us look like. Before discovering CGI, Belikov studied chemistry, cycling through dozens of jobs before finding his passion for 3D storytelling. He has since worked for clients such as Adidas, Burberry, and Kenzo, although his personal work stands apart from his sleek commercial briefs.
“In his own art, Belikov delves into flaws and imperfections, exploring objects which are mundane, dusty, or slightly damaged and working out how they could exist in the CGI universe. The darker underlying currents of our culture are also ruthlessly exposed. In the music video for Ukrainian artist Youra, Belikov created a suffocating burning response to the war in Ukraine and our general numbness to violence.”
I personally believe some if not many artists and illustrators live 24/7 in their imaginary worlds. Viktor Pyatkin is not an exclusion but a real proof of this concept, take a look at characters and visual stories coming straight out of his head
Vlad Fishez and Olga Babych directed a great phygital piece for Puma Ukraine with a great team behind the curtains
Directed by @fishez and @olgababych
DOP @nikitakkkuz
Artist @nadyadorofeeva
Produced by @seek.studio
Executive producer @khytrykostya
Producer @tajson
CG\Art Direction massa+ @e_lekh and @pylik
3D scanning service @deep3dstudio
Color by Yerlan Tanayev
Special thanks for music @nocowmusic
Over the years, Mask Movement have worked with a range of creatives sharing the goal to polish the skills and create unique and quality artistic covers. Here is the showreel summing up their recent work made for artists, labels, and companies.
Interior designer Ira Lysiuk and architect Liza Nikulina share a visualisation case study realised with a painstaking attention to details, textures and pure forms.
Lena Pogrebnaya was born in Odessa, Ukraine. She first fell for photography in 2009 while studying at Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. After graduating in 2011 Lena continued her photographic exploration. Brutalist architecture of the 50s and 70s quickly became Pogrebnaya’s main inspiration. The essence of her projects lies in monumental constructions featuring concrete, granite, decorative tiles of multiple colors and… people merged with the aesthetics.
Her artistic investigation goes beyond conventional approach that nature and industrial objects should be opposed. For Lena Pogrebnaya architectural forms are part of the nature — being creations of people, nature’s products themselves. In her “nature creating nature” universe a human being feels harmony both in the wild and urban environment. Her models looks dignified in any site, and yet they are simply a unit of the beautiful surrounding just like everything else in the picture.
Exterior designer working in Italian cars industry Yuliia Lobodiuchenko creates awesome illustrations during her free time. Check out these series of retro cars featuring classic ones we miss so much
Designer Konstantin Kofta is back with his new collection of hi-end leather bags INERTIA SS20. As stated by his studio - “We want to allow the viewer to gain different perspective on familiar things through synergizing with our artwork. Our bags serve as a canvas for expressing our creative intentions through properties that they did not initially possess, endowing them with ability to bring aesthetic pleasure, while maintaining functionality.”
Each year OFFF raises bar in creativity. Each year they release tons of endorphins in different locations around the world. This time the destination was Kyiv, Ukraine and with some epic talks and amazing team behind the festival they delivered an amazing visual experience created by Eugene Pylinsky (@pylik) & Eugene Lekh (@e_lekh)
Sculptor Nazar Bilyk creates negative-space artworks leaving the viewer recreate the original shape while viewing it
A portrait of Inna, muse, artist and designer.
Ukranian-born and Berlin-based, Inna draws on her life, the people she meets, the places she visits and the world around her, to create simple jewellery in bold, timeless metal, precious and semi-precious stones.
From the Brutalism of the Soviet-style architecture she remembers from her childhood, to the rhythms of modern-day Berlin and Paris, Inna develops her identity.
In her subterranean Berlin workshop, she designs and hand crafts her pieces. From conception to creation, designing to finishing, Inna focuses on simplicity, luxury and realizing the hidden potential of form, immortalizing memories and moments in metal. From one-off bespoke pieces, including engagement and wedding rings to complete collections, she sells online, in selected outlets worldwide and has been exhibited at Paris Fashion Week for four consecutive years.
Credits :
Directed by Maison Vignaux
DOP : Jalaludin Trautmann
The designer : Inna Nechyporenko
Model Paris : Cate Underwood (IMG)
Model Studio : Emma Reipert (M4)
Ukrainian artist Daria Ozerova creates illustration and characters leaving a lot of space for thoughts for a viewer
Digital artist Vasya Kolotusha creates overhyped images using a lot of chrome metal effect what makes his art works jump out of the screen. He is booked by H+ Agency creating a lot stuff for Elton John, American Music Awards, Variety, Superdeluxe, Future Generations, Billboard Music Awards, Nike etc
A rising star - new media artist Eugene Pylinsky made a tribute to one of his digital art idol - Max Cooper whom we have been following for a decade. The further collaboration of two strong parties released a project called “Identity” where Eugene reflected on the informational field that shapes both their personalities and creativity.
“I was trying to find balance between web and live versions of the video. That’s why I decided to generate strong graphics, like barcode and qr code, in my compositions, with characters melting and disappearing in it. I paid much attention to synchronise the music with graphics to deliver intensity, atmosphere.”
Influenced by Japanese film genre Kaiju that features giant monsters, mainly attacking major cities. In that way, music artists attack Kyiv reproduced in their own fancy way. It reflects a motto of the music platform “Become Bigger. Not Mature”
Directed by Yevhen Krasulia
Producer: Anastasia Kovalova
DOP: Yura Bakun
Post Production: Dmitriy Suhodol
