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AMONGST FEW ISSUE 0I EDITOR IN CHIEF SPECIAL THANKS Andrei Han Sophie Wing SENIOR EDITOR Kiely Wing Andrei Han Perry Alexander INTERVIEWS Liz Penman Andrei Han Izabela Phung Tuan PHOTOGRAPHY Lauren Rees Andrei Han Charles Oduk II DESIGN Katherine-Jane Watts Andrei Han Yujin Nikiporets ADVERTISING Andrei Han CONTACT Andrei Han ©2018 EAZZY Magazine [email protected] Eldon Building University of Portsmouth 04
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / 012 / 016 EDITOR’S LETTER / 024 A PAINTED ECHO / 030 A CRAFT IN CONTRAST A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AMONGST FEW 08
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FEATURE Refresh, Reseal, Recycle Sustainable packaging meets immaculate design in CanO Water, the new innovative water brand. Simple yet effective, it does exactly what it says on the can. A refreshing can of natural spring water, offered as still or sparkling. 11
EDITOR’S LETTER EAZZY #01 It’s easy to discover something new, but it is so much harder to make it stay in our lives for long enough to be remembered. I am thankful to have met so many people who played a part in my project. Behind every article of fashion is a brand with its own distinct ethos, and behind every piece of art is an artist with a unique perspective. For all the creatives whose work make a change in other people’s lives, there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes. Creating a brand means constructing an image and defining it in a way that makes it second nature for audiences and consumers to absorb. In this editorial, we look into the brands, artists, and institutions that have developed a distinct image throughout the time. Andrei Han Editor in Chief
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A PAINTED ECHO With Charles II
I first got into music when I was in primary school. I quickly realised that I had more of an interest and understanding of music than my peers. Unfortunately I did not have much access to musical instruments or regular classes outside the school curriculum. This meant that music became a fascination to me but never really a defining aspect of my life.. In my later years as a teenager, I accidentally rediscovered my interest in art. I watched as a close friend of mine played the guitar in front of all my classmates. I saw the attention he got and all the support everyone gave him for doing this. This brought out a competitive side in me because I felt as though this was incredibly easy and I could do better. My motivations were a little petty to begin with but I'm glad it happened because while trying to out-do my friend, I discovered my passion for music and need for a creative outlet. I became completely obsessed with it, I would compose songs everyday and post them every week after learning techniques online and incorporating them into my style. I still had limited resources in Kenya and I remember having to delete all my songs after creating them simply because my computer did not have enough memory to hold them. This was really the reason I started uploading the songs online. With time people started to notice my sounds and helped me craft the style I have today.
Photography Andrei Han Location Catherine House 2018 “I FEEL LIKE MY MUSIC ALLOWS PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THE FAMILIAR PREDICTABILITY OF GOOD MUSIC STRUCTURE.” At age 20, Charles is embracing the A three hour listetning party. Sounds challenge of remaining relevant in like quite a lot but it is going to be a three what is an increasingly growing pool hour session based on a reflection of his of amateur DJs hoping to reach his individual style and life experiences, skill levels.He's still as excited about which will allow us to understand the performing his next set as he was when message he's trying to tell his audience he started Djing back in Kenya, Africa, through his music. his birthplace. When he started, Charles was just In this editorial, Charles is celebrating experimenting with sound technology. his first album release, by agreeing to he was never taken seriously and he host a three hour party with the staff has never even thought about playing members of EAZZY Magazine. Still as outside of his hometown. He says \"To relentless and passionate as when he make it this far is beyond a dream come first started doing all this, which was 3 true, and wouldn't be here without years ago. everybody's support. I feel grateful\". 18
FEATURE It's a different experience. He wants to pretty easy. It is a lot easier than playing share soomething new every minute. In the guitar or the piano. He is always a three hour set, he can really build a searching up for tracks that no one has journey and express his feelings through ever heard of and give it a different music and sound. vibe. He is also aiming for a different direction. He can adjust to pretty much The best feeling for Charles in this any room, but every room is different, industry is that he can go half an hour depending on who is in those rooms. to a completely different style of music He quotes, \"The crowd decides what and come back slowly. \"You can really and who you are.\" take it wherever you want to, and that's the beauty of it\", he quotes. Charles Charles learned to pace himself, and believes everybody can be a DJ if you strongly agrees that the lifestyle as a DJ have rythm and if you like music, you is not that hard. There have been many can always start. It is always accessible. temptentions out there, but Charles has The creative part is still very difficult learned one valuable lesson - enough is but to actually get something going is enough.
FEATURE “IT IS IMPORTANT TO RESPECT THE CRAFT AND NOT DEPEND ON IT AS A SOURCE OF FINANCIAL GAIN BUT RATHER A CREATIVE OUTLET THAT YOU ENJOY.” 20
Photography Andrei Han Location Catherine House 2018 We asked Charles what would he have He says it is good to sometimes go on it done if he had to choose a different and check it out, just to find out what's career. His answer was \"I ask myself new and what the world is awaiting. that of the time.\" He always loved music Charles is currently considering trying so he believes he would have ended out other forms of art, such as painting up in the music business somehow, or photography, or even fashion design. probably, he says, \"as a tour manager or Charles quotes \"I like to be creative\". photographer. Or even if I had to bring coffee to the studio, I would have been He also loves fashion, he says, but since happy as long as I'd be involved.\" he has pursued a career in the music industry, Charles will have to keep all Charles now has a lot of competitors in his other interests as hobbies, probably the music industry. Since he is young until he chooses to retire. He is now of age and trying his hardest to aim as looking forward to studying Business high as possible, he believes that it is at the University of Portsmouth, and very hard for a new DJ to catch a break hopes that one day, when he'll have because even if you make a special track, enough knowledge about the music it is so easy to copy nowadays. He can industry, he'll be able joing the business easily prove that the dark web of music side of the sound industry, producers is full of leaked materials. 21
INTERVIEW Q&A How would you describe your style? My style of music is a varied mixture of very acoustic natural strings, pianos, drums and native instruments, with a modern electronic touch. When did you start DJing – and what/who were your early passions and influences? I started being a DJ 3 years ago, this was after I had produced a good number of tracks and wanted to display them in a more concise fashion that took their best elements but didn’t give everything away. My earlier influences were EDM celebrities like Steve Aoki, Skrillex, Calvin harris, Getter; and my band. I wanted to create tracks that reflected all these elements. How many hours do you typically spend on a track? I typically spend at least an hour everyday producing, it’s always an adventure learning something new and improving my craft. I just love creating music I like. If you could eternally be stuck in one year’s music scene, which year would it be? It would be 2012 I guess. This is because it’s around the time I started DJing and the music really influenced me as it was going through this transition. It’s gave me a realistic sense of purpose and I liked knowing that I could do it too. 22
How do you communicate to your What is one mistake you see a lot of up audience through your music? and coming DJ’s making? I try to incorporate all feedback I receive on Most up and coming DJ’s are too impatient my music and improve in all areas possible. and stop growing in their skills. It’s My music allows people to experience becoming a lot easier for people to play and the familiar predictability of good music learn music so the competition is fierce. It structure but has some interestingly is important to respect the craft and not unpredictable aspects that keep it fresh depend on it as a source of financial gain but rather a creative outlet that you enjoy enough to listen to again and again. regardless of the outcome. Most new artists look for a way to monetise their songs too quickly and totally lose their creative spark. 23
AMONGST FEW A Craft In Contrast Photography Andrei Han Location Eldon Building 2018 24
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AMONGST FEW \"FASHION IS THE IDEA THAT THERE IS A CONSENSUS ON THE CHIC WAY TO DRESS NOW. BUT IT SOMEHOW ALSO INCLUDES THE TOTAL REJECTION OF THAT.\" Lauren was born in Swansea, Wales on The outsider perspective has certainly the east side of the city. At 20, Lauren sharpened her focus. After two and a - sunny, enthusiastic, excited - is half years of studying fashion, Lauren adjusting to her status as \"the greatest knew \"I had a point of view, I had fashion student\" at the University of something, and I wanted to start my Portsmouth. own brand\". She read many fashion magazines and After gaining some experience on has always been inspired by the biggest her current course on 'Fashion and trends out there. She also credits her Textiles', she immediately designed a mother as \"a beautiful dresser\", growing collection of garments that adhered to up on a farm surrounded by animals her priciple of \"liveable luxury\", which and wide open space. She quotes, \"We she defines as \"beautifully executed were pretty isolated from the rest of the clothes, in beautiful fabrics, that you world, but I like that we have an outsider can wear everyday - they're pieces you'd perpective\". never hesitate to grab.\" 26
FEATURE Lauren's experiences also influenced The biggest challenge, as for any young her decision to make her brand ethically designer who has met with success early and sustainably conscious. She says \"but on, is not to overreach. I wanted to have an intimate relationship with how my clothes are made.\" She Lauren is an unique, strong, endearing uses organic cottons, ethically produced mix of confidence and vulnerability. silks, and recycled metals that aren't She seems nervous when she gets too harmful to the environment. much attention on her work, therefore she tries her best to keep the design and The clothes are produced predominantly the work flow as simple as possible. in 'Eldon Building, Portsmouth', inside the Fashion Department. Her audience In five years time, she'd like to build enjoy her works, and she loves the up her own brand and she'd love to feedback from them because it allows open a shop and fill it in with all her her more creative time to put into her contemporary garments. \"This is just masterpieces. the start.\", she says smiling. 27
AMONGST FEW Q/A What hobbies do you have that relate to the fashion industry? Something that I love to do is work in Illustrator and Photoshop to practice my digital design skills, and translate my creativity from paper to digital art. 28
INTERVIEW What do you think are the current and future trends in fashion? I think a lot of cultural fusion will be prominent in future trends in fashion. There's a real sense of unity and togetherness within the industry right now, and having links with people all over the world is important for moving forwards in the future. My education is preparing me both practically and creatively, but also socially. I am learning the essentials such as pattern cutting, textile design, digital design, but also how to communicate with other designers and photographers as a means of making links within the industry. How do you think education is preparing you to work in fashion? How would you describe your personal style? I would describe my personal style as colourful and fluffy. I always dress to reflect my mood or influence how I want to feel on a particular day. But usually you'll see me wearing bright printed trousers and colourful shoes. What do you think is the rewarding part in fashion? The sense of achievement and pride from creating a project from start to finish. It's always so rewarding to see how you develop your own work from the first initial research point to the very end result when you have your finished garments. 29
A Conceptual Framework with Yujin Nikiporets Photography Andrei Han Yujin Nikiporets Location Eldon Building 2018
Yujin Nikiporets was born in Wraysbury, Sketching is Youjin's favourite thing Berkshire in 1997. He is currently in architecture, however is is not very studying Architecture, at the University precious about it. He thinks that a of Portsmouth, and previously focused sketch won't help things that much and on the same degree at Windsor College. that a project is usually too complex to summarize well in a sketch. They are His style of work is very unique, and normally a very useful tool to clarify mainly works with large scale physical things quickly, for both yourself and the models all the time. He uses some 3D collaborators or clients, and it bring out modeling and renders, and for him a very effective way of communicating to present his ideas and models, this what you have in your head an moving is the most suitable way because as an things forward. individual or other fellow architects, he can explore the model and also discuss Yujin hopes that his work has integrity ideas and quickly modify them and and quotes \"Architecture should understand changes immediately. This represent one's ideas on life, it stands is a very crucial thing in architecture, for the way that you are, and the way being able to always improve your arts. that you live and behave.\" 32
FEATURE The reason he chose Architecture is Yujin has always wanted to create because a building can last for a very long buildings informed by the structure, time. A building represents stability, logic, beauty and style of the structure of which is build into the ground and it bridges. In this sense, Yujin admits that contributes to the idea of a 'place', as he he is much like the design engineers, would describe it. refining ideas over time, rather than floundering around in search of Every building has a personality, fashionable theories. Many of his design which should represent the building's are exciting, yet the best have been the surrounding and the history of it. For results of rigorous design programmes instance, he says, \"When you go to and engineering logic. London, you'd like to see something that represents London, something that Yujin likes to talk in facts and about tells you about the place, culture and the things that excite him, such as people.\" He advises other architecture innovative ideas and anything related students to go and see as many places to architecture, but most imporantly, as possible,so they develop their own his latest and most successful project, values, opinions and to judge things for 'Hilsea Line', that has been completed themselves. in December, 2017. Photography Andrei Han Location Eldon Building 2018
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FEATURE \"It is not the beauty of the building you should look at; it is the contruction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.\" Photography Andrei Han Location Eldon Building 2018 35
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Andrei is a Portsmouth based student and digital artist who's work is highly charged and he has primarily looked to and appropriated from pop-culture and fashion brands to form his artistic vocabulary for his artwork. In reference to his range of works and evolution to different mediums he explains, \"The whole point of why I do it is to communicate. So the goal hasn't changed at all, it's just the opportunities that have changed.\" Throughout the multitude of different digital spaces his work has inhabited, Andrei has always considered the way in which audiences will view, interact, and ultimately percieve or feel while in the presence of the art. \"With so much of my work, I feel like the only interaction people have is through digital mediums.\" The timeless aspect of it allows him to create his own universe; one that is steadfast with its own characters, taking from the past and present, to create something that has proven to last throughout the time. 41
Andrei Han INTERSTELLAR 2017 49.8 x 49.8 INCHES
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Andrei Han THUNDERBOLT 2017 19.8 x 19.8 INCHES
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AMONGST FEW Kiely wing \"Asypmhpothoognrya.p..\"hic PhotograpKhiyely Wing Design Andrei Han 46 Words Kiely Wing
FEATURE The art industry has always played a anatomy along with a wide range of huge role in Kiely's life, from simple metaphors, by exploring the idea of love tasks such as finger painting in primary through constantly analysing the shape school, leading to her current educational and colours within hearts (of a sheep) and situation; studying an art foundation at linking this to ideas around love, using UCA, Epsom. Shakespeare’s infamous love sonnets as the representation of love we perceive on the As she is only 18 years of age, her whole outside, whilst the heart is simply an organ. career is ahead of her, allowing Kiely the possibilities of changing her mind on a For her exam project, she also explored career path and exploring a range of new the technique of paper-cuts, of which concepts. she rbiefly touched on within the last project, making heart stencils to transfer Kiely originally was solely interested in to her final piece. Although spending a career based around fine art having 10 hours a day making constant paper successfully completed both GCSEs and A cuts may seem stressful and tedious, for Levels with fine art as my strongest point. her it was therapeutic and relaxing. Fine All her time was focused around doing as art was always her strongest point and much research, experimental and practical subject, leading her to embark on an work as possible to stretch my abilities and Art Foundation, instead of immediately come out with a range of outcomes. joining a degree course, as she ultimately had no idea of what she wanted to do with A project she took most pride in was titled her future. However, her story does not ‘Inside, Outside and In-between’, in end here. which she decided to explore the ideas of \"ALL MY TIME WAS FOCUSED AROUND DOING AS MUCH RESEARCH, EXPERIMENTAL AND PRACTICAL WORK AS POSSIBLE TO STRETCH MY ABILITIES AND COME OUT WITH A RANGE OF OUTCOMES.\" 47
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FEATURE Photography Kiely Wing Location House of Balloons Model Molly Pearson 49
FEATURE Even starting this course, she always saw title 'iStyled', where she focused on the herself specialising in Fine Art, beginning ideas of fashion inspired by nature and to attend open days for this degree how they merge together. at Universities such as Central Saint Martins. Once she had a taster studying Now Kiely is currently working on her Fashion Promotion, her ideas completely Final Major Project, with no limits or changed; this course felt like the perfect brief. She has decided to focus this around mixture of creativities alongside modern meat in the art industry, ranging from aspects, such as advertising and media. testing on animals to the use of fur/leather within fashion. Although she is currently Kiely began her first project by creating a specialising in Fashion Promotion and simple advertisement for Vans, enabling has decided that the best degree for her her to mix together skills she has learnt to continue is Fashion Management and in her Media A-Level, alongside themes Marketing, focusing on the business she would have explored within Fine Art. aspects within the fashion industry. Her work is very focused on photography and styling, inspired by numerous Although, as you can see, her work has photographers and artists, such as Jean changed its path from fine art and it will Michel Basquiat, Banksy and Man Ray. always play a part in any piece of work she completes, working as a base and allowing She has completed a branding project, her to have inspirations constantly in her creating her own personalised logo and mind. She will continue to make pieces of explored different filming techniques art in her free time, but has decided to go creating a short fashion film under the down a more business-based career path. \"MY WORK HAS CHANGED ITS PATH FROM FINE ART AND IT WILL ALWAYS PLAY A PART IN ANY PIECE OF WORK I COMPLETE, WORKING AS A BASE AND ALLOWING ME TO HAVE INSPIRATIONS CONSTANTLY IN MY MIND.\" 50
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