Category: Arts & Culture
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Dionne Edwards has been making her mark in the film industry since the release of her critically acclaimed film. We Love Moses. Her first debut feature, PRETTY RED DRESS, is set to hit cinemas across the UK and Ireland on the 16th of June, 2023. Judging from the just-released trailer, we can already tell it’s a film not to…
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COVID-19 stole socialization from us. Night after night, we’d stay home, slowly forgetting what painful heels feel like and the social cues needed to survive a night out. But, for a collective like the Daytimers and the more significant British-South Asian diaspora, the pandemic forcing us to pause and eventually restart presented a new opportunity. Come September…
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![‘A Thousand And One’ starring Teyana Taylor [@teyanataylor] shows a black mother’s sacrificial love always wins](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image002-1140x850.jpg)
This year’s grand jury prize winner at Sundance is AV Rockwell’s A Thousand And One starring musical icon Teyana Taylor, who plays Inez. Inez is an unchainable tenacious black mother and hairdresser from Harlem with post-foster care trauma. Determined to save her son Terry from her foster care fate, she kidnaps the 6-year-old who was…
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The way young people communicate love nowadays can sometimes feel antonymic to romance. Sliding into someone’s DMs or subtly reacting to someone’s story with an emoji aren’t precisely the butterfly-inducing acts we grew up associating with pursuing a crush. However, a new digital language has emerged to communicate who their love interests are through Instagram…
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Sister Midnight has been on a mission to open Lewisham’s first community-owned venue since 2021. They have finally found a home in the former Brookdale Club in Catford. “It might not be much of a looker at the moment, but with some TLC, community spirit, and a big old chunk of cash, we’ll be able to…
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Gallery New Blood Art has sought to support young artists transitioning out of art school, by making gallery representation more accessible, for almost twenty years. Its latest announcement is the Emerging Art Prize in partnership with various UK colleges and universities. Heads of Fine Art degree programmes across the UK will select outstanding graduating artist(s)…
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New Era, the world’s leading headwear brand, has long been associated with music and underground youth culture and their latest initiative – a new docu-series journey, exploring the world’s underground creative scenes and the individuals who are defining them- once again reaffirms the brand’s position in culture. Their latest stop was in Ghana’s seaside capital…
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![The Rise of Music Collectives In Ghana [@99PHACES]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/9936E061-228A-4033-929D-85321BF48255-1140x850.jpeg)
A new music collective in town goes by the name 99PHACES. According to them, they had stories to tell, so they made a tape. From boybands to pop groups, the phenomenon of the music collective is not as alien as music lovers would like it to be. For several reasons, music collectives carry so much…
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Life has been feeling pretty cartoonish lately, and MSCHF, Loewe, and Comic Sans are all reminders of this. MSCHF’s ‘big red boots’ went viral in February due to its comically large proportions, with some even commenting that ‘it looks more like the idea of a shoe than a shoe.’ Major luxury house Loewe subtly posed the question –…
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![Raf Saperra Is Here To Shift Culture [@rafsaperra]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ACE-0Q7A6321-1140x850.jpg)
Seamlessly fusing cultures and sounds, Raf Saperra’s debut mixtape, Ruff Around The Edges, is gaining acclaim globally. GUAP sits with the artist to dig deeper into his creative process and journey. GUAP: There’s a lot out there about your musical journey. But, it’s a lesser-known fact that you’re a director of music videos, such as that of the late…