Tag: representation
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In a dynamic world where creativity knows no bounds, the impact of representation cannot be overstated. WB Group, a pioneering Ghanaian-based production company, is set to revolutionize the way Africa’s finest talents in the fashion, lifestyle, and film industries are recognized and promoted. With a vision to amplify voices and showcase the immense potential of…
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Showing this month at St Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, Mair Nair adapts Monsoon Wedding, the 2001 beloved Bollywood movie about a cross-cultural wedding, for an off-broadway audience. Arjun Bhasin designs costumes, Vishal Bhardawaj is on the score, and David Bengali designs projections to engulf audiences with Indian color and cheer. But, along the way, Monsoon Wedding…
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![Hanifa Debuts ‘Pink Label Congo’ Collection With A Game-Changing Virtual 3D Fashion Show [@AnifaM]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/hanifa-pic-1-180x180.jpg)
The designer that brought us digital photoshoots using CGI is back with a digital 3D fashion show showcasing Hanifa’s latest collection ‘Pink Label Congo’.The brand broke the internet with a level of innovation we have never seen done in fashion before and it’s clear from twitter everyone wants it to be made clear before other…
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Black British history is history, although British history will have you questioning whether this is the case. The perpetual erasure and marginalisation of Black Brits and their stories is something that has become so embedded in culture that one can almost be forgiven for such a slip. “We shouldn’t have to exist” Lavinya Stennett, Founder,…
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![Degree [@degreeofficial_] The British Sitcom Challenging Representation Through Animation](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/degree_animation-180x180.jpg)
On the 27th of November, British sitcom Degree exclusively screened their second series at Genesis cinema. The comedic cartoon explores the story of four male students; Samuel, Aleem, Scott and Gary, as they navigate their experience of university. They live in the fictional town of ‘Lawborough’ and attend ‘Layborough University’. Degree itself was created and written by Peter…
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![Introducing Neelam Keshwala [@theneelamshow] – Founder of DON’T SLEEP ON US](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Shanice-Mears-flyer-credit_-Jess-Nash-180x180.png)
London is bursting with creatives from BAME backgrounds; yet only 13% of those working in the creative industries in the UK, are from a BAME background. Neelam Keshwala created the space for BAME creatives through ‘DON’T SLEEP ON US’, a networking and chill event. Neelam creates the space and representation for those underrepresented within the creative industries, industries which…
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I want to say well done. Well done to you, and well done to the Instagram user on the left to you, the Twitter user on the right, the Snap-chatter at the back, because although it may not seem apparent now, or substantial a few years prior; we all had a pivotal contribution, in the…
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![Tarajosu [@Tarajosu] creates Art that centers prominent people of colour as royalty and they’re breathtaking](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/002.jpg)
Revel in these bright pieces made by the fine artist/ graphic designer Tarajosu. He brings photographs to life with his vivid use of colour and his eye-catching afro-futuristic designs. With its gold themed, bright background while incorporating people of colour in their glory, it borrows significant cultural notes from Black Panther, which make his work both…