Soft Black

Soft Black By way of ‘a soft Black gaze,’ director, photographer and designer dayday works to subvert the representation of Black people and other POC within the mainstream media – as Casiano Hamer uncovers words – casiano hamer photography – dayday location – new york city, usa casianohamer.com dayday.studio It can be argued that there […]

The Radical Act of Seeing

The Radical Act of Seeing words + photography – sam gonçalves location – glasgow, uk @sidlingbears New York City has no shortage of respected film institutions, but few of them are likely to be found in Harlem. Maysles Documentary Center [MDC], a non-profit that screens documentaries, is the exception to the rule. It hosts local […]

Allison Everett’s global gallery picks

Save to List: Allison Everett’s global gallery picks A world’s worth of recommended spots from our global community words – allison everett location – edinburgh, uk fruitmarket.co.uk At boom saloon, we’re incredibly privileged to collaborate with a community of hundreds of talented creatives all around the world, stretching from Ecuador to Egypt, China to Canada, […]

Carolina Navas’s high contrast Cali

Carolina Navas’s high contrast Cali A world’s worth of recommended spots from our global community words – carolina navas location – colombia, south america caronavas.com At boom saloon, we’re incredibly privileged to collaborate with a community of hundreds of talented creatives all around the world, stretching from Ecuador to Egypt, China to Canada, Austria to […]

David Lemm’s Tear Sheets

Exploring themes of place and identity, David Lemm’s ‘Dislocation’ serves as a reminder of our connection to home and how we might better understand the landscape we exist within

Reflecting on Dislocation

In response to his previous feature, visual artist David Lemm looks back over five years of practice to highlight the notions of infrastructure, place and community so interwoven within his work

Twitter Dialogue: How do you design what you don’t know?

Twitter dialogue: How Do You Design What You Don’t Know? To join future live discussions, follow @boom_saloon on Twitter Recently, we invited Leeds Beckett/ Project Office’s Craig Stott to lead an interactive Twitter discussion to explore how we better design our built environment for those living with dementia. We were delighted to be joined by […]

Celebrating resistance

Celebrating resistance Utilising Carnival as a lens to discuss Brazil’s wider societal challenges, Maxine Betteridge-Moes explores the work of João Farkas and a tradition which encourages collective creativity whilst highlighting discussions of inequality and oppression. words – maxine betteridge-moes location – london, uk photography – joão farkas location – são paulo, brazil maxinemoes.com joaofarkas.com In […]