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Robert Wolf is a composer for film and video games living in Los Angeles, CA. He has worked on several of the worlds leading mobile games, such as Call of Duty: Mobile and Honor of Kings. He is a graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music. We have conducted a short interview with him. Robert Wolf, Composer In your opinion as a composer, how important is music in films and video games? I think it is extremely important. It can have a huge effect on the emotional tone of a project and can sometimes be the one thing people remember long after watching the film or playing the game. I think the importance is being recognized more and more, given what a big part of pop-culture even old retro-video game soundtracks are these days. Based on your personal experience, what is the style and composition that is highly in demand nowadays? Video game music is extremely diverse. It is difficult to generalize, but many games use orchestral music, many strategy games or fantasy RPGs have beautiful or...

Iness Kaplun is a New York Pop Art artist. Iness works in mixed media, collage, using newspapers, magazines, painting and drawing. Her passion for art and painting began at home as a child when her grandfather, himself an artist, painter and decorator, first handed her his brush. Her love of painting has remained within her throughout the years since, continuously reminding her of her roots and where she came from. We have conducted a short interview with Iness. Where are you originally from and where are you based? I live in New York City but originally I’m from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. I graduated from Saint-Petersburg University of Technology and Design with Art degree. Currently I teach Art and painting to children and adults in my art studio in addition to pursuing my own artistic career.  Tell us about your style/ favorite artists.  In current moment of my life I find myself under a big influence of Pop Art. My favorite artists are Andy Warhol and his extremely con...

Jacco de Jager in an illustrator/artist living in Utrecht the Netherlands.To finance his passion and to pay the rent for his studio, he does paid freelance work as a (web)designer and illustrator and a part time job in the marketing branch of a telecom retailer. He also makes electronic music together under the name ‘Glitterkots en de Nasmaak’ which roughly translates to “Glitter vomit and the aftertaste”. We have conducted a short interview with Jacco. Where does your name 'Donorbrain' come from?  As a kid I was always fascinated by anatomy. I remember these medical books my parents had full of pictures made in the seventies and occasionally would browse trough them. I’ve also always been interested in comic books and later on Manga. It was then when I discovered Battle Angel Alita. I loved the concept about human brains in a cyborg body/shell and the idea of them being interchangeable. The whole concept of an identity or ‘being’ residing in an organ,...

Whether exercising his extraordinary prowess for unusually stirring portraiture, defining the uniquely elegant flavours of ballet, providing the viewer a sense of presence in his chosen landscape or capturing fanciful whims of human imagination with charm and warmth, Serguei Zlenko characteristically delivers scenes of striking depth and passion. The delicate grace of his tunings of detail, the bold fervour of movement apparent in the strokes with which he enunciates the spirit of an implied motional nature in figures at rest and a fierce regard for the attributes and demands of light define the signature traits of style in Zlenko’s paintings. Serguei Zlenko What is your background and education? At the age of 12 I was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts' school for young children. Upon its completion, I went on studying portrait and monumental painting at the Surikov Art Academy, Moscow. Why are you so passionate about art? When did you first realise Art is ...

Italy’s Lucia Rinaldi has honed a skill that most people avoid, she’s learned to embrace the absence of comfortability. To be more precise, Rinaldi is a cinematographer who recognizes her own area of comfort while constantly seeking out an understanding of the vantage of other cultures and filmmakers. It’s an admirable and enviable approach for any filmmaker as the more your audience recognizes themselves in your art, the louder it resonates. Across Europe, Asia, and America, Lucia has practiced her craft, taking note of the differing creative dialects of her peers and what this says about a culture’s mindset. For her, this constant state of sculpting and reinvention is the most enjoyable part of her work. The appeal of her work across cultural borders is evident in award-winning films like Plastic Love (winner of Best Cinematography at the New York Awards), The Doll (Best Cinematography short at Canadian Cinematography Awards), recognitions for The F Word at the Asian Cinematograph...

A.N. Quittner was born in New York City in 1964 and grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania. The rural beauty and kindness of the people he saw in Reading as a child their simplicity and decency made a strong and indelible impression upon him which greatly influenced his artistic vision. In September of 2019 he met a professional photographer who told him that the fundamental principle of photography in one simple phrase is: Fill the frame. When he said these words something extraordinary occurred within him and Adam began taking 500-700 pictures a day. A.N. Quittner A Statement of Purpose Life is Beautiful— a single work in many volumes Life is beautiful. How can one say such a thing? How is it possible that a man can take his seat upon a crowded city bus with these words emblazoned on his baseball cap and not be laughed at? And better yet, how is it possible that a man seated on that very bus can point a camera at this same man and take a picture of him and produce a work...