The Scourge Of Allegory: Genesis Owusu Finds Home In Reality @genesisowusu
For years, Genesis Owusu has been building worlds to help make sense of this one.
Black dogs. Roaches. Characters that could carry the weight of real life without ever naming it directly. Allegory gave him distance from reality, a way to make it more surreal and, in some ways, more manageable.
But for his new album, REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE, that distance is gone.
Sitting down with the Ghanaian-Australian artist, the sincerity is palpable. “I honestly felt like in this time and space, I didn’t have the privilege to be ambiguous anymore”, he explains. “It felt like there was a wave washing over the world. Hatred, greed, far-right ideology becoming cool again. Washing over like a plague. A worldwide scourge. The album is about the here and now, the trials and tribulations and the chaos and the paranoia, but also about community, and regaining our ability to see the humanity in one another.”
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Words by @rlcln
Editor in Chief @macami__
Managing Director @ngowyn
Visual Director @davzzzon
Creative Direction @ngowyn
Photography @macami__
Producer @byshaz_
Styling @stylewithsig
Makeup + Hair @mua_felicity
Makeup assistant @thatmakeupboy
Genesis Owusu wearing
Chainvest - @tobiassangkuhl
Jewellry - @dinosaur_designs@70harley
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Cool Stars Shine Brighter: The Public Becoming Of Cat & Calmell @catandcalmell
Cat & Calmell’s journey towards their most authentic selves is anything but a straight line.
There’s no clean befores or afters, no magical moment where everything locks into place. The story of besties and collaborators Catherine Stratton and Calmell Teagle unfolds in real time, through the music, instinct, and vision… a process that feels somewhat public and not quite resolved.
Their latest mixtape Live Laugh Cool Star captures that transformation in action. Leaning into play, persona and pop spectacle, the project also marks a subtle but significant shift in how the duo understand themselves and their art. “We really believe that the mixtape was, like, a mini manifestation,” says Calmell.
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Words by Clare Neal @rlcln
Editor in Chief @macami__
Managing Director @ngowyn
Visual Director @davzzzon
Project Manager @tristanjcharles
Content and Fashion Producer @kimberleyjonjiin
Creative Director @ngowyn
Creative Producer @tristanjcharles
Art Director @taneeeia
Photo @minoriuedaphoto
Assistant @photojayb
Styling @stylewithsig
Stylists Assistant @stylebyallegra
Makeup @mua_felicity@jamespatmore
Hair @william_webb_hair@zara_zust
Cat Wearing
Top by Maroskee Peech @maroskepeech
Bottoms by She’s A Designer @shesadesigner_________
Shoes by Converse @converse_anz
Nails by @styledbyjuliab
Calmell Wearing
Top & Bottoms by She’s A Designer @shesadesigner_________
Shoes by NIIHAI @nii.hai
Nails by @styledbyjuliab
#catandcalmell #editorial #draftmagazine
SÔNG SỐNG SONG traces the lingering impact of dioxins, the precursors to Agent Orange, and how contamination and trauma don’t end when the “event” ends. It lives on in families, bodies and even the water.
During the talk, Aunty Kim said something that stayed with me: the war doesn’t end when it ends. Those words have never felt more relevant. She lives with the impact to this day and so do so many others.
It was an honour to photograph the opening and share that space across language and generations.
James Nguyen @jamesnguyens (artist)
Ashleigh Jones-Fernandez ashleighjonesart (curator)
Carmel Aiello (exhibitions coordinator)
Ebony Secomb @secombe_works_it (education)
Sheila Ngọc Phạm @birdpham (speaker)
Huy Nguyen @huy.nguyen.xyz (design)
Photography by @ngowyn
Thanks to everyone who’s been a part of the journey so far. We’re so excited for the new year!
BOYSHOOTSWORLD is a creative duo that feels most alive when we’re making. It all comes from the joy of the process, and we play just as much as we shoot so expect a lot of laughs on set.
We create together because it never feels like work. We can take projects from concept to final delivery across production, creative direction, stills, motion, casting and editing.
Bookings are open. We’d love to meet you, hear your ideas and explore your world together. Let’s connect and make something special.
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