Ruth Kim

BASED IN NYC. CHAOTIK EXPERIMENTS. ART DIRECTION & DESIGN. PART OF TEAM MAFF.

Role: designer
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Pelitoz Locos | MAFF Tour Colombia (Episode 4)

For Episode 4 of MAFF Tour Colombia, we head to Bogotá to meet with visual artist, Fabian Rojas, who created the project and alter alias, Pelitoz Locos. Rojas uses hair as a canvas for creativity and shows us the opportunity for self-expression and transformation through styling. Most of all, Pelitoz Locos is about having fun and playing with ones identity while using hair as the medium. Starring models, Vagabunda Frite & Alexa Tmg.

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Christelle Kocher of KOCHÉ | MAFF Artist Spotlight

KOCHÉ is a fashion brand established in Paris by Christelle Kocher in 2015. KOCHÉ is on a mission to push values of openness in fashion: diversity & inclusion of genders, body shapes, materials used, social and geographical origins.. moreover, KOCHÉ DNA is based on elevated craft know-how.

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MAFF chat — Nana Nyahan 🇬🇭

Ring rring it’s #MAFFchat featuring fam across the 🌍 Dialing in with #nananyahan based in Accra, Ghana. Using a myriad of contrasting colors and textures, Nana takes her viewers on a psychotropic journey drawing inspiration from her relationships, pain, sadness, and experiences of intimacy. Nyahan creates a utopian reality for both her and her viewers; an instant escape from the day to day noise.

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Otay:Onii | MAFF Tour Shanghai (Episode 2)

"Lost is an illusion. Open your hands, you'll realize you have everything." Otay:onii (Lane Shi) is a multifaceted artist originally from Haining, China. Her artistic practice spans across music, sound design, installation art, and film composition. She is the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the punk spit band Elizabeth Colour Wheel (US). Lane's voice is like an ancient call, sometimes beckoning the soul, and at other times, piercing the listener like lightning. Lane came to the U.S. at a young age when she still needed parental accompaniment, living as an immigrant with a dual cultural background. This marginalized, non-mainstream existence makes her voice transcend cultures and languages. She wrote, "My task is to solve a puzzle with another puzzle that can't be seen, be touched, but to feel."

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MAFF chat — Wallen Diaz

Dialing in with Wallen Diaz. Originally from the Dominican Republic now based in Brussels, Wallen Diaz started out with plastic arts before pivoting into graphic design. Influenced by 90s and y2k album art, Diaz blends the abstract and figurative worlds of fashion, nostalgia & fantasy to create an aesthetic he calls “NeoDigitalism”. We’re hooked to say the least.

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Ponyboy | MAFF Tour Colombia (Episode 3)

For Episode 3 of MAFF Tour Colombia, we meet with Bogotá's Juan Daniel Velásquez aka. Ponyboy who brings ceramic installations to life through experimental drag shows and communal spaces to create and share knowledge to empower the queer community.

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Dricky | MAFF Tour Lagos (Episode 5)

Episode 5 of MAFF Tour Lagos and we catch up with Dricky, a self-taught graffiti artist responsible for bringing street art to the city. He started by drawing portraits of friends and found his aesthetic by exaggerating their facial features with each new pass. "It is your world. You have the freedom to create a world for yourself, so why not do that?"

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MAFF Chat: Duyi Han

Dialing in with Duyi Han based in Shanghai, China 🇨🇳 who focuses on avant-grade aesthetic exploration and design. His diverse body of work encompasses sculpture, furniture, interior design, and digital art. He creates on the premise that what we see around us is a manifestation of our mind.

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Etuk Ubong | MAFF Tour Lagos (Episode 4)

On the days it’s hard to wake up in the mornings - think of Etuk jamming out on the trumpet, playing music for the pure love of it. Now known as “The Voice of Africa” it was Ubong’s mum who helped him get his start. She took him to the church’s trumpet player and said, “This is my son, I need you to teach him the trumpet.” Since then, he’s never looked back. Etuk Ubong is a trumpeter, composer, bandleader on Episode 4 of MAFF Tour Lagos, Nigeria.

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Ashley Okoli | MAFF Tour Lagos (Episode 3)

When you think of Lagos fashion, think Ashley Okoli. The self-made stylist, designer and creative director made her own path, never assimilating to more conservative Nigerian fashion norms. Okoli introduced a more grunge and gothic style, sharing her outfits of the day on Instagram back in 2016. Despite early naysayers, Okoli pushed through, and was a heavyhitter in the alté fashion movement which lead her to dress the likes of name like Little Simz, Obongjayar, and Arya Starr, to name a few. In short, Ashley's a risk taker and paved her own path for a scene that didn't exist.

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Stephen Tayo | MAFF Tour Lagos (Episode 2)

Stephen Tayo got his start taking photos of people on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria. His photography documents the eccentric characters that make up the city and the fashion they wear. From traditional clothing to hyperlocal streetwear, Tayo captures it all, enhancing the beauty of the juxtaposition of styles covering the cultural renaissance of one of the most prominent cities in West Africa. In this season of MAFF Tour, our travels take us to Lagos, Nigeria to catch up with a few incredibly talented creatives who give us a glimpse into their practice and culture.

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Zhang An 张安 Director's Cut | MAFF Tour Shanghai (Episode 1)

Director, Wenkai Wang 王文楷, lengthens the narrative of an endlessly curious photographer living in the world of the abstract. Our travels take us to Shanghai, China, where we catch up with photographer, Zhang An 张安. DIT:AJ Runner 场务:Liu 小刘 Camera Assistant:Lijia Xu 徐立加 Tenghui Ma马鹏辉 Zhengjun Li李振军 Lingjie Yi尹凌杰 Yikun Cao曹亚坤 Equipment 器材:Chuanye Rental 川页租赁

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