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Where are you from and what are you doing in London? I’m from Cambridgeshire really, but I’ve spent formative time in Hereford, The Seychelles and the US. I moved to London to make illustrations and music in one of the most exciting cities in the world.

What would you say are the main influences on your artwork. Where do you draw inspiration from? What inspires you as an artist? I draw a lot of inspiration from childhood memories, travel, dreams, books. I pay attention to outsider art, folk artists and naive artists. I enjoy people who don’t necessarily understand what they make and how it will be perceived, but they just have to make it anyway. I think that compulsive, free and unabashed creating is something worth striving for.

What are your preferred methods of production and what materials do you like to use? Gouache for the most part. I love strong colours and chalky flat paint that I can’t fully control… I sometimes work in collage or with photoshop when the occasion calls for it though. I often borrow a lot of my dad’s old photos, from his travels, to work with.

Favourite music to listen to when creating your artwork? Right now the songs of Sun Kil Moon are my favourite painting jams. They make me feel content; like it’s raining hard against my window even when it isn’t. Also a London band called Buzzards, I’ve been doing art for their record sleeve, so I listen to them while I work.

Favourite book? I’m a Stephen Kingaholic. A lot of my family live in his home state of Maine, so I have a sort of first hand experience of the places and things in his books, except for all the death and hauntings I guess. IT is a firm favourite.

Favourite film? Probably Harold and Maude, but I just saw Moonrise Kingdom and that was beautiful. Every shot was like a painting and the story was wonderful.

Soundtrack to your life right now? I’m almost always listening to Mr Dupret Factory, I’ve just started playing guitar for them and the songs are amazing… Witty and sulky and funny and bleak and just really good.

Are you working on anything at the moment that you would like people to know about and could you also tell me about any future projects? Plenty of illustration work going on, all of which will appear on my website as I make it… Musically I am working on a new album produced by Ant West (of Futures fame). Also go see Mr Dupret Factory live sometime if you can. I’ve started writing a short graphic story, but it’ll be some time before it appears I imagine!

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Chicago based Photographer, Timothy Burkhart speaks to Voight Kampff Magazine

Current City: Chicago, IL

Favourite places to photograph and why? : Anywhere that I have yet to experience with my own eyes. I get excited taking a new way home from work everyday, just for the possibility of finding something new.

Soundtrack to your life right now? : Beach House, HEALTH, Toro Y Moi, The Weeknd, Suuns, True Widow, Kap Bambino, Disappears, Com Truise…are a few that come to mind right now. It’s constantly changing though.

Favourite book? : I’m not much of a reader, I’m motivated by visuals and daily life more than anything, although one book that I will always love is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Favourite movie? : Wes Anderson movies always stick out to me for his visual style. I also have just seen a movie by Lynne Ramsey called “We Need to Talk About Kevin”, the shots in that movie were inspiring. Vincent Gallo’s “Buffalo 66” is also a movie that served as a big motivator for me to go out and shoot photos. I always mind blank trying to think about my favourite films…..so I’ll just go with those for now.

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Name: Masha Avdeeva

Current City: Samara, Russia

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Photographer, Marija Radosavljevic speaks to Voight Kampff Magazine

Current City: Belgrade.

Favourite places to photograph and why? I don’t have a favourite place,or places,because I like to capture the moment and it can be anywhere, at my place,on my window,outside in the park, at the party…

Soundtrack to your life right now? Molly Nilsson - Whiskey sour. right now.

Favourite book? “Kokoro” by Lafcadio Hearn. also right now.

Favourite movie? This is a difficult one…It depends of the mood…but lets say “Blue velvet” by David Lynch and “Annie Hall” by Woody Allen.

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