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Polish choreographer Iza Szostak’s circus is a philosophical system, a choreography of risk, precarity, and collective survival mirroring the contemporary condition. Discover today how her new performance Trapeze, premiering at Studio Hrdinů in Prague, turns the trapeze bar into a narrator, and the clown into an energy valve for a world on the brink of collapse.
“It is a story about a long night, about everything that disappears during the day and only comes out after dusk.” Polish fashion designer Pat Guzik breathes new life into her garments by collaborating with visual artists, such as Aleksandra Waliszewska and Zbiok Czajkowski, whose dreamy and tongue-in-cheek works adorn the skirts, sweatshirts, jackets, and other ready-to-wear pieces by the designer.
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French painter and illustrator Sébastien Pastor navigates between naïve figuration and abstract expressionism, building visual worlds where bold color palettes pulse with rhythm and absurdity. Discover how his colorblindness became a creative signature and how he leaves room for the enigmatic in his works.
Spanish illustrator Laura Mestre transforms emotional overflow into tender visual poetry, using symbols of water, flowers, and cracks to map the quiet beauty hidden within difficult experiences. Discover how metamorphosis, instinct, and a fanzine called "Hay que volver" helped her reclaim drawing as both refuge and release.
In my last year’s review, I wrote that some part of me wished to keep PAF jealously to myself. Either that wish has not been intercepted in the ether or has been twisted completely because the 2025 edition of PAF, Festival of Film Animation and Contemporary Art in Olomouc, Czechia, was bursting at the seams; again. However, it’s one of the Czech festivals that deserves to be sold out and a bit cramped, and I’ll tell you why.
Czech painter Lukáš Šmejkal traces the unstable boundary between body and terrain, composing lyrical visual assemblages where electric pylons become threads and human figures dissolve into the landscapes they inhabit. Discover how photography, movement, and Baroque verticality shape his meditations on perception in today's interview.
Between November 14 and 16, 2025, the international and multidisciplinary FASHIONCLASH Festival once again descended upon Maastricht, the Netherlands. SWARM MAG’s co-founder, Kateřina, was kindly invited to be a member of the jury awarding the best fashion film at the festival’s 17th edition. We also dispatched the other co-founder, Markéta, on a little delegation to accompany her and glean the strongest currents and tendencies in contemporary young fashion design and performance art. Together, they now present their highlights from the three-day event.
Czech painter Jiří Bartoš captures the fleeting architecture of human memory through soft, atmospheric cloudscapes entirely from imagination. In today's interview, discover how a shift from flora and fauna to sky and light reflects his own journey of learning to walk alongside his past rather than against it.
Georgian designer Lado Bokuchava, the founder of the eponymous fashion label, describes his upcoming Spring/Summer 2026 collection as “exploring the contrast between sophistication and unease”, among other things. In the interview with Lado, we went over finding femininity in unusual things, the timeless appeal of horror cinema, and the vision he wants to bring to our shared fashion ecosystem.
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Ernesto Stewart's delightful and cute nightmare fuel of a concept involving a bunch of mutated and traumatized plushies living their best life in a newfound sanctuary convinced us to make a honorary exception by featuring a non-European artist. You'll see why.
“Passionate love appears very similar to religious obsession.” What initially draws the eye to Edyta Olszewska’s paintings are the ubiquitous scattered glints and gleams – but once you get past the form and technique, it’s the symbolism that makes you stay. In the interview, Edyta talks about leaning into the mesmerising power of Christian processions in all their solemnity, drama, and opulence, ecstatic tensions, challenging inner dualities, and more.
Jakub Ružinský bridges medieval iconography with contemporary expression, creating works where mysticism and neo-expressionism converse. Through a metamodern framing, he explores beauty as both a mask and portal, inviting viewers to a place where opposing truths can exist side by side. Join us on this journey today, and learn about Jakub’s creative approach, love for history, and the insight that infuses his brushstrokes.
French photographer Camille Leprince transforms bodies into atmospheric forces through long exposures and oxidizing metals, creating portraits that pulse with erotic vulnerability and sacred darkness. Discover how cinema, intimacy, and the alchemy of time shape his haunting choreography of contemporary heroes in today's interview.
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French painter Théo Viardin’s works imagine a world where the only certainty is physical proximity between human bodies. Such a liminal space enables a reflection of the narratives and discourses that led there, and perhaps even how our contemporary life requires radically new imaginations and the questioning of certainties.
Despite all our modern sensibilities, our minds still play tricks on us when it comes to the darkness. Shapes begin to swirl and half-materialize, uncanny threats breathe down our necks from the murkiness – and we feel silly after we flip the light switch. But what if the entities are really there? This editorial was sparked by our fascination with Lukáš Spilka's Full Moon collection and was brought to life via the talent of photography duo Shotby.us.
Iryna Drahun’s photography is inspired not only by the artist’s post-Soviet roots, but also her interest in AI-generated imagery. With such an augmented shutter, Iryna captures not only the tangible and natural, but also creates worlds of her own which seamlessly fit into her oeuvre. Read today’s interview to learn about her inspirations, creative decisions and views of the future of art in the era of artificial intelligence.
Nadiia Pliamko’s 3D art captivates the eye with its complexity, which at the same time sings a harmonious, life-affirming song of awe and color. The Ukrainian artist combines classic approaches with contemporary tools to explore fairy tales, fashion, but also everyday life in her signature surreal symbolism. Explore her works accompanied by a dazzling interview that emanates her intellect and artistic maturity.