HONEY POT was our call to get together, our tendrils reaching towards the friends and followers we could feel around us, but have yet to see more of physically. We wished to dance with them, and also to showcase some delicious video art we have created and gathered over the years. Thus, we created a one-night space where fashion filmmakers and video artists could share work the way it deserves to be seen: in a room full of eager eyes and ears who love our curation and support what SWARM MAG stands for.
This was the full evening’s screening programme:
- SWARM MAG – Video “I.” // 2:00
- Christos Panayiotou & Pangrampixels / “NOT ASKIN’ FOR IT” Christiana Hadjipapa SS26 Collection (Fashion Short Film Main Prize Award at Lodz Young Fashion Film Festival 2025 in Poland & “Best Message” category award at Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival 2025)
- Gabrielle Huguenot / The Snake Woman // 2:00
- Kamil Wójcik & Cat Kaczmarek / Gruzja – “Legion” (Best Polish Animated Music Video at the PL Music Video Awards, Winner Black Horse of Music Video 2024 at Ars Independent) // 5:00
- Sem Queslati / “Regression” // 2:28
- Megan van Engelen – Berry // 4:54
- Lei Jiang / “Cute but Radical” (FASHIONCLASH Festival nominee) // 3:45
- DOGxWILLxHUNTx / Video 01: Diner Mission // 1:54
- DOGxWILLxHUNTx / Video 02: Sock Story // 1:09
- SWARM MAG – Video “IV. – Family Business” // 1:05
And here is what the authors sent over and want you to know about their respective pieces:
Kamil Wójcik & Cat Kaczmarek / Gruzja – “Legion”
Kamil Wójcik is an independent, indecisive creator of animated films. He comes from the middle of nowhere in Poland and is currently residing under a rock at the bottom of a lake. His films begin where something has gone wrong, but no one can say exactly when. In his work, he explores existential themes, and they, in turn, move him. He has created several music videos and short animations that circulate on the fringes of the internet.
The Polish ’90s were a difficult time for an eight-year-old. “Legion” takes place in dark school corridors and gloomy housing estates. Gray. Desperation. The solution seems to be to escape to the colourful virtual world of computer games. But the catechist doesn’t approve of it. Games are bad: they will destroy you! That’s what he says. The games are a lie. The devil is lurking in games. They cannot be trusted. Can trust no one. Even more so, a masked figure with bandages on his face.
DOGxWILLxHUNTx
DOGxWILLxHUNTx is from Germany, working on an animated webseries in Blender. Their short videos made for Instagram are part of a bigger universe they are creating with original characters, creatures, and lore.Theur first full-length video with an original soundtrack dropped on YouTube on April 26, 2026. They are also planning on working on their first video game in late 2026.
Christos Panayiotou & Pangrampixels / “NOT ASKIN’ FOR IT”
Christos was born and raised in Limassol, Cyprus. Since 2020, he has been working as a director in commerce and fashion, approaching each project with a strong sense of visual authorship, precision, and narrative control. A number of these productions have been recognised with awards and official selections at international film festivals.
The Campaign is for Christiana Hadjipapa’s SS26 collection. It portrays a young woman working in a 00s-styled marketing office that embodies outdated societal norms. Tasked with creating a campaign titled “Dress Smart, Stay Respected”, she finds herself trapped in the contradiction between her company’s message and her own refusal to conform. The campaign spreads throughout the city, turning into a haunting reminder of society’s pressure on women to fit rigid expectations. As she encounters multiple versions of herself: symbolising fear, rebellion, and ignorance – she realises the weight of victim-blaming culture. In a moment of defiance, she hijacks the city’s screens, replacing the slogan with her own powerful statement: “Not Asking For It.”
The campaign challenges the harmful idea that women’s worth and safety depend on their clothing, exposing how this belief fuels judgment, harassment, and silencing. Ultimately, it reclaims the narrative, demanding an end to victim-blaming and affirming women’s right to self-expression without fear.
Lei Jiang / “Cute but Radical”
“Cute but Radical” is queering identity through subcultural Harajuku fashion, reclaiming cuteness as a weapon of rebellion through stylised action and cultural defiance. The film follows Team Puppy, three outsiders, as they stumble into the domain of the Team Kitten’s “Cute Authority” and unintentionally trigger a stylised showdown. Across a series of surreal, symbolic spaces – from the Authority to battle fields – uniformed perfection clashes with chaotic self-expression. There is no clear winner. But when aesthetic rules are questioned, visibility becomes its own form of power.
Gabrielle Huguenot / “The Snake Woman”
Gabrielle Huguenot is an artist based in Switzerland, working with fashion design, installation, and performances.
“My Femme Fatale is called ‘The Snake Woman’. She is a woman who doesn’t exist but she represents to me the essence of all the feminine characters I grew up with and aspired to become one day. Femmes Fatales have mainly been brought to life by the mind of a man, be it cis-het or queer, and they have been used and abused as a playground for fantasies and games of power. My position has been to figure out what happens next, when she is no longer needed and forgotten, abandoned in the void. My approach was to keep her undefined until the end to avoid making her an object and fetishize her. During the process, I decided to make the radical choice to design the collection on myself. I was uncomfortable with the idea of risking to objectify another person’s body. It definitely brought a new dimension to my work as I became a designer who dreams to be her own muse. I had to face and overcome my own insecurities and see how I would bring this project to fruition. I tried to find balance between the confidence of this woman and my own vulnerability. When I look at the pictures of the collection, it’s not me I see, even if it’s my body. I am the one who is in the picture but it’s ‘The Snake Woman’ we see.”
Sem Queslati / “Regression”
Sem’s collection, titled “Regression”, explores the ways in which modern life has abstracted humans from our primal origins. It examines the oversaturation of personal, imaginative identities – a phenomenon deeply embedded in high fashion. By merging old-West and indigenous references with elements of digitally simulating physics, ranging from intricate fur constructions to evolving virtual landscapes, Sem expresses this growing disconnect from our animalistic core. The result is a visual language that feels both cinematic and raw.
Regression is an investigation into the potential of digital fashion as a storytelling medium. Rooted in Sem’s fascination with 3D-CGI and narrative, the project uses fashion to reflect on instinct, identity, and the environments we construct around ourselves. Through a fusion of technical 3D design and strong visual direction, it aims to make digital fashion more personal, expressive, and immersive.
“At its core, this is an introspective work on human nature. We perceive ourselves as evolved, superior beings, but we are still animals, governed by instinct and desire. Told through an experimental blend of film, fashion, and CGI, the project dissolves the line between scene and garment, crafting one unified story. Regression asks what it means to be human in an age where instinct is repressed, and identity is performed. Nothing we do is inhumane because human morality is a lie. In the end, we are just animals.”
Megan van Engelen / “Berry”
In “Berry”, Megan van Engelen explores romanticised childhood memories through fashion pieces, a dreamlike world and a blackberry bush that relates to a broken family.
“My mother’s blackberry jam: an iconic token from my youth. Unfortunately, when my mother moved houses, the blackberry bush got left behind in our old garden. It was the end of an era. No more blackberry jam, just the few pots left that preserved my childhood memories. In a search for nostalgia, I explore my childhood memories, in which I encounter many fictional characters. It’s glamorous, colourful and so fucking happy. Although, I suppose it is.”
