DIVERSITY IS THE ONLY SAFEGUARD AGAINST ANNIHILATION” WARNED THE PUPPET MASTER IN HIS LAST MEMORABLE SPEECH. SOMEWHERE IN HARLEM OUR COLLECTIVE IS SHELTERED BETWEEN HOMESCHOOLING AND ILLUSIONISM, DISTANT FROM THE PARADE OF CLONES AND COPIES WHICH INFEST THE REAL WORLD. IN A TRANSMUTATION FEAST FOR THE SINGULARITY OF LIFE, POETRY IS THE KEY TO CULTIVATIONG THE BEAUTY OF BEING ONE OF KIND.
photography Spencer Ostrander
realization Valentina Ilardi
models ESTHER DE JONG, OSCAR DE JONG and KAYLYN SANS at WILLHELMINA NY
NICK REA at DNA MODELS
hair CLAY NIELSEN using BUMBLE & BUMBLE
makeup ALLIE SMITH at SARAH LAIRD & GOOD COMPANY
set design HANS MAHARAWAL
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