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We caught up with Hana Kim, one of the This is Now artists to try and find out a little bit more about her, her work and her vision of ‘now’:

- Who are you? Can you tell us a bit about you?

I’m a British-Korean jewellery design student studying my final year at Central Saint Martins. At the moment I’m working on my graduate collection which are jewellery/body pieces that will aid a person within the wild. A few examples are some flint striking rings which knock together sending sparks to create fire and a multi-hinged map pendant which opens up to reveal flush set diamonds of constellations for navigation. I love working with metal and fire! For more information visit www.hanakimdesigns.com

- How did you become involved with the project This is Now?

I found out about ‘This is Now’ from a close friend of mine who was involved with ES magazine. From there I presented a few images of my work and they chose it to be used within the project. Looking back, it was all incredibly exciting!

- What does ‘This is now’ mean to you?

Fresh new and groundbreaking ideas.
Colours which can’t be made from just red yellow and blue.
Touch screens. Sustability.
Continuous learning and explorations.
and change.

- Tell us about the piece of art you created for This is Now, and how you feel it relates to ‘now’

The piece I created is a large multi-panelled necklace made from white polyprop plastic using techniques of scoring and folding. This piece is a celebration of forms in nature and has derrived from the lines of the human body, sand dunes and topographical maps. I wanted the form to be the focal point of design and by taking the simplest of materials which was a flat sheet of plastic, I created a structural 3-dimensional piece. It is possible to manipulate and excite anything.

- Do you have any favourite photos on the Flickr Group This is Now?

My favourite image within the Flickr Group This is Now has to be “Love is beautiful“. The composition is incredibly simple, a black and white image but this only directs the viewers attention to the shape, form and movement. It has a wonderful sense of freedom and an ephemeral quality. Wonderfully tangible.

- What is your best tip for creating a great piece of art?

Anything CAN inspire. Whether it be something visual, a piece of literature or even a theory, inspiration is endless. We all have an abundance of subjects we can choose, mix, stretch and create from. An apple, watch it grow, watch it decay, dissect it, progress, develop and improve it. The human mind is magnificent and endless.

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Emma Cammack, one of the This is Now artists, is a freelance body painter and artist based in the UK, whose portfolio you can check on her Facebook page. Emma has been using the body as a third canvas since she began facepainting at the age of 14…

We caught up with Emma to try and find out a little bit more about her, her work and her vision of ‘now’:

Can you tell us who you are and a bit about yourself?

I was brought up in Devon, England and later moved to London where I trained at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama in Drama and Education. There I discovered that I was passionate about Art rather than Performance… However my performing background has served me well during my numerous guest appearances on shows such as Blue Peter and The Big Breakfast.

I now work as a freelance body painter and I work hard to find new avenues for body art and I try to help it become a recognized and accepted art form.

As a bodypainter I am interested in celebrating the body and exploring how creative I can be using this exciting alternative canvas. I don’t think bodypainting needs to be about sex, for me a body is simply another canvas but one which can move and mould and has its own attitude.

For the past decade I have also taught body painting in colleges in London and the UK and helped to develop the first British qualification in body painting. I now teaches exclusively at Conventions across the World and in private master classes in my own studio.

How did you become involved with the project This is Now?

I was approached via my agent by Blink. The concepts had already been decided on and I was brought in to make the ideas involving body art and dramatic make-up a technical reality.  I worked mainly with Noah Harris and Nicky Yates on creating make-up looks to support their visions.

What does ‘This is now’ mean to you?

This makes me think of the project brief and all the amazing ideas the artists involved had put forward for the commercial. Zeitgeist – or “this is now” as it translates was the theme and the images and ideas were bold and exciting. To me “This is now” is about stunning, bold images and ideas which make people think and which take people’s breath away. Those type of images for me are new fresh ideas, things which often would be considered crazy – but work as images because of their simplicity and attention to detail.

Tell us about the piece of art you created for This is Now, and how you feel it relates to ‘now’

I worked on three looks for “This is Now”  The black and white girl, the mermaid Girl and the UV look. All three were completed on a one day shoot. They were mainly airbrushed looks. My favourite was the black and white look – the dress was a truly amazing piece of architecture that was incredible to behold. Working as a make-up artist means your part of a team and your work is just one cog in the whole machine.

What is your best tip for creating a great piece of art?

To be brave about trying new things / new ideas.
To be willing to undertake lots of experiments and research to the look you want right.
To be knowledgable about the mediums you are going to use and how they will behave.
To keep a scrapbook of inspirational images from all different types of media.
To keep a sketchbook handy to sketch ideas and notes as they come upon you.

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Dan Tobin Smith is a London photographer whose work has already featured in Grafik, i-D, New York Times Magazine, Wallpaper, Creative Review and many more publications.

Dan is also one of the artists whose pieces of art you can spot in the TV campaign This is Now. Have a look again at the advert and you should be able to spot some of his work featured on the moving TV screens.

Dan’s inspirations range from Seiju Toda, Lennart Nilsson to Josef Sudek, to name a few… Check out his work below, and have a look at some more of his work on his own website !

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