Italian photographer, Marina Rosso is working on a project on the effects of artificial fecundation on human kind. With soon to be parents choosing donors based on standards of health and beauty, Rosso is attempting to visualise a human trait that may soon disappear as a consequence of IVF: the red-haired person.

For her MC1R – The Red Hair Gene project, Marina Rosso is looking for 48 red-haired people who are 18 – 45 years old to photograph. Each person will represent a different category. Each category is a combination of different physical traits (gender, height, weight, eye color and hair structure). She will be shooting from 11 – 19 May in London and is planning on coming to Glasgow in the coming months. If you are interested, please contact Marina directly, who will send you a document with all the details and location of the shooting.

E-mail Marina: mari@marinarosso.com

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Lu Sisi is one of five creatives to have recently been awarded the £30k Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund (run in partnership with IdeasTap). Here, he gives us a brief insight into his winning project idea…

I’m a digital artist originally from China, I graduated in Visual Communications at the Glasgow School of Art in 2011. I have been working in different areas between visuals, sound and live performance.

Since I graduated from GSA, I have been a London based freelancer working in different areas, such as moving image, composing and graphic design. The reason I applied for the Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund is because I want to keep focusing on my own projects rather then doing commercial work everyday.

The project is called The Age of Digital/Analogue, the basic premise allows me to travel throughout the UK, going to different locations to observe old analogue industrial machines, I then record the sounds and videos from each of them, the footage and sound are used to produce an album with a live set performance. The outcome will present itself as a body of work that is part-digital part – analogue. I see this as a combination of film clips (digital) that becomes a part of a live performance (analogue). My approach is one that could be described as a hybrid of various disciplines, whereby I design the visuals, the music and the atmosphere.

I can’t wait wait to start the project! You can follow its progress here.

Take a look at Sisi’s showcased work from last year on Central Station here.

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Who:
Artist and illustrator, Lynnie Zulu is based in London and was recently featured on It’s Nice That. She is represented by the Central Illustration Agency.

Why we like it:
Lynnie Zulu has a distinct, African style of drawing with confident, colourful and bold mark-making.

Hidden treasure:
Posted by Zulu at the end of May last year, this work demonstrates her tribal roots with a contemporary twist.

Where to find out more:
Website | Twitter

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