The love for pastel / dreamy colours has always been in my beginning and primitive love for colour, the child-like, nostalgic scheme of cartoon colours, and the psychedelic illusional fantastic world.
“Louise is interested in the dynamics between the attractive and repulsive. By exploring how themes of perceived innocence such as prettiness and cuteness can be contrasted with notions of the perverse and monstrous, Zhang explores the intersection of fear, anxiety and a sense of otherness in the construction of identity. “
Hearing the name, I’m instantly transported to a Soft Powers song, a hazy world of pink bubbles and radio static at sunrise. It’s the taste of summer soda, the feel of warm sand. I yearn for that vibrant spectrum of color, those moods that shift and breathe with the light.
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