PROTOSTAR SPACE STATION: SEASON TWO

Kindred is a youth mental health organisation creating mental health resources for young people. We're creating educational mental health tools to help young people access support services. Our mission is to increase mental health literacy on a national scale.

I am the founder and director at Kindred. I lead our volunteer and clinical team and manage all of our initiatives. Otherwise, I work as a research assistant at the University of Sydney and carry out various mental health advocacy positions.

Hi! I'm Romaan.I've explored creativity in a number of different mediums but as of late, my attention as focused on Music and Photography. I'm really attracted to natural flow and style in life and have been using both mediums to help process my observations, experiences and ideas.

This project is a music video for my song ‘cold house’. A song all about reflection and observation on a friendship that went seperate ways. The video observes and reflects two people, both literally and metaphorically through the use of filming into mirrors and only ever seeing the characters and their interactions through the reflections.

A solid cologne, free from alcohol, parabens or other nasty chemicals. Sustainably sourced and produced here in New Zealand.

My name is Tom Geary and I am a third year marketing student studying at the University of Otago. This year my goal is to start a stable launch of my Solid Cologne, Tempest Collective.

Early this year I founded Robinson Aerospace Systems, a small tech start-up that is now based at Adelaide's Lot Fourteen space hub. RAS is developing an educational CubeSat kit for high school students, to inspire them to pursue careers in Australia's space industry. Away from my start-up, I am also studying Electrical and Mechatronic Engineering at UniSA, and work part time for an Industrial Automation company. Previously I developed a guided model rocket, followed by a CubeSat prototype.

I'm a student, a hopeful advocate, and a facilitator of programs that aim to give young people the tools and confidence to affect positive change in their communities. Most of all, I'm a pragmatic optimist who can't sit still, and I'm trying to leave the world a little better than I found it.

'The main edge this organisation has is having young mentors... they relate to the students and meaningfully engage with them. The students laughed a lot, created actionable career plans and felt safe goal planning for the future.' - Teacher

Compared to their metro peers, rural and regional young Australians are less likely to apply for or complete tertiary education. Bright Generation was a travelling careers fair, aiming to bring transformative careers education to regional and remote students across Western Australia. We were able to deliver the program across three regional schools, running aspiration-raising, goal-setting, and career-planning workshops, and supporting students to dream big and take action towards their futures.

The volunteer facilitation team from RADIANT visiting Cunderdin District High School, on day one of the Bright Generation Program.

I am a 22 year old singer-songwriter from Melbourne with a passion for storytelling. I have been singing for over 10 years now and am using my skills to release my own music under my stage name: Magdalia, and teach others. My roots as an Australian singer-songwriter and music teacher form the foundation for my project's engagement with young people in under-represented areas. My project aims to create a positive and inspiring place for emerging artists to create their own unique music.

Hidden Souls: Lessons Learned Album Cover

Souls: Lessons Learned is a compilation album written by young songwriters from Cardinia Shire. During Term 2 six young artists took part in a 10-week songwriting program where they worked with myself to write their own original songs. Following the completion of the program each student had the opportunity to record their song at a professional studio and release it as part of this album.

4 of the 6 participating students at the Hidden Souls Launch Party

Regan recording her song 'I Loved You'

The wiring inside of the box could certainly be better. I am on heavy time constraints, so it was put together and installed in a few hours.

My name is Niel and I’m studying Advanced Business at UQ in Brisbane. I’ve been deeply passionate about entrepreneurship from a young age, and have a growing curiosity for tech, building, innovating, networking, and hopefully inspiring.

Sample of our 5,000 unique NFTs which are given for free to members and allow them to make decisions within the project.

Flaming Galahs is an engaging young community that aims to bring together Australia’s most ambitious university students in an experimental collective of creators and builders. Made by students for students, being a member gives students access to exclusive online content, networking, talks with industry leaders, as well as a supportive community to help build skills and become more employable.

Hi everyone!! 👋 My name is Isabella ✨ I’m an astrophysicist and just finished my Honours in Science Innovation. I am a Space Communicator at the Australian Space Discovery Centre and the Space Community Coordinator for Stone & Chalk. I spend most of my free time volunteering for space-themed initiatives such as being President of Adelaide University’s Space Society, SGAC and more... Basically, I love space and want to share the opportunities that come from being in space with others! 😊

To the Moon podcast logo.

My passion project is a podcast with the goal of furthering my outreach and introducing people of all ages and backgrounds to our ✨space sector✨ My podcast has 3 segments; Careers (Find your Place in Space), Astronomy (Space Talk) and a fun industry panel (Sloshed In Space). I want everyone and anyone who shares a passion for space to turn their love for space into a career!

Ari Kwasner-Catsi is an Eora (Sydney) based director and actor with a love of the absurd and surreal. His work includes interactive art events, short films and commissioned videos for the likes of Benee, COBRAH and RTTS.Renee Kypriotis is an actor and filmmaker based between Naarm (Melbourne) and Eora (Sydney). An appreciation for all things visual and cinematic, Renee is enthralled by the areas of production design, writing and directing.

Ari Kwasner-Catsi is an Eora (Sydney) based director and actor with a love of the absurd and surreal. His work includes interactive art events, short films and commissioned videos for the likes of Benee, COBRAH and RTTS.Renee Kypriotis is an actor and filmmaker based between Naarm (Melbourne) and Eora (Sydney). An appreciation for all things visual and cinematic, Renee is enthralled by the areas of production design, writing and directing.

Tell us about your project.
CONCRETE is a 25min short film that explores the relationship of 3rd Generation Greek Australians to their historical and contemporary culture.It focuses on Aggelos, who on one night, is torn between the decision to go to Greek Easter or a Warehouse Rave and the questions of identity that it provokes. Moving between the industrial landscapes of Inner Sydney, a series of surreal interactions push Aggelos towards an answer that blends both of his worlds.

As CONCRETE is still in development, the film has not been made! (eyes peeled come December.) But here is a tonal mood board from the CONCRETE creative treatment.

I'm an aspiring game developer with an interest in history and politics, currently in my first year of study at university. I am to bring history to my generation, by expressing it through formats which they find more accessible, such as video games.

Turning Point is a free, educational, historical strategy game set during the late 70's and 80's in New Zealand. The player takes on the role of the New Zealand government, making decisions which change the course of the nation forever. Manage the economy, pass acts in the Beehive, navigate the halls of power as you struggle to keep the confidence of your party as you guide New Zealand through its most turbulent period. You can watch the trailer here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0zAUh1UgmE

In 1981, the player is given a difficult decision: Allow the Springbok tour to take place and risk unrest, or break an election promise and stop it form coming, knowing well that this will cause a swell of discontent from your ministers.

Ailing! In Turning Point the player must work to keep the economy afloat, balancing GDP, inflation, bureaucracy, regulation and many more factors as the nation struggles with an oil crisis and an international recession.

I am a mechanical engineering undergrad over at the University of Melbourne. I build a lot of cool robotics/ nerdy projects during my spare time that I share with my friends and family. I also volunteer at a student run group over at the University called the Melbourne Space Program that runs cool projects for students.

It is a life size head and neck of K2SO. It acts as a home hub/ smart speaker. It is built on top of Amazon's Alexa Voice Services. I 3D modelled and printed it myself. I wanted to showcase how STEM can bring whimsy and fun into people's lives with this project.

The image is what progress and K2 currently looks like. The model of K2 is complete. Most of K2 has been printed and I am ironing out the issues on the electronics side of things. The final product will look like the right-most image.

It is a life size head and neck of K2SO. It acts as a home hub/ smart speaker. It is built on top of Amazon's Alexa Voice Services. I 3D modelled and printed it myself. I wanted to showcase how STEM can bring whimsy and fun into people's lives with this project.

The image is what progress and K2 currently looks like. The model of K2 is complete. Most of K2 has been printed and I am ironing out the issues on the electronics side of things. The final product will look like the right-most image.

I am a statistics student at Melbourne Uni. In my spare time I run a non-profit that launches satellites and builds robots to teach our 60 students hands-on skills.I founded and run Melbourne Uni's student science magazine, Omnisci that has involved over 70 students in science communication.I enjoy reading classic literature, flying light aircraft, running/cycling long distances, and messing around with computers.

A collection of pages of our colourful science zine

Omnisci is a student science magazine based at the University of Melbourne. Using the Protostars grant we are printing a colourful zine of articles from our first 2 issues. We are distributing these to uni and high-school students to share science in a fun, accessible, and artful way.

Some of the awesome student contributors to the zine!

I am a game developer working currently under the intention of making interactable art accessible and dispelling the stigma around what it takes to engage with games. I have worked in film, writing and games and draw from intuition and spiritual practice.

Lobo Jr. has fallen off the edge of space and slowly disintegrates as he falls faster and faster away from the origin.

Lobo Jr. is an adventure game about an alien trying to find his dad in the outskirts of Perlin World. The game is designed as a collection of stages, created not as levels but interactible digital dioramas. The game is a second in a series of games representing a developing manifesto around highlighting games seems.

I am a self-published poet in Aotearoa New Zealand. I am studying a MBChB at the University of Auckland and wrote my second book, “What Are You Made Of?” with the aid of the Season 1 Protostars grant, as an educational resource to introduce children to the wonders of the human body, as well as the potential of poetry. My poems have been published in local journals and blogs, and two overseas anthologies, and I sometimes write a poetry blog.

A group of Year 4 students listening to a poetry reading from What Are You Made Of?

Loredana visits primary schools to share her self-publishing journey, read from her poetry picture book, “What Are You Made Of?” (“WAYMO”) and inspire students to pursue medicine and/or poetry, her two biggest passions. They discuss what makes up a poem, write group poetry, and the children later produce their own poems about themselves and the things that matter most to them. These workshops have been met with positive feedback from teachers, librarians, pupils, and parents.

A "senses" group poem produced by Room 16 and 17 of Henderson North Primary School.

Year 6 school librarians at Chapel Downs School create a group acrostic poem.

We founded The Energy Pivot to convey the scale of the challenge facing our industry to a global audience - combining our passions for clean tech and earth observation

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Timeseries satellite imagery depicting the construction of the 336MW Darlington Point Solar Farm, NSW

Globally, we need to deploy a solar farm the size of Manhatten, every single day for the next 28 years to meet the net-zero requirements. A challenge of this scale can only be measured from space

Hi, I’m Amber Clyde! I founded Girls Skate NZ, an all-girls skate school that is actively encouraging and teaching the next generation of girl skaters in Tāmaki Makaurau. I’m passionate about promoting the talented cohort I have nurtured in recent years and hope to do so in part by sharing videos online of their skating prowess!

Girls Skate NZ in their element at the skatepark.

I am a student studying filmmaking and have always had a passion for storytelling. I didn't know that film would be the medium I chose as I have always explored fine arts as a way of storytelling, however I love what I do and am excited for the future possibilities.

A still of Charlotte from the major interview in the documentary.

'Charlotte' is a documentary portrait of 15 year old Charlotte. The documentary explores different aspects of her life with a particular focus on how her ASD diagnosis affects her.Charlotte is able to explore herself and help others to better understand her as well as look at the ways in which society is not set up to accomodate neurodivergent people.

We’re a pair of tea drinkers, innovative thinkers and pain fighting, period stigma kickers — ready to positively impact the menstrual health education space through our passion project, peried. peried emerged during our final semester studying a Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation at UTS. While we both currently work full-time in strategic communication agencies, we continue to develop peried with the goal of improving the menstrual health education supplied in Australian schools.

Infographic explainer on peried.

peried is a menstrual health education initiative focused on equipping school teachers and students with trustworthy resources and real stories on menstrual experiences. We’re currently collecting lived experience stories which we aim to incorporate into a multimodal teaching resource that connects with students of all genders, backgrounds and learning styles.

peried logo

I am a Melbourne based musician who has been a member of the band Arbes for the last 8 years. I also record solo music under the moniker of Lasseter

Opening night of the exhibition.

SOBO // MAGO is a collaborative art exhibition featuring Ikebana arrangements by Elizabeth Angell, with music created in response by her Grandson, Sam Pannifex.

Hope is a muralist and fine-artist based in Boorloo (Perth). His work focuses on attitudes towards marginalised groups of people in his community, people who contribute enormously to a deep, loving and rich society that offer us their unique perspectives, history and culture.

Guts is a collection of graffiti and poetry that tells the story of guts. The word has several meanings for people in my life and these works communicates those meanings in their different contexts.

Photograph taken by Sam Bloor

Poem titled guts

I'm Ella, I'm 21 and I'm a student from Perth. Four years ago I was the survivor of a traumatic sexual assault that lead me to spend the following three years within inpatient psychiatric care. This experience with mental illness lead me to live a multitude of frustrating gaps in recovery and crisis care. My fight to be well fueled a strong passion for urgent change. This motivated the creation of FORTH- utilising my story to hopefully help others find their 'light at the end of the tunnel'.

FORTH - 'Chapter One', focusses on engaging readers in the basics of recovery & mental health through foundational practises, skills and inspiration. The theme of 'New Beginnings' hopes to provide momentum to actively move forward to wellness.


Tell us about your project.
My vision was to create a versatile & realistic alternative to a wellbeing magazine that specifically provided clinical learning and paired activities to progress every individual’s mental health.The quarterly magazine - FORTH, aims to deliver solutions to many gaps that I battled throughout my own recovery journey, including; accessibility, unsustainable recovery, lack of real practical skills & the lack of affordability to engage in multidisciplinary expertise.

Elle-Lou, a qualified naturopath, is one of our featured contributors. She joins the versatile collection of practitioners that allow FORTH to be extensively multidisciplinary - this is in hope of giving inspiration for all aspects of mental health.

Co-founders of 20talk, Lockie & Leighton, feature as one the 'FORTH Figures' - inspirational humans who have transformed their struggle into something powerful. In the first edition, reader's can be inspired by their profound work and story.

Emilie Morscheck is the Australian author of several published short stories.In 2019 Emilie received an artsACT grant to edit her YA fantasy novel These Cursed Waters. She was a 2020 Anne Edgeworth Fellow, receiving support to develop her second novel The Selkie Curse. Emilie was shortlisted for the 2021 Text Prize and an inaugural recipient of the Steph Bowe Mentorship for her novel These Cursed Waters. She is a fan of kelpies, selkies and watery graves.

The Sword, the Tower, and the Toad is a novella that tells the story of a young autistic woman who is claimed by three fairies on her 16th birthday.

Hi! I am the creator of EnviroSound, a concert series sharing music to help motivate climate advocacy. Currently completing a Master of Music degree, I’m a musician and writer passionate about the intersection between climate and music—how they can be intertwined with other industries as well as within their own to build networks and communities who are invested in what a sustainable future looks like and the measures we should take to realise it for all living things.

EnviroSound is a concert series sharing new and existing music works about climate, wildlife, and the human condition, allowing audiences a space to feel connected to Earth, start discussions, and become motivated to create achievable change. A window into how we view the world and how it is impacting what we do, say, or feel in it, in both productive and ineffective ways, this project is an opportunity to deeply connect with nature and humanity to help protect this place we call home.

Hanson Dyer Hall with full stage lights, featuring from left to right: Timothy Kan on piano and violinist Helen Shen, during an EnviroSound concert soundcheck on May 6, 2022 (Photo credit: Kristie Thai)

I'm the co-founder of Earlywork, a professional social community for the next generation of ambitious tech talent, with thousands of members across ANZ and growing.

A co-living experiment bringing together a group of young founders & side-hustlers to work, live and learn alongside each other, surrounded by beautiful nature in Thirroul, Wollongong.

The Earlyhome housemates, who worked on projects from robotic arms for satellites, to an app for co-ordinating nights out, to a product & engineering consultancy

I’m Abby! I’m a mechatronics engineering/law student, proud founder of Tech for Social Good and film photographer. I’m personally interested in responsible tech, the power of telling stories through visuals and language, and ultimately empowering others. Right now, I’m most interested in intersectional identity exploration and have been using the Protostars Grant as a means of exploring the sociocultural influences on one’s identity, and as a means to grow my passion in portrait photography.

The Asian-Australian Experience comprises of a series of interviews and film photographs of diverse Chinese-Australians, showcasing the nuances and complexities of Chinese culture intertwined with the Australian experience. The purpose of this project is to show that Chinese culture and people are diverse - there’s more to us culturally, and as individuals, than is known beyond the model myth stereotype or monolithic culture that society often relegates us to.

Image of Zoe Wong (one of my favourite images I’ve taken so far in the project). I found Zoe by looking through the artists being featured in 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art’s latest exhibition, and was immediately drawn to Zoe and her work.

I am a designer from Sydney, Australia with a huge passion for effective altruism and social enterprise.

Viewfinder Cameras refurbishes old film cameras, sells them and donates 100% of the profits to charities that cure preventable blindness.

A banner image of the Viewfinder logo. The gradient represents a cataract and by extension avoidable blindness. Cataracts are easily curable by intraocular lens implants. 43 million people worldwide could obtain viable sight through cataract surgery.

The first cast of Viewfinder Cameras; ranging from an Olympus manufactured in the early 2000s to a vintage 1930s Kodak.

I am a Mechatronic Engineering/Science (Environmental Studies) graduate and Sustainability Consultant. My art practice is a platform for me to combine my background in technology with my passion for visual arts and the environment.

Prototype interactive artwork featuring sculptured sea anemones that move in response to the presence of a viewer.

Monique Gawne is a Taiwanese Australian Multidisciplinary Artist working on unceded Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung land. While Monique predominantly practices printmaking, she also creates work within the disciplines of painting, installation, ceramics, and sound. Monique’s practice is conceptually grounded, her works embrace the subjectivity of lived experiences and learning. There is a rawness and honesty which is produced regardless of the medium she is creating through.

I don't know where to go to feel safe (2022)

The Begging for Empathy project is a multi-faceted, multi-disciplinary art project that explores the complexities of trauma and healing. Alarmingly, many victims of sexual assault are often alienated and and unsupported. Through the plethora of works and an upcoming workshop, Monique aims to foster open, caring and progressive discussions in regard to sexual assault, and even further, create a safe community in which people feel comfortable reaching out for help, and will be lovingly supported.

I’m a founder with a deep connection to the problem. I’ve been involved with Surf Life Saving in New Zealand and Australia for over 13 years. I’m a National champion board paddler and volunteer Life Saver who’s been able to rescue people’s lives. However I’ve also seen when our rescue equipment has restricted Life Savers from having every opportunity to save every life that is at risk. I’m here to change that by providing the tools for Zero Preventable Drownings in our Oceans.

The most important piece of rescue gear for any lifesaver is the rescue board. This is the most commonly used piece of rescue equipment because of its versatility. This project is researching new shapes with hydrodynamic testing and Computer Aided Design (CAD) modelling and new sustainable materials to help us reach our four objectives - Speed Strength, Stability and Sustainability, while also doing our part to help save more lives in our oceans.

As a first generation Australian-Macedonian, and a recent graduate of Political Science and International Relations, I am greatly inspired by the the interconnected nature of art, architecture, history, languages, music, film, politics, and food, and how they form culture. My day jobs include a lot of facilitation, writing, project management and design, and I love working in spaces where you have the chance to positively impact peoples lives.

Culture & Conversation is the passion project of Izabela Barakovska, who with 6+ years of experience of creative pursuits in marketing, writing, and design, is excited to create a platform to celebrate unique stories of globally diverse change makers

Izabela Barakovska is celebrating, collating and facilitating the sharing of diverse stories of the passions of bright and brilliant people in the first issue of a publication and a complementary audio-visual project, Culture & Conversation.

For the celebration of passion projects, big and small.

I am the CEO of the Australian registered charity Giving Education Meaning Ltd. We use Art, Culture, and Technology to inspire young people towards wellbeing. In my down time you can find me writing, painting or tending to my plants!

Artist Nioka Rain (left) holding her piece ‘Gaawaa’ with the purchaser (right) of her painting.

GEYAE, the GEM Emerging Young Artist Exhibition was an interactive exhibition and live art auction featuring the work of 11 Sydney based artists.As curator, I set the theme for GEYAE as ‘Fantasy Worlds’ which inspired all works created by the artists. The exhibition also featured live performances. At the auction, many young artists sold their work for the first time to a public audience. GEYAE was an incredible event which strengthened the creative community of Sydney.

My name is Jay-Lee Kwan, I make up one third of PEPTALK alongside Lara Frew and Phoebe Sinclair. Together we write, produce and perform indie pop music. Our band has released two singles 'White Sneakers' and 'idk' and has received media coverage in Australia, UK, USA, Argentina, Mexico and New Zealand.Individually, we each work as songwriters and are eager to positively contribute to female, POC and queer representation in the music industry.

All-female indie pop band PEPTALK. From top to bottom; Jay-Lee Kwan, Lara Frew and Phoebe Sinclair.

PEPTALK are your wholesome friends giving unsolicited advice.Boasting two thirds queer, two thirds POC and all three thirds female, PEPTALK is determined to be the positive representation they longed for growing up. Made up of Jay-Lee Kwan (keys), Lara Frew (bass), and Phoebe Sinclair (lead vocals), PEPTALK’s presence has a comfort and confidence that only time and genuine friendship can bring.

Hey! I'm Lana the Project Director and Lead Content Developer of Arting the Ancients. I am originally from the UK and am currently studying a Bachelor of Ancient History, assisting with student mentoring programs, and working full time (It’s a LOT!). I started Arting the Ancients with the end goal of making antiquity more accessible to the public. I hope to create a collaborative space that showcases the work of dedicated artists and historians.

Arting the Ancients is a contemporary publication designed to visually guide the reader on an unfiltered journey through history.Utilizing a collaborative approach with both visual and written content, we hope to dislodge the elitist attitude towards historical education and create an accessible platform where everyone can learn about all aspects of their heritage.

Custom Artboard from our Article "Medusa - Villain or Victim?"

They/Them. Early stages artist on Kaurna land, studying Digital Media full time at Flinders University. I participate in audio-visual arts group resident to ‘The Lab’, known as 'The Lab Rats'. DJ and occasional assistance electronic music events. Resident member of Westside Artist Collective. Managing, and participating in the development of the Waveform project. Always making of bits and bobs.

Gilbert(they/them) is working on making Interactive Instruments! Their plan is to make and paint a set of two suspended panels. The bottom is the control panel, painted with areas of conductive paint, connected to a Teensy chip that translates touch to midi data which then adjusts the sound. The sound is generated by the top panel, which generates sound through an attached audio exciter. Essentially allowing them to turn art into synthesisers!

In 2016, I founded Plastic Solution for Our Beaches, with a view to improving education and action on plastic pollution. I study law and science at the Australian National University but still call Christchurch home.

Dune restoration at Lyall Bay with the Department of Conservation and Conservation Volunteers

EnviroPAST aims to inspire, educate, connect, and challenge young people to make positive environmental change, particularly in the plastic pollution space. Taking place in Wellington on the 9th and 10th of July, this year’s EnviroPAST was our third conference, comprising speaker sessions, interactive workshops, and a dune restoration.

Clothing repair workshop, EnviroPAST volunteer assists two students with thread

Darcy Snell from the Tiny Plastic Factory

I’m an actor and writer from Western Sydney who loves to create work for young queer femmes by a young queer femme. My debut short MITSUKU was selected by ScreenJam Productions in the UK to be produced in 2022. My short screenplay Oi was awarded Open Screenplay’s Best Short Drama Award and is a finalist for the First Flights Fund Female Voices Award 2022. I’m producing a program called MONOLOGUE COLLECTIVE where teenagers write monologues for teenagers to perform for the HSC.

A poster for DEAD SKIN’s international debut in LA.

Laneikka is the recipient of the Diversity Entertainment Creative Mentorship 2022, her play DEAD SKIN will be performed LA and Off-broadway in New York while she works on a feature film adaption of the play at Diversity Entertainment, LLC. Dead Skin is a story written by Laneikka at seventeen about first queer love and the strength of the maternal bond. She’s thrilled Blackbird Foundation has helped her to bring it to LA.

My name is Declan Coyle and I am an award winning writer from Sydney, now based in London! I have written numerous plays performed and read on Sydney stages such as KXT. I have a Masters of Writing for Performance from NIDA where I specialised in interactive writing for both stage and scree and won the Ken Healey Innovation in Writing Award. Through The Window They Came is my first short film and I'm incredibly excited for the release!

Jason and Kate are in a long term relationship, but when Kate's career begins to take off and Jason is left behind, he turns to an online community for support - A community that hides a dark secret. Through The Window They Came is a short film exploring the IRL impacts of online hate and the Alt-right pipeline. Blending both IRL filming and Screen-recorded message chats, Through The Window They Came shows just how dangerous the online world can be.

Hello, I’m Ivan 👋 
I’m a freelance 3D artist and designer specialising in digital fashion and meta-art. Graduating with a Bachelor of Design from Edith Cowan University, I use my skills to build art spaces, (like the BlackBird Protostar digital exhibition!) that elevate the metaverse as a platform for young artists, liberated from the ethnocentric practices of institutionalised art spaces. I see NFTs and digital design as the future of art, free from the restrictions of monetary thresholds and physical boundaries. I want to make luxury, self-expression, and art making more accessible, as we shift from an era of technology as a product to technology as a lifestyle.

SEASON THREE PEACE & LOVE MODEL TWO, “I wanted this collection to rely a lot more on intricate details. I really aimed to challenge myself with this series, maybe expanding on what my design visual identity may look like."

SEASON THREE PEACE & LOVE MODEL FOUR, forms from Da Vinci’s battle tank illustrations have been appropriated to construct shapes of alluring opulence, reinforcing the femme fetale concept of the series.

Collaborating with LA-based designer Yuval Ozery, and Russian photographer Arslan Mominkulov, Ivan Medrano's series ‘SEASON THREE: PEACE & LOVE’ explores the contrast between medieval combat armour and images of demurity and romance. The garments feature motifs of hearts, pearls, and femininity, all encased in cold metal.

The SEASON THREE collection was displayed in a virtual exhibition, allowing an international range of participants to gather and view the work. Digitalised in content and form, the series was a token to the possibilities of the metaverse as a catalyst for accessibility and innovation in the art world.

There’s little we can control in life, however, the manner in which we carry ourselves in action and appearance remains a cornerstone of authority we find comfort and security in. In this way, fashion acts as a form of armouring, shielding a wearer through plates of identity. To adorn yourself is to take control of how you are perceived, accepted, or rejected by the world. 

SEASON THREE PEACE & LOVE EDITORIAL GROUP SHOT

SEASON THREE PEACE & LOVE MODEL FOUR, forms from Da Vinci’s battle tank illustrations have been appropriated to construct shapes of alluring opulence, reinforcing the femme fetale concept of the series.

Collaborating with LA-based designer Yuval Ozery, and Russian photographer Arslan Mominkulov, Ivan Medrano's series ‘SEASON THREE: PEACE & LOVE’ explores the contrast between medieval combat armour and images of demurity and romance. The garments feature motifs of hearts, pearls, and femininity, all encased in cold metal.

The SEASON THREE collection was displayed in a virtual exhibition, allowing an international range of participants to gather and view the work. Digitalised in content and form, the series was a token to the possibilities of the metaverse as a catalyst for accessibility and innovation in the art world.

There’s little we can control in life, however, the manner in which we carry ourselves in action and appearance remains a cornerstone of authority we find comfort and security in. In this way, fashion acts as a form of armouring, shielding a wearer through plates of identity. To adorn yourself is to take control of how you are perceived, accepted, or rejected by the world. 

Collaborating with LA-based designer Yuval Ozery, and Russian photographer Arslan Mominkulov, Ivan Medrano's series ‘SEASON THREE: PEACE & LOVE’ explores the contrast between medieval combat armour and images of demurity and romance. The garments feature motifs of hearts, pearls, and femininity, all encased in cold metal.

The SEASON THREE collection was displayed in a virtual exhibition, allowing an international range of participants to gather and view the work. Digitalised in content and form, the series was a token to the possibilities of the metaverse as a catalyst for accessibility and innovation in the art world.

There’s little we can control in life, however, the manner in which we carry ourselves in action and appearance remains a cornerstone of authority we find comfort and security in. In this way, fashion acts as a form of armouring, shielding a wearer through plates of identity. To adorn yourself is to take control of how you are perceived, accepted, or rejected by the world. 

A group of Year 4 students listening to a poetry reading from What Are You Made Of?

Loredana visits primary schools to share her self-publishing journey, read from her poetry picture book, “What Are You Made Of?” (“WAYMO”) and inspire students to pursue medicine and/or poetry, her two biggest passions. They discuss what makes up a poem, write group poetry, and the children later produce their own poems about themselves and the things that matter most to them. These workshops have been met with positive feedback from teachers, librarians, pupils, and parents.

A group of Year 4 students listening to a poetry reading from What Are You Made Of?

Loredana visits primary schools to share her self-publishing journey, read from her poetry picture book, “What Are You Made Of?” (“WAYMO”) and inspire students to pursue medicine and/or poetry, her two biggest passions. They discuss what makes up a poem, write group poetry, and the children later produce their own poems about themselves and the things that matter most to them. These workshops have been met with positive feedback from teachers, librarians, pupils, and parents.

A group of Year 4 students listening to a poetry reading from What Are You Made Of?

Loredana visits primary schools to share her self-publishing journey, read from her poetry picture book, “What Are You Made Of?” (“WAYMO”) and inspire students to pursue medicine and/or poetry, her two biggest passions. They discuss what makes up a poem, write group poetry, and the children later produce their own poems about themselves and the things that matter most to them. These workshops have been met with positive feedback from teachers, librarians, pupils, and parents.

"Daunted Magazine is a semi-annual print publication that features emerging artists, designers, and writers. The magazine acts as a platform to facilitate publication discourse from creative practitioners earlier in their careers. The magazine is sold and distributed at cost, it is not-for-profit as this will encourage wider distribution and enable more accessible de-materialised local art.

For the first edition of DAUNTED, Collaborators were asked to respond to ‘Public Transport’ as a prompt. Public Transport was selected as it is a widely accessible and common lived experience but naturally allows for very different interactions. For Example, these interactions can be social, as time, space or place, whatever approach was taken was dependent on the contributors’ experience.

DAUNTED has been distributed at local Perth stores that reciprocate the value our magazine places on community art activation, Contributors to the magazine were given 5 copies each to distribute to their own local networks. DAUNTED Magazine differs from other art magazines, as the key objective for the publication is a deliberate and considered approach to distribution, the hope is that by encouraging natural distribution streams without reliance on profitability; the magazines may land within circles that can facilitate work or commissions for the involved artists. 

By having a mass physical product, artists can display a level of professionalism that may be difficult to access at this early stage of their careers."



"I make photos and graphic solutions; I like when I get to turn those photos and graphics into things people can hold and/or enjoy. I have a background in creative media; I have worked in Service Design, Graphic Design, Printing, Screen Production, and Photography; I don't plan to stop trying new things.

DAUNTED wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work of my partner and friends.

I think this is where I put my awards and achievements? If you care about that stuff you can find it on my website. If you like the look of DAUNTED say Hi on my Instagram, I'm probably working on something new"

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FEATURING: DR. BRETT D’ARCY, JESSE PRETORIUS (@GOOFY_JPEGS), LAUREN D’ARCY (@BERTIES.INK), IVAN MEDRANO (@IVVNVVI), TAKASHI FUJITA (@ESKYLABS), LOUISE GAN (@BELLADONNA_TINCTURE), SHANTI GELMI (@SHANTI_GELMI), DAJUN XIAN (@X.DAJU), JAMES HATTRICK (@JAMESHATTRICK), TAYLOR PARHAM (@TAYLORPARHAM), ISAAC HUGGINS (@ISAACHUGGINSVISUALART), JACK RICHARDS (HERKS1WORKS)

"Daunted Magazine is a semi-annual print publication that features emerging artists, designers, and writers. The magazine acts as a platform to facilitate publication discourse from creative practitioners earlier in their careers. The magazine is sold and distributed at cost, it is not-for-profit as this will encourage wider distribution and enable more accessible de-materialised local art.

For the first edition of DAUNTED, Collaborators were asked to respond to ‘Public Transport’ as a prompt. Public Transport was selected as it is a widely accessible and common lived experience but naturally allows for very different interactions. For Example, these interactions can be social, as time, space or place, whatever approach was taken was dependent on the contributors’ experience.

DAUNTED has been distributed at local Perth stores that reciprocate the value our magazine places on community art activation, Contributors to the magazine were given 5 copies each to distribute to their own local networks. DAUNTED Magazine differs from other art magazines, as the key objective for the publication is a deliberate and considered approach to distribution, the hope is that by encouraging natural distribution streams without reliance on profitability; the magazines may land within circles that can facilitate work or commissions for the involved artists. 

By having a mass physical product, artists can display a level of professionalism that may be difficult to access at this early stage of their careers."



"I make photos and graphic solutions; I like when I get to turn those photos and graphics into things people can hold and/or enjoy. I have a background in creative media; I have worked in Service Design, Graphic Design, Printing, Screen Production, and Photography; I don't plan to stop trying new things.

DAUNTED wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work of my partner and friends.

I think this is where I put my awards and achievements? If you care about that stuff you can find it on my website. If you like the look of DAUNTED say Hi on my Instagram, I'm probably working on something new"

SOCIALS

@GOOFY_JPEGS
@DAUNTEDMAGAZINE
JESSEPRETORIUS.WORK

PEOPLES TAGS
FEATURING: DR. BRETT D’ARCY, JESSE PRETORIUS (@GOOFY_JPEGS), LAUREN D’ARCY (@BERTIES.INK), IVAN MEDRANO (@IVVNVVI), TAKASHI FUJITA (@ESKYLABS), LOUISE GAN (@BELLADONNA_TINCTURE), SHANTI GELMI (@SHANTI_GELMI), DAJUN XIAN (@X.DAJU), JAMES HATTRICK (@JAMESHATTRICK), TAYLOR PARHAM (@TAYLORPARHAM), ISAAC HUGGINS (@ISAACHUGGINSVISUALART), JACK RICHARDS (HERKS1WORKS)

"Daunted Magazine is a semi-annual print publication that features emerging artists, designers, and writers. The magazine acts as a platform to facilitate publication discourse from creative practitioners earlier in their careers. The magazine is sold and distributed at cost, it is not-for-profit as this will encourage wider distribution and enable more accessible de-materialised local art.

For the first edition of DAUNTED, Collaborators were asked to respond to ‘Public Transport’ as a prompt. Public Transport was selected as it is a widely accessible and common lived experience but naturally allows for very different interactions. For Example, these interactions can be social, as time, space or place, whatever approach was taken was dependent on the contributors’ experience.

DAUNTED has been distributed at local Perth stores that reciprocate the value our magazine places on community art activation, Contributors to the magazine were given 5 copies each to distribute to their own local networks. DAUNTED Magazine differs from other art magazines, as the key objective for the publication is a deliberate and considered approach to distribution, the hope is that by encouraging natural distribution streams without reliance on profitability; the magazines may land within circles that can facilitate work or commissions for the involved artists. 

By having a mass physical product, artists can display a level of professionalism that may be difficult to access at this early stage of their careers."



"I make photos and graphic solutions; I like when I get to turn those photos and graphics into things people can hold and/or enjoy. I have a background in creative media; I have worked in Service Design, Graphic Design, Printing, Screen Production, and Photography; I don't plan to stop trying new things.

DAUNTED wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work of my partner and friends.

I think this is where I put my awards and achievements? If you care about that stuff you can find it on my website. If you like the look of DAUNTED say Hi on my Instagram, I'm probably working on something new"

SOCIALS

@GOOFY_JPEGS
@DAUNTEDMAGAZINE
JESSEPRETORIUS.WORK

PEOPLES TAGS
FEATURING: DR. BRETT D’ARCY, JESSE PRETORIUS (@GOOFY_JPEGS), LAUREN D’ARCY (@BERTIES.INK), IVAN MEDRANO (@IVVNVVI), TAKASHI FUJITA (@ESKYLABS), LOUISE GAN (@BELLADONNA_TINCTURE), SHANTI GELMI (@SHANTI_GELMI), DAJUN XIAN (@X.DAJU), JAMES HATTRICK (@JAMESHATTRICK), TAYLOR PARHAM (@TAYLORPARHAM), ISAAC HUGGINS (@ISAACHUGGINSVISUALART), JACK RICHARDS (HERKS1WORKS)

"Daunted Magazine is a semi-annual print publication that features emerging artists, designers, and writers. The magazine acts as a platform to facilitate publication discourse from creative practitioners earlier in their careers. The magazine is sold and distributed at cost, it is not-for-profit as this will encourage wider distribution and enable more accessible de-materialised local art.

For the first edition of DAUNTED, Collaborators were asked to respond to ‘Public Transport’ as a prompt. Public Transport was selected as it is a widely accessible and common lived experience but naturally allows for very different interactions. For Example, these interactions can be social, as time, space or place, whatever approach was taken was dependent on the contributors’ experience.

DAUNTED has been distributed at local Perth stores that reciprocate the value our magazine places on community art activation, Contributors to the magazine were given 5 copies each to distribute to their own local networks. DAUNTED Magazine differs from other art magazines, as the key objective for the publication is a deliberate and considered approach to distribution, the hope is that by encouraging natural distribution streams without reliance on profitability; the magazines may land within circles that can facilitate work or commissions for the involved artists. 

By having a mass physical product, artists can display a level of professionalism that may be difficult to access at this early stage of their careers."



"I make photos and graphic solutions; I like when I get to turn those photos and graphics into things people can hold and/or enjoy. I have a background in creative media; I have worked in Service Design, Graphic Design, Printing, Screen Production, and Photography; I don't plan to stop trying new things.

DAUNTED wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work of my partner and friends.

I think this is where I put my awards and achievements? If you care about that stuff you can find it on my website. If you like the look of DAUNTED say Hi on my Instagram, I'm probably working on something new"

SOCIALS

@GOOFY_JPEGS
@DAUNTEDMAGAZINE
JESSEPRETORIUS.WORK

PEOPLES TAGS
FEATURING: DR. BRETT D’ARCY, JESSE PRETORIUS (@GOOFY_JPEGS), LAUREN D’ARCY (@BERTIES.INK), IVAN MEDRANO (@IVVNVVI), TAKASHI FUJITA (@ESKYLABS), LOUISE GAN (@BELLADONNA_TINCTURE), SHANTI GELMI (@SHANTI_GELMI), DAJUN XIAN (@X.DAJU), JAMES HATTRICK (@JAMESHATTRICK), TAYLOR PARHAM (@TAYLORPARHAM), ISAAC HUGGINS (@ISAACHUGGINSVISUALART), JACK RICHARDS (HERKS1WORKS)