APRIL.ISBLUE

@april.isblue

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@april.isblue ☆♡☆

Since 2016, APRIL.ISBLUE’s work is a love letter to the past and a fervent embrace of the fleeting nature of now via visuals arts, graphic design, photography and music. Their art seeks to evoke moments that awaken a sense of longing - It is not just art for the present; it's art that aims to inhabit your future recollections, gently urging you to revisit and recontextualize it.

‘‘ I started doing street photography in high school, and then expanded to other mediums as the years went by. For a while most of my output consisted of 1/1s, quick  designs and pictures I would just randomly drop on IG. It was until 2021 that I started taking on more conceptual projects, art directing editorial shoots and collaborating with other local artists. A few months after that, I started DJing and curating events. ‘‘

‘‘ I’ve been really fortunate to have friends + family throughout this journey that inspire and believe in me - I wouldn’t want this life without them. ‘‘

Vulgarity. According to the artist, vulgarity can act as a mirror, reflecting our societal attitudes, anxieties, and taboos. It's a way of pushing boundaries, forcing society to confront its biases, prejudices, and assumptions. APRIL.ISBLUE sees vulgarity as a means to disrupt the often unspoken rules that govern our interactions.

‘‘ Vulgarity gives us a means to defy societal constraints, question accepted norms, and drive cultural change. ‘‘

Censorship. APRIL.ISBLUE only believe in it as a tool to push back against hate - opinions that are designed to harm communities and individuals (nazism, homophobia, transphobia, racism, etc...) should be censored, in their opinion, as they often lead to the creation/fueling of very real systems of oppression. It is only valid when it comes from this position - if censoring comes from the oppressive individual / system itself, then it’s just another form of aggression.

They describe themselves as ‘‘a kid from Honduras with a dream’’.