In Carnations

Ben Barbetta Thompson (b. 1994, Sheffield, UK) is a Manchester-based multidisciplinary artist and art director with a practice focusing on process-based printmaking, with an output incorporating photography, painting and sculpture. In pursuit of integrating photography and painting in a tense, lustful, and at times, volatile manner, Barbetta Thompson creates works exploring ceremony and deep-rooted human rituals. Walking a tightrope between original photography and archival references from by-gone eras of the media onslaught, rebirthed through a heavy printmaking hand, purposefully done to shield fragments of himself in the works under a safety blanket of texture. Familiar enough to resonate, distorted enough to provoke.

Misha Todirascu is a Berlin-based floral designer whose work pushes the boundaries of traditional floristry, weaving nature’s raw beauty with sculptural intention. Raised in Moldova, her work draws on the contrasting landscapes and cultural heritage of her homeland, where nurturing plants and being nurtured by them has always been an integral part of life. Located in Berlin Kreuzberg, STUDIO LINNE is Misha Todirascu floral design studio. Known for redefining floral conventions, Linné creates botanical sculptures and floral styling for productions & events across Europe and Asia for clients like Audemars Piguet, A24 Films, Gropius Bau, VOGUE, Reference Studios, WEMPE, High Snobiety, PRADA and more.