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A project of illustrations that speak of intimacy, loneliness,
brotherhood and pain.
Al depicted through a journey of several digital images that
illustrate the skinhead gay fetish scene, with portraits of
known and unknown people and
photographic frames taken from underground cult movies.
The beauty of a hidden intimacy, often characterized by a
sense of loneliness and brotherhood.
The strength of pain, at the basis of our daily routines.
The importance of intimacy, of certain details, sharing
moments with special people to be in tune with.
The emptiness of certain queer eyes entering your heart
helping you to come out for the second time.
Matteo Mena is an eclectic figure of the Milanese underground
scene
who focuses his creative and personal researches
on musical subcultures with a particular predisposition to the
English working class aesthetics
between mod, skinhead, new wave and post-internet queer
culture.
His work as a designer leads him to travel between Italy,
Spain and the UK,
absorbing different cultures and attitudes that make his
sensitivity towards
less exposed areas of society and new gender identities,
multi-faceted and fluid.
#SKINSINTIMACYANDLONELINESS
@skins_intimacy_and_loneliness
MALCHA
THANK YOU
