Juicebox episode #10 🧃

In this episode Juice co-founder & creative director Evelyn Miller (@evs_1) with Kushy Jutlla (@kushiaania)   

Kushiaania is a UK-based freelance illustrator and co-founder of an independent illustration studio - Mush Studio. Growing up Brit Asian, Kush’s illustrations are designed to showcase the culture clash of balancing old school tradition whilst still finding and keeping your own identity. Kush has a degree in fashion design and worked in the industry for over 8 years before deciding to pursue a career in illustration. Her illustrations centre around strong, badass women being unapologetically themselves, tying in her love of fashion and pop culture. Kush currently lives in Yorkshire with her husband and black cat Kubo.

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New Juicebox epsiode! 🧃  

In this episode Juice co-founder and editor-in-chief Adeeb Abdul Razak (@Adeeb Abdul Razak) is in conversation with SAINT RAAVAN AKA Michael Roshan Jr. (@saintraavan)  Silk toned SAINT RAAVAN, AKA Michael Roshan Jr. works in his Tamil roots and British Upcoming to infuse the genres of Alternative/Future R&B and World. Following his initial meeting and discovery by M.I.A through his primitive Tamil styles, SAINT RAAVAN went on a personal journey to identify and carve out a new sound and vision for himself, resulting in the unique future R&B-Tamil combination heard on his first release 'Maze' and now ‘Tell Me’. The unparalleled sound has since led him to work behind the scenes with artists such as AJ Tracey, Illangelo, the late Juice Wrld and of course M.I.A, which led to him joining the rapper on tour to give him his first taste for the industry. With the ability to merge cultures in his music and combine his love for music with acting, SAINT RAAVAN introduces himself with a string of releases alongside captivating visuals in 2021 and 2022.  

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Juicebox#8 🧃  

In this episode Juice co-founder & creative director Evelyn Miller (@evs_1) chats with Hope Sudarshan Glastris (@hope.glastris.creative). 

Hope Sudarshan Glastris is a multidisciplinary artist and designer. She received her BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston with a concentration in drawing, painting, and mixed media, and her postbac in Graphic Design from the Corcoran College of Art + Design. Hope was born in Chicago, IL to a Punjabi mother and a Greek-American father, and spent most of her life living in the Washington, D.C. area. She employs both digital and physical artmaking practices, working towards connecting and integrating her creative work, life's work, and spiritual work. Hope lives in Brooklyn, New York, currently growing her art practice, working as a freelance graphic designer, studying yoga.   

The theme for our second issue: MIND AND BODY, Hope and Evelyn in their conversation lay emphasis on relevant themes exploring through the lens of South Asian creatives. Listen to the podcast episode now via the link in our bio 🔗

Anisa Butt (she/her) is in conversation with Anushray Singh (he/him), Editor for Juice. Anisa Butt is a British Asian Actress, Podcast Host (@unplugwithani) and Poet. She was born and raised in London, UK. Anisa has been fortunate to work as an Actor in both the UK and India. She played the lead female in a Disney India Show titled "Ishaan" (like a high school musical for Kids) which had massive success and still has a huge fan base to date, even though it is no longer streaming. 

She has been acting since she was 12 and writing poetry. And now her debut poetry book "Hope" is out and available 21ST JUNE 2021 on Amazon.com From being part of huge Bollywood blockbuster successes like "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani," and "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara" to Sundance Premiered, "Brahman Naman" (available on Netflix) to Web shows, Commercials and Theatre, she continues to explore her creative callings and aspires to do more now in the UK as well.

Follow Anisa on Instagram @anisaaniiam and for more information on her podcast and book, please visit https://campsite.bio/unplugwithani

Sisters Nimra (she/her) and Manahil Bandukwala (she/her), joins Juice’s Editor-in-chief, Adeeb (he/him), in this episode to talk about their joint creative endeavour, Reth Aur Reghitstan. Reth Aur Reghistan is a multidisciplinary arts project that explores folklore from Pakistan, and puts it in a contemporary context through sculpture and poetry. The project intends to engage South-Asians through intergenerational storytelling, oral histories and visual arts. We explored how Nimra and Manahil came to create the project, their upbringing and where they see themselves as women in male-dominated spaces.

To find out more about Reth Aur Reghistan check out their website sculpturalstorytelling.com . Nimra’s work can be found on her instagram @nimrabandukwala.art and you can find Manahil on Instagram @manahilbanduk.

London-based photographer, Mathushaa Sagthidas (she/her), joins Juice’s Creative Director, Evelyn (she/her), in this episode to talk about all things photography, social media, and the influence of identity on her art. We explored how Mathushaa came to embrace her Tamil ethnicity and heritage in her photography, her experiences of studying at Camberwell  College of Arts, building her social media platform, and her experiences of finding mentorship and community with  South Asian creatives on social media.

In today’s episode, Anushray Singh (he/him), Editor, Juice is in conversation with Kami Ahsan (he/him). Kamil is an environmental historian and doctoral student at Yale, with a prior doctorate in biology from the University of Chicago. He is an interdisciplinary scholar, writer, critic, and chief editor of the South Asian Avant-Garde anthology. His work has appeared in The Nation, NPR, LA Reviews of Books, The Baffler, and Dissent, among others.

He is also the Editor of  South Asian Avant-Garde (SAAG): A Dissident Literary Anthology South Asian Avant-Garde (SAAG) is a literary anthology that features intimate incendiary fiction, essays, journalism, plays, poetry, and hybrid, multimedia work. It reclaims dissident and collaborative traditions excised from South Asian histories, and forges new radical communities.

Transgression, experimentation, and true radicalism are rare and expensive in a world structured around majoritarian consensus, conformity, and party-line loyalism. This is especially true for minority voices, who are routinely devalued. SAAG commits to valuing creative labor to amplify South Asian voices that are imagining and building better and freer futures for us all.

Follow SAAG at Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube @saaganthology, visit their website to know more at https://saaganthology.com/ and support them by donating at aaww.org/saag 

You can follow Kamil on Instagram and Twitter @kamuleosaurus

TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode, Nikita speaks openly about chronic illness and mental health.

Poet, writer, advocate, and speaker for Cysters, Nikita Chadha (she/her) joined Evelyn (she/her) to share her personal experiences of mental health and endometriosis as a British Indian woman. In the episode, Nikita unpacks how whiteness and femininity still dominate current representations of endometriosis and how she is challenging this with Cysters. Nikita also talked about managing, navigating and receiving treatment for mental health and chronic illness within the NHS and how this has informed both her Cysters advocacy work and her poetry. You can find Nikita on Instagram at @didacticdiaspora (poetry) or @nikkaayyy_c (personal) and the article we discussed: https://discoversociety.org/2020/06/03/viewpoint-if-representations-of-endometriosis-are-not-intersectional-they-are-damaging-and-inaccurate/

Cysters is a grassroots charity, dedicated to supporting & improving the health, education & welfare of those living with reproductive & mental health issues from various marginalised or cultural backgrounds. You can find them @cystersgroup on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

The incredibly talented producer and DJ, Oceantied, joins us for the second Juicebox episode. Having performed at the first Boiler Room in India, been part of the Red Bull Music Academy, and featured by Mixmag, he is undoubtedly one of the rising stars of the Indian electronic music scene. In this episode, we talk about his influences, the growth of streaming by DJs and producers, the importance of taking breaks, and the growth of the electronic music scene in India.

You can follow Oceantied's work by following him on Instagram @oceantiedmusic. You can check out the 22-2 projects here - https://22-2.bandcamp.com/

Writer, poet and spoken-word performer, Ifti joins us to talk about the inspirations behind his work and how his creative practice and outlook has evolved over the past couple of years. We explore his early influence on the founding of Juice and how that influence has manifested in another project for Ifti, Off The Chest. Off The Chest is a spoken word poetry night that Ifti co-founded and co-hosts alongside Ella Dorman-Gajic.

You can find out more about Off the Chest on Instagram @offthe_chest and Ifti at @YungIfto on Instagram/Twitter or on his website https://www.yungifto.com/ .

This episode was recorded via Zoom, which may explain a few sounds snafus here and there...but we tried our best to present you with our conversation with the best possible quality.