Portrait of the artist as a dapper mollusc by Kai Fi'ain
I create entertaining, uplifting, satirical, absurd art and music from despair and misery.⠀
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The Mollusc Dimension is a multi-hyphenate, tour-de-force, 41-year-old Chinese, British-born artist, decolonising educator and 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕤 𝕘𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕟. From his unique and rare perspective, he explores mental health, grief, creativity and other aspects of his intersectional existence(s) by building worlds (“𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕔 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤”) through drawing, music composition, performance, poetry, video and zines. As a young squid, he won numerous piano prizes and was in constant demand as a soloist. As an 𝕒𝕕𝕦𝕝𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕦𝕤𝕔, his original work has been performed either by himself or others at iconic venues such as The Southbank Centre, The RVT and online globally. His work has screened at over 12 festivals in the UK, Europe, Asia, and the US. (READ MORE…)
Find the tiny apples! I decided to hide a photo of a small apple somewhere here on my website. If you find it, you can keep it and make a tiny pie.
PHOTO: Kai Fi’ain
Read more about my experience of a photography shoot at Kai’s studio in North East London!
Jewellery made from shirt/trouser clips: Phillip Raymond Goodman ⠀
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Photo of The Mollusc Dimension, an East Asian in smoky eyeliner, looking dapper from the chest up in black and white. He wears a checked suit jacket. A sharp white shirt and a secret musical hanky. Signature dark grey trilby. The background is a sexy smoky grey. His head is round at the top and pointy with a shy beard at the bottom. He is extremely handsome but nobody knows this yet. His head tilts and he looks I don't know, a bit tired, a bit confrontational and also potentially warm. The usual.⠀
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