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Create TomorrowThe world’s changed and the Dazed 100 is changing too. For 2020 it’s not just about the names, but their ideas – here, Dazed and Converse present 100 manifestos to create, inspire, connect, and power change. Vote for the ideas you want to see made reality with a grant from the £50k Dazed 100 Ideas Fund.
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“I want to launch a web talk show which spans art, culture, and fashion, with a sense of humour and inclusive perspective”
Agusta Yr
“I want to expand my intersex portrait series and work on a documentary to represent our diverse stories and experiences”
Inter_sexy
“I want to document the stutter therapy camp I visited when I was younger, and interview the children and their parents”
Anton Gottlob
“I would travel America photographing the amazing underground LGBTQ+ artists and entertainers making work ”
Cruz Valdez
“In light of coronavirus, I would donate funds to a foodbank network like Feeding America”
Myha’la Herrold
“I want to finalise the development of an idea for a concept supermarket, focused on circular-living”
Jobe Burns
“I would fund, create, and shoot a video and photography project that centres queer women of colour”
Jamie Margolin
“I’d create a documentary on the mental health crisis in marginalised communities, with all the film’s proceeds helping those affected”
Jahi Di’Allo Winston
“I want to support the next generation of musical youth in Benin City”
Rema
“I want to start a non-profit giving sustainability-focused design resources to young people”
Nicole McLaughlin
“I want to partner with an institution to curate an exhibition on a black moment in fashion”
Shelby Ivey Christie
“I’d develop events for my Girls Don’t Cry project, promoting empowerment, mental health awareness and self-expression”
Danika Magdelena
“I want to develop and fund a series of creative direction workshops given to young, queer POC in Los Angeles”
Quinn Whitney Wilson
“I want to create an Instagram Live show called ‘Eats N Beats’, raising money for kids who rely on free school meals”
AUDREY NUNA
“I want to produce a publication of my own that would cover writing, art, film, and fashion ”
Marcus Cuffie
“I’d love to set up a creative scholarship and mentorship programme for young people of South Asian heritage in the UK”
Joy Crookes
“I want to publish a poetry book about the emotions of adolescence and organise a launch with young, local, queer artists”
Arlo Parks
“I would undertake a national and international photo essay on Covid-19 focusing on people whose lives have been affected”
Alfie White
“I’d host a workshop for WOC with fashion experts, to encourage, connect and help women into the industry”
Deba
“I’d love to create a show via my production company and hire those who would relish the opportunity to produce something”
Henrie Kwushue
“I’m going to make a full-scale video installation project back home in New Orleans”
Phillip Youmans
“I would like to host pop-up workshops in LA for people to learn new skills, create, and collaborate ”
LoveLeo
“I would donate the money to an animal shelter to ensure the animals receive more care and re-homing”
Ana Takahashi
“We would fund a year of O-zine’s work, to continue representing Russia’s LGBTQ+ youth”
O-zine
“My plan would be to rent a studio for a year where artists can come in and create free of charge”
Master Peace
“I want to create a work space for young Berlin-based artists, and to make ceramics inspired by my Chinese heritage”
Kicki Yang Zhang
“I want to open up an IRL and URL community studio and workspace for working class queer creatives”
Tori West
“I would love to put on an interactive, public performance art show ”
Madrona Redhawk
“This grant would help me complete the sequencing and publishing of my first monograph, Oklahoma”
Rahim Fortune
“I want to put on my first solo show and host photographic workshops and talks in Jamaica”
Amber Pinkerton
“I would develop an accessible website for Able Zine, giving our community the empowering platform it needs to thrive”
Claudia Walder
“I would donate to the LGBTQ+ civil rights organisation Human Rights Campaign”
Josie Totah
“I would help out ArtYard – a Brooklyn-based philanthropic art programme providing materials and holding virtual classes”
Ajani Russell
“I want to bring people together from all over the globe and provide a platform to feel joy through dance”
Donté Colley
“I want to make a short film I’ve been writing that would give hope to children from underprivileged backgrounds”
Heather Glazzard
“I’d set up workshops and classes with Southwark Youth Offending Service around drama, storytelling and writing”
Archie Madekwe
“I want to complete my sophomore album and create accompanying music videos, photographs, and other visual content ”
LA Timpa
“I would like to donate to the Trevor Project helping LGBTQ+ youth and make a TikTok to highlight young LGBTQ+ artists”
Abby Roberts
“I would divide the grant money between ten organisations that support the trans and queer community”
Gray Wielebinski
“We want to create and develop an open-source forum where our members can curate information, tools and support”
Digi-Gxl
“I would love to buy a film camera and photograph some real, raw, and transparent people that we don’t see in magazines.”
Indira Scott
“I would love to create a collection using the techniques of a community of artisans in Spain to showcase their work”
Paula Canovas del Vas
“I would put the grant towards creating a fully sustainable, zero-waste line of products designed for the kitchen”
Phoebe Joseph
“I would start a ‘creatives chat’ where people in the industry can discuss the highs and lows of their careers”
Georgia Palmer
“I would continue the work of The NYC Skate Project, a space for trans, non-binary and gnc folx and cis women who skate”
Leo Baker
“I want to host plant workshops to spread the knowledge, healing, and transformation that plants bring into this world”
DJ Freedem
“I would create a group show featuring marginalised artists who need a platform to express themselves freely ”
Hatti Rees
“I’d love to build a community school for kids who don’t have access to creative things”
Deb Never
“I want to create a series of short films about the lives of our shoes, inspired by my experience as an identical twin”
Diana ‘Didi’ Rojas
“We would like to produce a new zine, and give more opportunities to those in our communities”
Muslim Sisterhood
“I want to make a documentary about the NiNE8 collective and the underground music scene around us”
Lava La Rue
“I would like to create a ‘physical’ garment version of each track on my upcoming album, using recycled materials”
girl in red
“I would make a film focusing on my own community, followed by a group show involving creatives around me”
Alima Lee
“I would fund a film I have been developing which follows a young boy through the hurdles of trying to conform”
Marcelo Gutierrez
“I want to start a mentoring program for teens and young adults in the UK wanting to crack the creative industries”
Georgia Moot
“I’d photograph how our most popular national parks have been impacted by climate change and urban development”
Diana Silvers
“I would like to donate it to a non-profit that works to protect abused, abandoned, ill, and in-danger dogs”
Devon Lee Carlson
“I would put on an exhibition that considers the function of photography in domestic and everyday spaces”
Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.
“We would fund a meditation program we started at the local public elementary school in our neighbourhood”
Total Luxury Spa
“I want to create a set of open-source lectures and code to teach traditional artists about AI”
Robbie Barrat
“I want to host a free youth activist summit to teach kids how to start their own social action projects”
Marley Dias
“I want to see people like me on screen, so I would make a beautiful short film and street-cast it”
Bukky Bakray
“I want to elevate the production of my photo book, and donate to the camp I went to for trans kids”
Ella Snyder
“I’m opening a hospital in Rwanda; I’m going to open my first small clinic in January 2021”
Lous and the Yakuza
“I’d love to create a collection of augmented accessories to encourage people to think about tech and sustainability”
Autonommy
“I want to produce my first feature film, telling a joyful story of black triumph”
Fenn O’Meally
“I want to fund visual and performing arts classes at an agency providing food and shelter for homeless youth”
Sofia Bryant
“I want to put on a group art show, inspired by work that moves people, with free materials to use during the show”
Lulu Bonfils
“I want to put the money back into my art, creating a video project for my first album”
Jazmin Bean
“I would dedicate myself to finding new ways to create sustainable collections, rent a studio, and hire assistants”
Ancuta Sarca
“I want to continue my exploration of wetness through a live performance by a breastfeeding choir, as part of a project designed to dispel the shame of breastfeeding in public”
Di Petsa
“We would love to see some money go towards Feeding America, a charity to help put food in the mouths of underprivileged people”
100 gecs
“I’d like to set up a film house in my local community in Lagos, where everyone can come together to watch films ”
Dafe Oboro
“I’d like to make and score a short film highlighting the beauty of ‘aloneness’”
Sudan Archives
“I want to collaborate with young designers to promote sustainable textile innovation”
Ding Yun Zhang
“I want to organise an entirely sustainable group exhibition, creating a platform for artists I admire to showcase inspiring work”
Alexandra Leese
“We want to put on workshops to inspire the next batch of creatives who will be shaping dancefloors across the world”
6 Figure Gang
“I want to record my queer DIY band, and support Girls Rock NC to bring music to disenfranchised youth”
Lachlan Watson
“I want to organise a group show in Brazil for the QTPOC dissident creative community”
Enantios Dromos
“I want to take an artistic step around Senegal. Invest there locally for music and bands, and eventually do a tour ”
Le Diouck
“I’d love to finally be able to make my secret short film idea”
Aidan Zamiri
“I would love to make an album with videos from different places around the world showing different people’s perspectives”
J Rick
“I want to create a three-day performance with dancers and musicians – audiences can tune in from home ”
Saul Nash
“I’d run a class for aspiring beauticians from disadvantaged backgrounds and showcase their work ”
Evanie Frausto
“I want to organise a big group show for the Brazilian QTPOC creative community”
Pedro Ferreira
“This grant would help me to obtain sustainable materials and get production of my fashion line started ”
Bria Scott
“I want to create a self-sustaining business that creates artistic projects, serving a global community remotely”
Fredrik Tjærandsen
“If we could record a symphony orchestra for our next project, that would be GREAT ”
Jockstrap
“I’d make a short film about the real-life anxieties trans people face, with an all-trans cast and crew”
Theo Germaine
“I want to build a platform online where I can show my own work and highlight queer people and their creative practices”
Ella Boucht
“I want to facilitate the development of SON.’s South Central-based barbershop/programming space”
Justen LeRoy
“I would love to direct a short film about a young girl based on me growing up in the Bronx”
Renell Medrano
“I would create a series of queer-prioritised parties that are inclusive and safe ”
Claud
“I would work on a redistribution art project, commissioning other black queer artists to make work”
Ama Elsesser
“I’d like to make a short film portraying the friendship between two sex workers working together in the industry ”
Netti Hurley
“The grant would allow me to buy the land in Gambia where I want to build a school”
Pa Salieu
“I want to create a fashion film with a brand that I love – direct, edit, style, and cast the entire thing”
Parker Kit Hill
“I’d do a songwriting school of rock for girls – strictly girls – to help them come out of their shells ”
Beabadoobee
