About SOBER.
Cover Issue designed by Rupert Phillips, 2017.
SOBER. is an online interdisciplinary art zine, founded by Falmouth University graduates Lydia Hounat and Rupert Phillips. As two artists straddling different thoughts and practices in their work, interdisciplinary art magazines felt hard to come by. At the time, they weren’t sure what ‘interdisciplinary’ really was — to be honest, they’re still not sure now.
Together they decided to release a zine showcasing what interdisciplinary art might possibly be and how different artists around the world respond to it.
Fellow friends and artists have joined SOBER. as editors, since the zine was founded in 2017.
THE EDITORS
Lydia Hounat
Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief
Lydia Hounat is a British-Algerian writer and photographer from Manchester, England.
She graduated from Falmouth University in English with Creative Writing graduate, and completed her MA in Writing at Royal College of Art. She was a poetry editor for New York magazine REALITY BEACH, and a Poet-in-Residence at MMU (Manchester Metrpolitan University) with Special Collections. She co-curated the Imazighen and French poetry collections at Manchester Poetry Library, and is presently one of the virtual translators-in-residence for National Centre of Writing’s Visible Communities programme.
She is currently working on her debut essay collection.
Rupert Phillips
Co-Founder, Designer & Social Media Coordinator
Rupert Phillips is a photographer, digital artist and graphic designer, hailing from Cheltenham, UK.
He graduated from Falmouth University in BA Photography.
His work encompasses a range of different artistic fields that have given his practice a strong sense of diversity. The conventions explored in his work are mainly graphic and photographic and are executed digitally. The more tangible areas of his artistic development are concerned in using collage, photomontage and analogue photography.
Rupert finds working with multi-faceted methods always cultivates a pleasantly unpredictable and ever-changing experience. More of his work can be found here at on his Instagram and at his website.
James Kaffenberger
Assistant Editor-in-Chief
James Kaffenberger is a graduate in English & Creative Writing at Falmouth University, from Croydon, England.
James walks around a lot. James ferments. James has never made a bookshelf. James cooks with wine and butter. James has a lot of hair. James fanboys over Brad Leone. James brews beer with his dad. James has a Homer Simpson mini fridge. James has empty notebooks. James makes a mean lasagne. James no longer has that beard in the picture. James really likes his curtains in his room. James prefers curly parsley to flat leaf parsley. James loves jars. James has sausage fingers. James has cooking scars. James has an alright dress sense. James has a small forehead. James should wash his sheets more. James is a chef.
FORMER EDITORS
Edward May
Editor, Curator
Eddie May’s artistic practise explores the human experience. His work is idiosyncratic and spans a wide a wide range of mediums. He looks closely at what already exists and explores the aesthetic and physical properties of, colour, shape, line and form, to create narratives from this exploration of found material and paints.
He is also the Director of Circle Triangle Square, an art platform which provide long-term engagement and support for artists and collectors. Circle Triangle Square aims to be as accessible, open and responsive as possible and ultimately bring together the different facets of the emerging art scene.
You can find more of Eddie's work at his website.
Jonathan R. Parsonage
Editor
Jonathan R. Parsonage is a writer, director and musician.
Jonathan is the Founder and Dramaturg of
Circle Theatre. His recent work as a writer and director includes a re-imagination of Ibsen's Peer Gynt at Zed Alley in Bristol. He is also a board member of the Bristol Poetry Institute. Jonathan currently specialises in Medical Humanities in both his academic and poetic writing.
Yusef Sacoor
Guest Editor (Issue Four)
Yusef Sacoor is a writer, musician and events coordinator currently residing in Reading.
One of the co-founders for Sea Post Press publishing in Cornwall, Yusef studied English at Falmouth University, and currently works as a Music Programme Coordinator for Reading-based music and arts charity, Readipop.