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Julia Zmijowka
@zmijowka.bsky.social
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Making art in worship of grain & noise. Hobbyist experimental music enjoyer/journalist. 26, 🇵🇱, she/her. 🍉✊
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Julia Zmijowka @zmijowka.bsky.social · Nov 28
Introduction post: Hi! I’m Julia/Zmijowka (pol. „snake wine”)! I’m 26, I’m Polish, living in Florence, Italy.

mainly I:
- do art: collages, illustrations, zines, and other
- co-run the Women of Noise blog sharing weird & experimental music
- share what I read/watch/see
A portrait of the author in her Halloween costume. It’s a black metal corpse paint. Black lines looking like branches or cracks drawn on a pale skin. Julia is wearing a black bike helmet and a black coat. Her hair is dark blonde and mid-length. She has bangs. A digital collage picturing a gothic style church in a field, with three six-armed stars above it. It is black and white, gloomy in atmosphere and distorted by different textures of worn-out print. An illustration, picturing a close up of a werewolf eating spaghetti with a fork. The face of a wolf is not realistic, it has a big mouth and stylised eyes with big spiky eyelashes. It has human hands, in the right one it holds a fork with spaghetti noodles, and in the other it holds a cigarette. Both the spaghetti and the cigarette are creating smoke, that’s filling up the empty space of the illustration. It’s done digitally, with deep green pencil-like lines on a beige background Hand-cut collage of a playing card, Queen of Hearts with a surrealist twist. Where a drawing of the queen should be, there’s a black and white photo of wall ornaments, on it is a vintage picture of an eye, unnaturally filled with bloody veins, looking up. Below are black and whiten male hands, resting one on another and hanging down from the edge of the card. The card is laid on a vibrant red background.
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allisonanne.com
phantom objectivity // handcut paper collage on cardstock, april 2025

#collageart #artsky #abstract #collage #queerart #artist
abstract paper collage composed of many heaped fragments in warm tones plus a bit of green and black, forming an organic structure
April 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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parkparr.bsky.social
paintings about a pair of lovers💕
A scan of a heart-shaped painting against a white background. the painting depicts a pink winter scene with various bare trees and pines. Floating above are two white stars with blue tails and subtle pink halos A scan of a heart-shaped painting against a white background. the painting depicts are warm scene with pink tulips against an orange background as a large tree overshadows the left side of the scene. floating above are two white stars with long blue tails and small pink halos.
April 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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theguardian.com
My parents holding hands after their assisted deaths: Martin Roemers’ most personal photograph
My parents holding hands after their assisted deaths: Martin Roemers’ most personal photograph
‘Their lives were getting harder, even with help. They did not want to go to a nursing home and neither wanted to live without the other. So it made sense for them to leave this life together’
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
zmijowka.bsky.social
Had a mental health walk last evening due to feeling notsonice the whole day. Stuck my phone through rich people’s fences to take these. Outskirts of Florence.
A photo of an Italian villa on a small hill in Tuscany. The building is simple, surrounded by greenery. On the hill there are olive trees. The grass hasn’t been moved in a while so it looks nice and soft, with a touch of yellow flowers here and there. A photograph of a Tuscan landscape. There’s tall grass with a lot of small yellow flowers and various trees, including cypresses, olive trees and some kind of a palm. In the background, near the palm there’s a glimpse of a stone terrace.
April 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
zmijowka.bsky.social
Guys I’m back here! Growing more and more tired of Meta, “building” a new social presence is tiring buuuut I’m sure it will be worth it. What are your fave people to follow on here?
April 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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bouletcorp.bsky.social
10 ans aujourd'hui. GNU Terry Pratchett
Nounou Ogg. Une vieille sorcière fumant la pipe et jouant du banjo, assise dans un fauteuil. Elle tape du pied de ses souliers rouges, et à côté d'elle, un chat borgne à l'oreille à demi-arrachée affiche un air mauvais.
March 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
zmijowka.bsky.social
Made myself an amulet! ✨ Adder stone, piece of a synthetic braid of a friend, glass beads, wooden beads, coral beads, plastic beads (I guess?), silver and other various types of metals. Can’t wait to make more!
A photograph of a key ring amulet. It’s made out of four sections: first one is a piece of a white synthetic hair braid with a glass bead on the bottom. Second one is two red coral beads and a red wooden one on a small chain. Third one consists of bulkier chain links and has a hag stone on the end, with chain coming through the hole. The last one is a piece of black beaded bracelet that has a silver triangle piece on the end. A silver spiral pendant is attached to the triangle.
March 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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February 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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The @routledgebuseco.bsky.social has published a long handbook of 37 chapters by the most excellent experts in complexity economics.
www.routledge.com/Routledge-In...

I wrote a concise review about the advantages and disadvantages of such a scale of a publication.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
February 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
zmijowka.bsky.social
I'm rereading The Witcher saga and feeling very nostalgic about it. Geralt was written as an eye candy for weird teenage witches and you can't convince me otherwise (also, sadly, Henry Cavil is not that)
A digital illustration of Geralt the Witcher from the Witcher saga books. A white-haired, muscular but lean man stands in the window, turning his back to the viewer. His right hand rests on his left shoulder, left arm stretches out and rests on a sword. The window frame is ornamental, neo-gothic style with floral elements. The whole illustration is colored in earth tones.
February 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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ocmedia.bsky.social
Nino Tsilosani, a Georgian Dream member and the Vice Speaker of Parliament, called Formula journalist Guram Rogava, who was attacked by riot police while performing his professional duties, a ‘crooked person from start to finish’.

oc-media.org/vice-speaker...
Vice speaker of Georgian parliament calls journalist severely beaten by police a ‘crooked person’
Guram Rogava was severely injured after being beaten by a riot police officer during a crackdown on a pro-EU demonstration.
oc-media.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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workerfile.bsky.social
Leviathans I Have Known, Circle Series I-III, Digital Collage, 2024. #blackandwhite #collage #graphicart #artsky
February 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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womenofnoise.bsky.social
WOMEN OF NOISE PODCAST: THE PHARMAKON INTERVIEW

Listen HERE: soundcloud.com/womenofnoise...
February 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
zmijowka.bsky.social
contemplating on: fire, self-care, hot flashes, control, anxiety, energy, hypernormalisation, climate change

using: Procreate app and a sudden rush of motivation

#illustration #digitalart #procreate
An illustration picturing a person sitting in a bathtub while actively being on fire. All the parts of the body sticking out of the water are burning, the upper torso and the head, the arm and hand resting on the side of the bathtub, and the knees sticking out of the water. The person remains calm, resting even. The whole picture is in soft colours, light oranges and pastel pink.
February 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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womenofnoise.bsky.social
We are putting together a charity compilation for those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires. Any gender is welcome to contribute. Send submissions ONLY in .wav format to womenofnoise@gmail.com. Please keep tracks under ten minutes long! Deadline for submissions is Sunday, February 16th. Thank you!
January 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
zmijowka.bsky.social
Digital collage from last year. Inspired by the faience style from Włocławek, Poland. #collageart
A black and white digital collage. In the center, there's a circular shape, filled with a stripey wavy pattern. From the waves boom the flowers, originally painted on a pottery piece. Around them are the stars.
January 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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ocmedia.bsky.social
Join us today at 22:00 (Tbilisi) live on X spaces with Mariam Nikuradze of OC Media, Irma Dimitradze of Batumelebi and Russian media researcher Ilya Yablokov to discuss Georgia's media environment and parallels to the media crackdown in Russia.

🔔 twitter.com/i/spaces/1DX...
January 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
zmijowka.bsky.social
Merry #ManholeCoverMonday everyone! This specimen was found in Wrocław, Poland 🇵🇱
Photograph of a manhole cover with an art deco-ish ornament resembling a flower
January 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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huffpost.com
The directive comes days after Trump signed a sweeping executive order that there are only "two sexes" — and it's causing confusion and panic in the trans community.
Marco Rubio Tells Staff To 'Suspend' Passport Applications With 'X' Gender Marker
The directive comes days after Trump signed a sweeping executive order that there are only "two sexes" — and it's causing confusion and panic in the trans community.
www.huffpost.com
January 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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allisonanne.com
ruined breath // handcut paper collage with pencil on recycled paperboard, january 2025

part of an unnamed 'mineral landscape series' i've been working on here & there since 2022

#collage #paper #abstract #artsky #queerart #collageart
abstract collage of paper fragments and a mineral form
January 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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filip-lubinski.bsky.social
You can already download my book review of Gregory Besharov's "Microeconomics in Words" (2024) from the SSRN.

Must microeconomics be written with numbers? Check here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
January 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
zmijowka.bsky.social
- LOTR trilogy
- Kill Bill
- Sounds of Music
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Szamanka
- Notting Hill
- 20000 Days on Earth
- Erin Brockovich
- Pulp Fiction
- Bridget Jone’s Diary, most likely
sophianyx.bsky.social Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · Dec 29
name a film you've seen over 4 times.
December 30, 2024 at 12:34 PM
zmijowka.bsky.social
#ManholeCoverMonday Specimen caught in Opole, Poland 🇵🇱
Manhole cover, partially painted white, aligned with the stripes painted on the stone and brick paved road. It has a pattern of a Greek ornament around the edge.
December 30, 2024 at 12:26 PM
zmijowka.bsky.social
#ShittyCameraChallenge day 29 with some nice textures! A plant and melted asphalt.

@shittychallenge.bsky.social #ThermalPrintSquad
Two black and white, dotty thermal prints of photographs. First one shows a plant shot from above, creating a symmetrical structure. Second one shows a closeup melted asphalt, reminiscent of some wavy desert landscape seen from a distance.
December 29, 2024 at 10:29 PM
zmijowka.bsky.social
Back to the #ShittyCameraChallenge at day 28. Eventually got tired of constant train rides and changing the environment every 5 days so I stayed away from the socials.

@shittychallenge.bsky.social
Low quality dotty thermal print of a photograph of a small disco ball sitting in between two big branches. Some of the mirrors are falling off of it and merging into the details of the tree bark.
December 28, 2024 at 11:57 AM