ZINE 03 homepage teaser – bold black and white visual with text about body, branding, and protest art by Liya Ella Raspberry.

Between the body and the brand – a protest in paint. This is ZINE Issue No³

What happens when the body stops being someone,
and starts being something?

The paintings in ZINE Issue No³ were born in protest 
not with slogans, but with shapes.
Breasts turned symbols.
Mouths became packaging.
A torso flattened into a brand space.
Every curve, every outline — drawn, redrawn, re-owned.
Over and over again.

ZINE 03 magazine cover – Liya Ella Raspberry lying on studio floor, surrounded by protest art, with the caption: “This isn’t for you.”

Because the line between visual genius and empty provocation
is as thin as a smudged lipstick. 

And I had to smear it,
just to feel where it stops being mine.

This series doesn’t portray a female body.
It doesn’t even portray a body.
It exposes what happens to the idea of a body
when it's used 
as bait, as branding, as currency.

Artist Liya Ella Raspberry on hands and knees in her studio, sketching breasts on large paper. Surrounded by paint tubes, brushes, and protest artworks in progress. A raw moment from the making of ZINE Issue 03.

We’ve been sold bodies for decades.
Through commercials, content, campaigns.
And we’ve learned how to package ourselves in return.
Smile. Skin. Slogan. Sell.

But in this issue, something breaks.
The line slips.
The product resists.

It’s the difference between being looked at
and being seen.
Between identity — and usage.
Between body as image,
and body as truth.

ZINE / ISSUE No³
Coming June 25.

Not for sale.
Just for watching. 

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