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Muted greys, deep crimsons, and sickly yellows. You won't find the neon-soaked cyberpunk of Tokyo or the sunny vistas of California. This is Belarusian winter light filtered through a CRT monitor.

If you are a fan of dark fantasy, Slavic mysticism, or the gritty texture of early 2000s digital painting, you need to pay attention to this rabbit hole. Belarus isn't typically the first country that comes to mind when you think of digital art powerhouses, but Minsk has a quietly thriving underground scene. Studio Lilith (often stylized in Cyrillic as Студия Лилит ) appears to be a phantom entity—part gaming concept house, part esoteric art collective. Belarus Studio Lilith Lilitogo Prev Jpg

Predominantly female figures with sharp cheekbones and vacant stares. They are often depicted with ritualistic objects—tarot cards, antique mirrors, or industrial metal. There is a distinct lack of "happiness" in these frames; instead, there is resilience . Muted greys, deep crimsons, and sickly yellows

About the Author

Elaine Chiew is a fiction writer and visual arts researcher. She is a two-time winner of The Bridport Prize, amidst other prizes and shortlistings. Her debut short story collection, The Heartsick Diaspora, will be coming out with Myriad Editions (U.K.). She is also the compiler and editor of Cooked Up: Food Fiction From Around the World (New Internationalist, 2015), and has had numerous stories in anthologies and journals. She also writes flash fiction (named Wigleaf Top 50 twice, along other honours). In October 2017, she was the Writer in Residence at Singapore’s premier School of the Arts. She received an M.A. in Asian Art Histories from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2017. In addition to writing freelance on Asian visual arts for magazines like ArtReview Asia, she also blogs about contemporary Asian writers at AsianBooksBlog and the visual arts on her blog, Invisible Flâneuse.

About the Artist

Fanny Cammaert is a digital artist living in Belgium. She adopted the stage name Lizzie Stardust as a member of the electro group Velvet Underwear. Since recording and touring with that group, she began working in visual media. Drawing on the kilim weaving that is part of her Ukrainian heritage, her art explores the interplay of digital patterns and electronic glitches. Thematically, her work brings digital infinity into connection with human emotions.

This story appeared in Issue Sixty-Three of SmokeLong Quarterly.
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