Emocean

Emocean is an everyperson surf magazine that champions diverse perspectives, radical creativity, relatability, empowerment, and especially the narratives of women, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ surfers.

For issue 02, I was asked by creative director, Thembi Hanify, to bring Margaret Seelie’s sci-fi story to life. The piece depicts a world in the not-so-distant-future where the ocean is too toxic to swim in so surfers are forced to use man-made wave pools (which are controlled by the app, Wavestore). For most of your paycheck and a 3-month waitlist, you too can surf Rincon. Well, a glitchy simulation of Rincon that is…