artwork by Theo Luna Good, genuine art with a purpose can potentially come from anyone, not exclusive to any demographic. However, there is only a select percentage putting out notable work which truly addresses our age in a relevant manner. As the internet becomes increasingly flooded with ‘shit’ and meaningless, nihilistic AI-content: platforms which are putting out quality artistic substance have to increasingly compete against endless amounts of slop which draws massive a

Theo Luna is an installation, video, light-based, and performance-based artist who has won major awards at festivals hosted by the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Berlin Art Institute. Recent exhibitions include a solo feature at Western Pole Gallery in Chicago as well as collective shows at School of Art Institute, Vagabond Arts, and Site Gallery in Chicago and Universität der Künste Berlin. Using light-based projections, shaped neon lights, texts, a

artwork by Joseph Farbrook The most experimental, alternative, and avant-garde art out there is mainly being financed and supported by specialized institutions and platforms (such as Point Pleasant Publishing). We all know about the cuts which have been made to public funding of the arts, which leaves visual art more reliant on private investment. However, even without these cuts, many of these publicly funded venues and platforms are not willing to reach out beyond their imm

Elisabeth Hogeman is a collage artist who also works with photography and video and has exhibited across the United States as well as in Canada, and Italy. Recent and notable exhibitions and screenings include Gallery 263 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Logan Center Gallery at University of Chicago, Deluge Contemporary in Victoria BC, Canada, ROMAN SUSAN in Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Spectacle Theater in New York, and Mana Contemporary in Jersey City.  Vanities

Viet Van Tran is a conceptual photographer and filmmaker who has received more than 130 international photography awards, including Px3 (France), IPA, Master Cup (USA), TIFA (Japan), ND Awards, Travel Photographer of the Year, Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year, and the Pollux Awards (UK). He is the author of nine books, notably Dharma and Life (EU-sponsored), and his work has appeared in international publications such as Photo (France), Silvershotz (Australia), Dodho (