light-based performance by Theo Luna As someone who has written over 600 critical essays on contemporary art and artists in their career and regularly writes about some of the most experimental artists on earth, I can clearly state today's avant-garde can bypass history. For example, since time immemorial, art historical canon has largely regulated the visual arts as a fixed-in-time entity....Yet, many of the most experimental artists today are practicing moving-image and per

The 18th Jesa is an interactive memorial installation by media artist and project designer Sangwan Shawn Kim. Within the broader context of his portfolio, Shawn Kim often utilizes light design elements into his installations as well as motion / sensory technology to create experiences which are lucid, engaging, and hypnotic. Shawn’s installations often deal with deeply personal autobiographical narratives ranging from the lingering passing of death to personal spirituality to

Teresas, Essays on Escape is the latest series of works by experimental photographer and moving-image artist Mädchen Vivi. This interdisciplinary series, much like Mädchen’s previous works, incorporates elements of performance, documentary, montage, and creative writing into both photography and moving-image. Conveyed through a lens of survival feminism, Teresas, Essays on Escape conceptually communicates escape from danger, particularly from patriarchal structures or elemen

Won Ji Lim is an interdisciplinary installation artist who has exhibited in the Chicago area and Seoul. Recent exhibitions include the SAIC Gallery in Chicago, Compound Yellow Space in Oak Park, Illinois, The Museum of Contemporary Art and NONscaled Gallery in Seoul. The unstable constructs and machinations of Won Ji Lim are mostly made up of organic-based, easily decayable materials (such as hog casings, bananas, and soil) strapped by apparatuses and systems of pulleys cons

Michael Matthews is an abstract photographer with over four decades experience as both a composer and photographer. As a Victoria-based composer, his practice has spanned orchestral, chamber, and electroacoustic music. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. The abstract photographs of Michael Matthews are based on his original photography and manipulated in a state of flux with many layers over time in Photoshop. Although there is an investigative purpose to unl

Robert Obier is an experimental mixed-media artist with a background in architecture and industrial design who has exhibited across the United States. Recent exhibitions and art fairs include Art Miami, Intersect Aspen Art + Design Fair, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art in Georgia, and the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California. Robert has been published in White Hot Magazine and MuseumWeek. A cross between grand art deco, futurism, steam-punk, industrial-punk, and cyber-p

Foreword: Written by Michael Hanna, Editor of Point Pleasant Publishing. This is not an interview with textile artist Minyu Zhu, but rather, documented conversations and philosophical musings about her practice. As a result, these writings are far more natural and fluid in comparison to a standard interview, and the contents as well as structure are more similar to an autobiographical essay. What strikes me the most about Minyu Zhu is how complex she is, both as an artist and

Ying Xing is a digital and fashion-based textile artist based in London with a background in arts administration. Her CV entails participation in public installations with Cat Village Rural Revitalisation, OMNI ART EXPO in Shanghai, and curating a solo exhibition on artist Yuk-ki Lee at MOU PROJECTS in Hong Kong. She currently works as a Creative Operations Manager at the London Art Collective. The digital art and fashion-based textiles of Ying Xing are interconnected as one

Written by Adriana Zofia Zimnowoda, PhD. Neon works evoke unease and cognitive dissonance in me. Perhaps this is inherent in their nature. They attract and repel. Made of glass tubing, wires, and gas, they are both material and immaterial, beckoning with a phantom presence. They are ambiguous, like the dim glow of a streetlamp in a run-down neighborhood. Vivid neon is one of Agnieszka Piotrowska’s preferred media. Functioning independently or interacting with installations,

Veronika Kvitko (Vegesent) is a research-based installation artist who has exhibited mostly in Helsinki, Finland. Recent exhibition include solo features at Domus Historic Building and Eteisgalleria Olohuone as well as collective shows at Take Me Home Gallery and Katve Art Space. Veronika has won notable recognitions including the A' Design Award and the Vegan Choice Award. What makes the portfolio of Veronika Kvitko so unusual is the application of deep research-based concep