Written by Joas Nebe. The exhibition spaces have been darkened intentionally, with ceiling lights shrouded, allowing both the rooms and the installations to be accentuated by focused spotlights. In this immersive environment, the artist transports us back to the era of the transatlantic slave trade during the 17th century, a harrowing chapter in history which saw the involvement not only of American shipowners but also countless Europeans and, significantly, Africans themse

Márcia Simões (Masimmo) is a digital and analogue documentary photographer with a background in law. She has been published by Them Frames. Márcia describes her photography as “a mix of life and thoughts, with me is always some of my cameras, either the non-professional or professional…Life has a beauty hidden everywhere…most of my work happens when I'm driving and I pass by places which look incredible to my eyes and then I go back with a model or not and do something there”

Lívia Sá is an experimental analogue photographer and filmmaker who has participated in screenings and exhibited all over the world in countries such as Brazil, Chile, the United States, Japan, Mexico, Germany, and Italy. Her recent exhibitions include Muestra de Videodanza y Cine Experimental in Colima, Mexico, All Street Gallery and CultureHub in New York, Analog Art Festival and Collective Hug in São Paulo, Brazil. She has won awards with International Super 8mm Film Festi

HsinYing Lin is a performance artist who has performed and exhibited in the United Kingdom and Taiwan. Recent exhibitions in the UK include the Tate Library, Five Years Gallery, Candid Arts Trust, and the The Royal Scottish Academy 198th Annual Exhibition in Edinburgh. Her awards include being shortlisted for the Alpine Fellowship Visual Art Prize, a scholarship of excellence from University of Southampton, and multiple recognitions from the NTNU Photography Competitions. The

Leni Smoragdova is a figurative photographer, filmmaker, and performance artist who has performed and exhibited across Europe and in New York. Notable exhibitions include Glasgow Gallery of Photography, LoosenArt Gallery in Rome, The Other Art Fair in London, and The Armory Show in New York. She has been published by Icon mag, Aphro magazine, Picton magazine, Interfashional Magazine, and Glam Essence. The photography, experimental short films, and performances of Leni Smoragd

Mädchen Vivi is an experimental performance-based photographer and video artist, often combining digital and analogue film, who has exhibited in Brazil, Portugal, Romania, and Spain. Notable exhibitions include Cecília Cultural Association (for which she has also won an award),Trackers, Estúdio Lâmina, and Virada Cultural. She has been published by Peach Mag and RageZine, both based in New York. The photography of Mädchen Vivi is a conceptual approach based in horror and an

Petra Brnardic is an experimental photographer, analogue digital and video artist who has exhibited, and participated in film festivals, around the world across Europe and in the United States, Asia as well as the Middle East. She is also a writer who has published several poetry books and has visual art works in the permanent collection of Artemizia Foundation in Bisbee, Arizona. Petra has also been extensively published in her native Croatia. Like a screaming banshee amids

A-B-USED is a video-performance by Fina Ferrara which is both powerful and disturbing. The artist requested Point Pleasant Publishing post minimal images referencing the performance in order to maintain some element of surprise. A-B-USED takes us on a morbid journey of how the viewer interprets the victim of sexual assault. Through repeated dialogue and smashing of ceramics, Fina portrays the rawness and vulgarity of intrusion, complete with nudity and violent tearing of clo

William Josephs Radford is a conceptual photographer who has exhibited in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, and Thailand. Recent exhibitions include Art-Icon in Arles and Paris, The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, The Holy Art Gallery in Berlin, UxvalGochez in Barcelona, Florence Contemporary Gallery, and Loosen Art in Rome. The photography of William Josephs Radford is often based on careful light design, no post-

Ida Anderson (Anna Komissarova) is an analogue photographer and writer with a background as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She has authored several publications focusing on psychoanalysis in contemporary art and photography as well as an educational course. Blue Valentines , named after the Tom Waits song, is a series of postcard-sized cyanotype photographs turned into ruminations and recollections of memory regarding the Russian diaspora (both literally and metaphorically

Ann Vollum’s solo exhibition at The Brassworks Gallery in affluent Montclair, New Jersey is of the highest quality and comprehensive. These dynamic textile works mainly come in two forms of plush ‘beasties’ and graphic ‘beasties’, all hand-sewn and meticulously assembled from recycled fiber materials. Sharp Teeth, Long Tongues! exhibition runs until May 22nd, 2026 and the gallery is open weekdays from 7am-7pm, with easier parking during latter hours. The gallery will also be

Pig Nasty Cuino was a performance by Fina Ferrara during the era of the pandemic. ‘Cuino’ is a colloquial Spanish term which refers to someone as being dirty. Specifically, in Mexican Spanish, ‘cuino’ implies a person as being a slob or having indecent character. Pig Nasty Cuino is a performance about the excesses of oligarchy and greed. As a result, the series of performances are more relevant today because of the overreaching advancement of Big Tech during the era of arti

Photographers and photography enthusiasts often have a mythological narrative about analogue format photography, but what are the alluring attributes of digital photography? Do not misinterpret this essay, because we are not discussing digitally-enhanced photography, but rather work which was captured with a digital camera. Although analogue format photography has stunning granial texture and rich contrast, digital photography offers a pleasant saturation, potential for remar

Written by Joas Nebe. Diambe, from São Paulo, Brazil, presents at Kunsthalle Basel. Diambe explores the dynamics of collectives (like a swarm of bees), the resistances which arises from human interventions, and their controllability. All three aspects come together in his video work Cera perdida (Lost wax) , 2025, presented in Basel. A swarm of bees is exposed to a wax cast made from various tropical and non-tropical fruits and their remnants over several hours. The work Cera

Minyu Zhu is a textile and installation artist who has exhibited in major cities including London, Sydney, and Milan. Recent and notable exhibitions include Coalition Across Differences by Sijie and Meichen as well as Point One the Textiles Festival in London, Salon of the Rose + Cross in Sydney, Del Dente in Milan, RCA WIP Show and Safehouse in London. She is also a graduate from the Royal College of Art, widely considered to be the finest art school in the world. The texti

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

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 (

Paige Lee Miller is a photographer, printmaker, moving image, and installation artist who has exhibited in Austin, Texas and London, UK. Her work has been published by University of the Arts London, Sanxtuary Magazine, Spark Magazine, and L’Officiel Mexico. Alongside her fine art practice, she also works as a photographer at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Using a variety of interdisciplinary techniques from photo collage to an iterative process of printing / burning / scanning

Şule Bayrak Yildiz is a collage artist who has exhibited throughout Turkey. She describes her process as the following: “ While traveling through cities step by step, I have accumulated a digital archive of thousands of images over many years. In the digital collage stage, I bring together pieces from different times in a single atmosphere through masking, tone-contrast balance, and surface merging”. The works of Şule Bayrak Yildiz incorporate documentative travel collages wh

Joseph Farbrook is an installation, analogue digital, and video artist who has exhibited extensively across the United States and internationally in Europe, South America, the Middle East, and Asia. Recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition at the University of Texas Arlington and collective shows at Axiom Contemporary in Phoenix, Polygon Palm in Vancouver, PH21 Gallery in Barcelona, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, and Gallery 4% in San Francisco. Joseph has been pu

Anna Zhang is a fashion designer as well as a textile and video artist who has exhibited in New York and Paris. Recent exhibitions include Paris Grand Palais, Paris Louvre Corousel, ArtExpo and Global Healing event in New York, and New York Fashion Week. Anna has received first place honours and notable recognition with the American Good Design Award, French Fashion Award, IDA Award, Muse Award, and IF Design Award. She has been published by Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. The per

Lorette C. Luzajic is an assemblage artist who has exhibited all over the world and particularly in Canada. Her work has been collected by collectors from over forty countries and recent exhibitions in Toronto include Propeller Gallery, 21 St. Clair Ave E, Gerrard Art Space, Northern Contemporary Gallery, and Blue Crow Gallery. Recent international exhibitions include Menil'8 in Paris and Black Box Gallery in A Coruña, Spain. Lorette is also a writer and founding editor of Th

Bert Leveille is an installation and video artist as well as a light designer who has exhibited extensively in Illinois since 1971. She has also exhibited multiple times in Los Angeles. Recent solo features includes multiple showings at Starline Gallery in Harvard, Illinois and her collective exhibitions include several inclusions at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art as well as Blue Moon Gallery in Grayslake, Illinois, and Stola Contemporary Art in Chicago. The light de