

Fina Ferrara V. 5
HEARTWORK is a moving-image performance by Fina Ferrara which delves on themes of emotion, memory, and transformation. The interdisciplinary performance incorporates elements of installation art, with Fina Ferrara turning herself and her dress as a living installation by placing real hearts, sewn with letters, to convey messages on ‘truth’ and ‘trust’. The moving-image performance was presented at Indra Gallery (London, 2025) as part of the PATHOS exhibition, as well as in th


Today's Avant-Garde Operate Outside the Art Historical Canon
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


Minyu Zhu: Philosophical Musings with Foreword by the Editor
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


The Avant-Garde Realm Versus the Commercialized Art World
moving-image still by Molly Dario The giant elephant in the room which few seem to want to address is the obvious…the over-commercialization of the arts. Now, don’t be mistaken. Just because we are discussing the over-commercialization in the arts does not automatically mean we are anti-money or have the belief money and art are incompatible. Some ‘art experts’ consistently imply artists are lazy and do not know how to market themselves, however such commentary is misleading.























































































































