Written by Joas Nebe. Valéry Belin (born 1964) experiments with the emotional and cognitive reactions images provoke within viewers, exploring photography and moving images as dominant narrative forces shaping contemporary perception. Photographs occupy public and private spaces ubiquitously; after more than 180 years of technical and cultural evolution, photographic and cinematic imagery follow entrenched narrative grammars established by Hollywood’s production machinery (ge

Vilma Leino is a performance-based conceptual photographer who has exhibited across Europe including Finland, Germany, France, Greece, Denmark, Czechia, Italy, and Poland. Recent solo exhibitions include Pragovka Gallery in Prague, Kalleria in Helsinki, Scope BLM in Berlin, Red Door Gallery in Copenhagen, and Lyon Particule in France. She has been recognized and shortlisted for various awards including by the Human Impacts Institute, MyMa Artist Grant, Jalón Ángel Internation

Kristina Žetko is an experimental abstract photographer who has exhibited in countries such as Sweden, Slovenia, and Canada. Recent solo exhibitions include Kulturhuset Fregatten, Gallery Gjuteriet, and Street Gallery in Sweden as well as Fotogalerija STOLP and Galerry Tir in Slovenia. Her awards include the Helge Ax Johnsons Scholarship, the Estrid Ericsons Scholarship , and project funding from the City of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Like a celestial lightning storm, the camera-

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

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

My name is Masha Luch. I am a contemporary interdisciplinary artist. In my practice, I explore different forms of communication, the theme of memory, the perception of time and space, and the search for one’s place within that space. A central aspect of my work is the aesthetic of absence: situations in which removal, exclusion, or reduction allows attention to focus on a thought or a sensation. I am drawn to ciphers and riddles, to motifs of observation and quiet looking, to

Marilina Marchica is an experimental mixed media artist and draftswoman who has exhibited across her native Sicily, Italy as well as internationally in Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions in Italy include CCC Centro di Cultura Contemporanea in Agrigento in Sicily, Capitale Italiana della Cultura, Municipality of Agrigento and Agrigento Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2025, Studio Pelicula, Pesaro, Roma Arte, University of Catania, and dual shows at FAM Gallery in Agrigento. Colle

Zelene Jiang Schlosberg is a relief sculptural painter and curator who has exhibited throughout the United States and internationally in...

Fintan Whelan is an experimental painter who has exhibited across Europe and Asia. Notable solo exhibitions include dual showings at 508...