You Are Masters Of The Fish And Birds And All The Animals
Images from American photographer Shane Rocheleau’s eponymous book form a portrait of the psyche of white heteronormative masculinity and its visceral manifestations in the United States – accompanied with an artist Q&A
Attention
Two charcoal drawings by Saif Mhaisen depict the artist’s close, curious gaze on both his friend and himself
Masculinity
Twisting myths, tropes, and figures – both human and animal – in and out of each other, Iranian multidisciplinary artist Zahra Mohamadi undercuts our constrictive constructions of gender
Alpha & Omega
Combining audio documentary and photography, Alpha & Omega interrogates God’s will and existence through heard and inscribed conversations with an older matriarch
Chromosome Y
Tommaso Montino’s photographic series captures young men on the cusp of adulthood as they grapple with their masculinity and the surrounding dreams, softness, and violence of their cities
Untitled
Matheus Crespo’s drawn triptych conjures little cities in the nooks of things grown
I am
I am is a digital art project by Ethiopian artist Lidiya Zelke that explores the surreal process of self-discovery and self-understanding
La Espera
La Espera is an original piano composition accompanied with an original collage artwork by Spanish artist Bea Montero
Archaeologies of the Environment
Through painting, Mexican artist Fernanda Morales Tovar creates a visual archaeology based on interpretations and proposals of signs for the intersection of spaces, human beings, stories, ruins, and the landscape
Cyber Fantasy
Cyber Fantasy challenges the borders of the frame and the screen by digitizing and manipulating the traditional still life to further investigate its place in post-Internet art
Teahouse
Kirill Hwan’s ‘Teahouse’ series presents a photographic ethnography of a village teahouse in China’s Zhejiang province
Passing Parade
In this photographic series, Henry Hu focuses on the stolen moments in between
Tea
Thom Atkinson’s ‘Tea’ series looks at the quiet rituals of tea drinking and examines the micro-theatre surrounding the British cup of tea.
Matcha Adventure
Livia Fālcaru’s whimsical and quirky illustrations describe her warm, comforting relationship with green tea
Childhood, revisited
In this visual art series, Mariam AlZayani attempts to “clone” herself in an attempt to interrogate and manipulate her childhood and memory via creativity
Flesh Love All
This issue’s cover star, Flesh Love All is a photo series by Japanese photographer Hal, where he vacuum seals families and couples in their home environment
The Fire
Looking at the ‘sickness’ that occurs in the environment, Louise Coghill’s photo series documents a fire ravaging a 25-year-old family home
Razor Blade Gummy Bears
Razor Blade Gummy Bears observes the sickly fascination with sweetness as poison, its absurdity and allure made tangible in the form of gleaming translucent resin.
Yearning
Rosalyn Ng’s paintings are visceral, almost autofictive vehicles of expression – multi-textured, they represent a form of emotional processing
Kintsugi
Taken from her titular photo book “Kintsugi”, Polish artist Martyna Benedyka’s poetic black and white photographs are a reflection on self-repair