Category: historical processes

• Maria Kapajeva works in collaboration with individuals displaced by war, creating large‑scale cyanotypes that reflect the fluidity of borders

  25 November 2025Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom In Maria Kapajeva’s project Fluid Borders, she turns to her own upbringing in Narva, Estonia a town situated directly on the border with Russia to reflect on the complexities of national boundaries and displacement. Combining personal experience with collaboration, she works alongside groups of women who have fled war‑torn…

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  25th Nov 2025

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• Artist Masha Pryven works with young people to challenge themes of identity, borders and government documents

  31 October 2025Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Masha Pryven collaborates with young people in Narva, Estonia to question what it means to be human. Developed during a residency at the Estonian-Russian border, the project confronts the “institutional violence” inherent in state-defined identity and belonging. Through a multi-layered approach involving youth workshops, collage, polaroid, and public action…

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  31st Oct 2025

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• Artist Ania Ready shares the powerful story of Naomi Kaplan Warren, a Jewish woman from Poland who survived three concentration camps

  29 September 2025Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom In the series Life Lines artist Ania Ready had the unique opportunity to take a deep dive into archival material and interviews that led her to discover the important story of Naomi Warren Kaplan. This inspiring individual survived Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, and Bergen-Belsen during World War II. Naomi’s story is…

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  29th Sep 2025

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• Visual Storytelling in Cyan and Thread: Collaborating with Sapara Women of the Ecuadorian Amazon

  14 July 2025Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom The Sapara people of the Ecuadorian Amazon have struggled from the illegal extraction of fossil fuels in their territory. Today there are less that 600 people remaining. In collaboration with Sapara Women, artist Tatiana Lopez shares powerful stories of ancestral knowledge by visualising themes of gender, dreams, and environmental…

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  14th Jul 2025

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• Brooklyn based artist Galina Kurlat creates vivid lumen prints using hair, blood, and saliva

  28 May 2025Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Lumen prints are made by exposing silver gelatin paper to light for extended periods of time. This unique photographic process does not require a camera or a darkroom, but instead relies on light from the sun. Galina Kurlat, known for her use of lumen printing, creates painterly like images…

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  28th May 2025

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• Polish artist Magda Kuca uses historic processes to visualise Slavic rituals and folklore

  24 April 2025Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Inspired by heritage, family, and memory Magda Kuca tells stories exploring foklore and Slavic rituals. Magda collects plants, herbs, and archival material from Poland and brings them back to her studio in London to create visually striking images. These black and white photographs are formed using historic processes such…

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  23rd Apr 2025

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