Tag: exhibition

• 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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• 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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• Experimentation, community and joy: How Miami based photographer Isabella Marie Garcia works with folks in the juvenile justice system

  3 April 2025Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Isabella Marie Garcia facilitates joy in her community workshops with folks in the juvenile justice system. These workshops involve poetry, cyanotypes, anthotypes, and other experimental processes that allow participants to explore their identity and tell their own stories. Through this important work Isabella investigates agency, representation, and the ethical…

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  2nd Apr 2025

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