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• Anne Eder invites audiences into a world where folklore, mythology, and fiction intertwine with the raw materiality of the natural environment

  26 January 2026Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Artist Anne Eder constructs large scale creatures from moss, bones, and catkins found in nature. These monsters are recorded using alternative photographic processes such as anthotypes and salted silver prints. Anne weave’s fantasy and folklore into her installations. Through the creation of her mythical landscapes and fictional beasts, audiences…

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  25th Jan 2026

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• 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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• From Nature: Photographic artist Megan Bent uses the chlorophyll printing process to challenge misconceptions surrounding illness and disability

  25 December 2023Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Megan Bent’s current exhibition at the Cultural Equity Incubator Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts showcases Bent’s body of work Latency a powerful project that explores representations of disability and illness. She juxtaposes news clippings and medical documents alongside portraits of folks with non-apparent disabilities to break down stereotypes. Printed on…

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  25th Dec 2023

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