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INTERVIEW | Xena Zhang

INTERVIEW | Xena Zhang

Xena Zhang is an architect and cross-disciplinary visual artist whose work interweaves innovative sustainability practices with culturally immersive experiences. Agri-Cultural Oasis: Sustainable Living and Dominican Traditions, in collaboration with Yuanhao Zhou, merges off-grid farming, tropical leisure, and vibrant cultural exploration into a holistic, sustainable living experience.

INTERVIEW | Yi-Han Chou

INTERVIEW | Yi-Han Chou

Yi-Han (Audrey) Chou is a Dancer, Researcher, and Multimedia Artist originally from Taipei and based in New York. With a focus on storytelling through bodily movement, her work is a testament to the intricate interplay of embodiment, cultural identity, and diversity.

INTERVIEW | Matteo Cervone

INTERVIEW | Matteo Cervone

Matteo Cervone is an Italian photographer, based in Milan. After working for 25 years in multinational service companies as a behavioral trainer, he approached photography later in life, establishing himself as an artist. His series Other Worlds is a visual journey in time and space, where traffic lights become the main character of an urban stage.

INTERVIEW | Sumio Kobayashi

INTERVIEW | Sumio Kobayashi

Sumio Kobayashi is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He won several prices and has made appearances at festivals such as Takefu International Music Festival, Tongyeong International Music Festival, and Weimarer Frühjahrstage für zeitgenössische Musik. He is currently a Professor of Composition and Musicology at Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan.

INTERVIEW | Sophie Dezhao Jin

INTERVIEW | Sophie Dezhao Jin

Sophie Dezhao Jin is a multimedia visual artist originally from Beijing, China, who explores the intricate dynamics of human relationships through her diverse practice. Working across various mediums, she delves into themes of connection—whether with others, with nature, or with the resonances of the past. Her work focuses on identity, memory, and the human experience.

INTERVIEW | Julia Lehmann

INTERVIEW | Julia Lehmann

Julia Lehmann is a philosopher, writer, translator, and artist whose practice is deeply intertwined with her explorations of language, humanity, and the natural world. Exploring the boundary between text and image, the parts then form a new whole, fragments of a female voice. The typewriter is the tool to hide, to love, to seek, to find, to hope, to think.

INTERVIEW | Karim Bassegoda - Keight

INTERVIEW | Karim Bassegoda - Keight

Keight is a multidisciplinary artist who explores a variety of experiments and mediums, ranging from “traditional” art to immersive installations and digital works. Equal parts artist and designer, and both conceptual and expressionist, Keight takes the viewer on a visual journey through his unique language, peppered with references and symbolic pictograms that circumscribe his abundant universe.

INTERVIEW | Yulun Liu

INTERVIEW | Yulun Liu

Yulun Liu is an architect and digital artist based in Chicago whose work explores the intricate relationship between nature, architecture, and human well-being. Inspired by the resilience of abandoned landscapes and the therapeutic potential of natural environments, her practice focuses on creating immersive experiences that blur the boundaries between art and architecture.

INTERVIEW | Klara Lenhard

INTERVIEW | Klara Lenhard

Klara is a German filmmaker and graphic designer now based in Berlin. She works in mixed media, including video and sound design, photography, and inclusive design. Klara also engages in experimental arts with the focus on conceptual emotional design. She has been curiously exploring how art makes disconnections tangible.

INTERVIEW | Ruslana Nosak

INTERVIEW | Ruslana Nosak

Ruslana Nosak's work reflects a lifelong journey through different places, each of which has shaped and expanded her artistic vision. Over the years, she's explored a range of mediums, embracing each for its unique, expressive qualities. Her work depicts the psychological and cultural complexities faced by individuals adapting to new countries and identities.

INTERVIEW | Aylal Heydarova

INTERVIEW | Aylal Heydarova

Aylal Heydarova is an emerging Azerbaijani painter whose works span a variety of artistic styles and creative techniques, including pointillism, modernism, and abstract. Launched in April 2024, the #SAVINGBUTTERFLIES project celebrates transformation and resilience, reflecting the journeys of both butterflies and migrants.

INTERVIEW | Neryhs Wo

INTERVIEW | Neryhs Wo

Neryhs Wo is an emerging independent artist from Hong Kong. Her practice explores the contradiction of hoping to be found and understood but doubting the existence of total understanding between minds. She expresses this through various media such as poetry, paintings, illustrations, public installations, and performances. Neryhs sees her art practice to be a form of unconditional love she gives to life.