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INTERVIEW | Dana Manor Cohen

INTERVIEW | Dana Manor Cohen

Dana Manor Cohen is an Israeli artist, living in Kibbutz Tziv’on. In recent years, she has been painting on old book covers that she collects. These rigid rectangular surfaces accumulate the evidence of many years, and on them, she draws and paints the landscape in which she lives. In these pastoral views, she attempts to express her love and closeness to nature.

INTERVIEW | Emmanuelle Becker

INTERVIEW | Emmanuelle Becker

Emmanuelle Becker is a visual artist and photographer based in Paris. Emmanuelle Becker's photographic work explores the selective nature of memory and the impact of emotions on how the brain prioritizes and retains information. Becker has an intimist look at her subjects to create her singular dreamlike imagery. Her fascination with dreams and the unconscious is at the heart of her creative process.

INTERVIEW | Jing Zhao

INTERVIEW | Jing Zhao

Jing Zhao is Chinese artist, born in Shanghai and currently based in Brooklyn, New York. explores ideological transformations in this time of accelerated information circulation and cultural diaspora. Zhao was trained as a photographer, and her research-based practice is rooted in the tradition of conceptual art. As a result, she works across a broad range of mediums.

INTERVIEW | REGEN

INTERVIEW | REGEN

REGEN is a digital artist and VJ, currently living in Sichuan, China. She has always been fascinated by the rhythm data of the different types of music. She has created content in the form of digital animations, live audiovisual concerts, and installations. Her latest project, Infinity, is a new media digital artwork generated by computer algorithms, with visual variations generated in real-time through the analysis of music beats.

INTERVIEW | Shiyu (Icy) Qiao

INTERVIEW | Shiyu (Icy) Qiao

Shiyu (Icy) Qiao is a London-based animation director, 2D & stop-motion animator, and illustration artist from China. Her themes are often drawn from personal experience, social psychology, and philosophy. Her works are not limited to a single medium and she sees her creation as a healing process, creating a conversation with the viewers through the dissection of memory and self.

INTERVIEW | Jia Jia

INTERVIEW | Jia Jia

Jia Jia is a multi-media artist. She works primarily in installation, incorporating sculpture, video, and performance. Her practice uses satire and humor to imagine everyday objects anew. The work questions how globalization and a technologically saturated society influence the ideology of the individual and how the individual behaves in a society filled with contradiction and stimulation.