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INTERVIEW | Michael Vincent Manalo

INTERVIEW | Michael Vincent Manalo

Michael Vincent Manalo is a visual artist who recently focused on acrylic paintings, photo manipulation, and installations. In his work, the subjects are represented through a mix of imagined and realistic images, playing with the expectations of the viewer and raising questions about the role that human emotions play in memory.

INTERVIEW | The2vvo

INTERVIEW | The2vvo

The2vvo is an artist duo from Kazakhstan currently living between Berlin and Los Angeles, made up of Eldar Tagi (sound art) and Lena Pozdnyakova (sculpture, architecture, visual arts). The duo explores the complicated dynamics between cultures and spaces, objects and processes through sound, sculpting, visual art, and performance.

INTERVIEW | Shan Xu

INTERVIEW | Shan Xu

Shan Xu is a Multi-Media artist based in San Francisco and Beijing. Shan is an experimental, future-oriented new media artist whose passion lies in challenging cultural stereotypes and social preconceptions through building experiences of future-present intersections. Her works expand technologies' possibilities to address "digital and natural" challenges and inspire conversation through a digital and natural conflict lens.

INTERVIEW | Yihuang Zhou

INTERVIEW | Yihuang Zhou

Yihuang Zhou is a graphic designer and artist. He uses type as the vehicle for discussions on the complex world. Yihuang explores the conversation and collision between Western and Eastern cultures and social constructs with a particular interest in languages and writing systems. He works across disciplines, including print, digital, industrial, and spatial design.