In her latest project, the decade-spanning photo series titled Broken Mirror, New York-based visual artist Samantha Sutcliffe peers through her camera into the black mirror of American life.
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To the Floor: Sam Besca’s Dichotomy of Dance
New York native and director Sam Besca’s To the Floor, a short film written by Electra Artemis, unearths the menacingly cannibalistic femininity cultivated beneath the glitzy norms of European ballroom dance tradition.
Dupe or Twin: The AI Fashion Model Creeps In
It seems we were expected to clap and cheer and act impressed by the fact that in a meeting of the editorial staff at Business of Fashion (BoF), only a “slight majority” correctly guessed which image of model Mathilda Gvarliani, provided by the Swedish multinational retailer H&M, was a photograph and which was generated by artificial intelligence.
Echoes of the Disposable
With Echoes of the Disposable, John Londoño reminds us that photography is a melancholy kind of magic, conjuring people and places beyond our grasp.
‘Kissy Face’: Jake Santos on the Blur of Intimacy
Titled Kissy Face, Toronto-based artist Jake Santos’ new solo exhibition, showing at Blouin Division until early May, presents a series of miniature, close-up portraits rendered on wood panels.
Beauty and War in Chloe Majenta’s “Enantiodromia”
“I think I was really craving something a little bit more like banging my head against a wall without me actually doing it,” Chloe Majenta tells me.
LIVE: The Aesthetics of Digital Intimacy
In an era oversaturated with digital imagery, curation has become its own form of performance. LIVE explores this paradox—where spontaneity and construction collide, dissolving the boundaries between authenticity and artifice.
Long Xi Vlessing’s Queens of the Night
An interesting fact about Montreal-based photographer Long Xi Vlessing lies in his own self-description. In an interview with Liminul, he confesses, “I have always been really attracted to people and strangers especially, even though secretly, I am very socially anxious.”
Adhere To Studios: Alexandra Dean’s Outerwear Revolution
It is always a pleasure to watch someone chase a dream, harness it, and wrestle it to fruition. For Vancouver-based designer Alexandra Dean, the dream was to start her own outerwear brand.
Framing the Fleeting: Philippe Arsenault’s Montreal
On a winter morning in Montreal, the air feels dense, like the city itself is catching its breath. The streets are dusted in remnants of salt and slush, windows fog with condensation, and strangers pass each other with practiced indifference.