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Envision Competition · 12

Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries

Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti

Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries Divided into three acts on animals, plants, and stones, this docu-encyclopedia explores…

Higher than Acidic Clouds

Ali Asgari

Higher than Acidic Clouds In a haunting, autobiographical essay, Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari questions what it…

Loss Adjustment

Miguel Calderón

Loss Adjustment Pedro has a tough time dealing with corruption in his work as a claims adjuster for an…

Chronicles of the Absurd

Miguel Coyula

Chronicles of the Absurd In Cuba, artists have to be recognized by one of the state-sponsored art institutions…

CycleMahesh

Suhel Banerjee

CycleMahesh When a lockdown is announced in India, 22-year-old Mahesh finds himself stranded and…

The Fen-fire

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Erik van Lieshout

The Fen-fire Erik van Lieshout worked in Deurne Peel on the project 'De Gloeiige' (2024) in which he…

A Frown Gone Mad

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Omar Mismar

A Frown Gone Mad Botox, Revolax, Sculptra, Hyaron, Juvederm: all sorts of products—perhaps not all…

Garanti 100% Kréol

Laurent Pantaleon

Garanti 100% Kréol Some say that a garanti talisman offers a direct connection with the gods, while others…

Huaquero

Juan Carlos Donoso Gómez

Huaquero On the coast of Ecuador and Peru former huaqueros (from huaca, meaning “holy place or…

Paradise

Ana Rieper

Paradise The legacies of the Brazilian colonial condition today, across a restless journey through…

Park

Yo-Hen So

Park Asri and Hasan, two Indonesian students in Taiwan, meet in a park in the evenings. They…

Pictures in Mind

Eleonora Camizzi

Pictures in Mind A father and daughter meet in a white room. A single window to the outside world, with a…