Writer Eleanor King reflects on the life and work of Kelly Mark through an object inherited from her estate, tracing Mark’s legacy and considering the posthumous presentations of her work.
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In a hybrid digital/print artist project, EDAA finalist Kahani Ploessl presents BRUSH.jpeg, a coded drawing interface that replaces conventional brushes with web-sourced images smeared into glitched compositions that critique the concealment of labour and authorship in AI-generated content.
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A conversation with Patterns Collective where they discuss the importance of friendship, love, and care as critical parts of the collective experience.
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“Resisting complete legibility, his larger-than-life, solitary characters are only accessible to those who take the time to get closer. Only then can viewers make out the figures from blotched brushstrokes, or discern delicately embroidered words that ventriloquize subjects’ thoughts.”