In an age increasingly governed by invisible infrastructures, the question of what sustains life is no longer confined to biology. London-based artist and researcher Yucen approaches this condition not as speculative fiction but as a quietly unfolding reality. Working across installation, moving image, and system-based practices, Yucen’s work examines how contemporary technological environments transform survival into something operational: monitored, evaluated, and maintaine

Tia Liu is a London-based visual artist working across fine-art photography and moving image. She went to the University of the Arts London (MA, 2022–2024) and Jinan University, Guangzhou (BA, 2014–2018), and has developed a research-led practice that explores intimacy, memory, and emotional vulnerability within contemporary social conditions. Liu is working with fragments and refuses fixed narratives, which connects her work closer to reality and the human experience. Her i

Interview with Kristen Eisenbraun 1. Please tell us something about your background and your art journey so far. As a homeschooled kid growing up on a secluded farm I had plenty of time to develop my artistic passion. I have drawn and painted my whole life but it was not my career path for quite a while. I went to Montana State University as an art student but I only made it one semester. After that I rambled about the West working as a wrangler on horse ranches. In the next