Travelling and photographing communities from rural India to rural Germany has taught me that there is no single ‘right’ way to live. More importantly, it has shown me how we are fundamentally the same despite our differences. We all share universal desires, joys, and tragedies—bonds t
To nourish is a political act. Cheesemaking is a craft that combines milk, rennet, cultures, and salt. Yet within a capitalist economy, this craft is transformed into a commodity. The standardisation of food products like cheese, alongside industrial dairying, produces food that does not truly nour
The Sea is a Woman The fragile human body, entrapped in concrete ideas that place humans above nature, separated from the living systems of Earth, suffers from amnesia. But as water bodies, we can reclaim memories; through sweat and tears, blood and semen, we become part of the hydrosphere. Fluidit
The Erotics of Awe is a poetry collection in which Byuka visualises ecological intimacy. These poems trace the mysterious & animist forces between people and places - the collective body with its entanglement of lineages, vulnerabilities, desires and resonance. That hauntological world-building that
Artist Alicja Kwade investigates the boundaries between the natural and the constructed, inviting viewers to reconsider their place within vast systems of time, matter, and ultimately meaning. Working with materials like stone, metal, and glass, her practice is a collaboration with the earth itself.
