Jessica M. Rodríguez-Colón: publishes ‘Displacement of (M)others in Twenty-First-Century US Films’, Bloomsbury

The book retraces maternal philosophy by presenting an alternative genealogy and providing a concrete definition of the term (m)other. Most importantly, it introduces a new theory of The Gaze Economy in order to evaluate characters in films and measure its effect on the subjectivity of mothers.

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Zeerak Ahmed: New Album Release & Essay on Talkhouse

Slowspin is the moniker of Pakistan-raised, New York-based sound artist Zeerak Ahmed. Her work is grounded in North Indian classical and matrilineal vocal traditions, expanded through dream-folk, ambient, experimental, electronic, devotional song, and psychedelic sound practices. Poetry and melodies in her mother tongues — Urdu, Purbi and English — form new textural soundscapes for love, loss, and longing. 

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Jisun Myung: Theatre for Young Audiences ‘Artistic Innovation Award’, USA

On May 29, 2026, Jisun Myung received the TYA 2026 National Award - Artistic Innovation Award from TYA/USA for the performance she created with the friends and co-artists titled Red. TYA/USA (USA ASSITEJ), founded in 1965, is the leading national service organization dedicated to professional theatre/performance for children and families.

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Miriam Schaer: 'Hands of Josephus' included in exhibition 'Design Across Time' at Cooper Hewitt, NYC

Hands of Josephus is a series of five altered books created from distressed copies of Flavius Josepus' Twenty books of the Jewish Antiquities, The Life of Josephus and The Jewish Wars. Each page, cut in the shape of a hand is sewn on multiple beaded cords, then attached to wire hand forms encrusted with beads.

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Karl Nussbaum: Ghost Dance for America, 1890, at Hudson Hall, NY

Hudson Hall presents Ghost Dance for America, 1890, a large-scale immersive film installation by filmmaker and artist Karl Nussbaum. Presented in Hudson Hall’s historic performance hall, the work draws on nineteenth-century pre-cinema illusions and optical devices to explore the history of the enslavement of Africans, Indigenous dispossession, colonization, and spiritual resistance in the United States.

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Sandra Becker: Pop-Up Exhibition: When Artists Talk to Telephone Books – and They Talk Back

What do historical telephone directories tell us? More than just names and numbers. They preserve traces of people, everyday life, and communication – sometimes quietly, sometimes unexpectedly. In this pop-up exhibition, artists worked with historical Swiss telephone directories from the PTT Archives on behalf of Wikimedia CH (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums, WMCH).

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Carlos Llerenga Aguirre: Mapping Printmaking, Douro Printmaking Biennal, Portugal

PhD candidate Carlos Llerenga Aguirre has been included in the Mapping Printmaking World Book project curated by Nuno Canelas, and the Douro Printmaking Biennial. Portugal

The “Mapping Printmaking” project is a work in progress on a digital book that compiles the work of hundreds of artists from around the world in the field of printmaking. All traditional engraving techniques are covered, such as Metal Engraving, Linocut, etc.

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Tracey Benson: Reflections on Weaving Water Yarun Residency 2025

The theme of resilience at Weaving Water @ Yarun grounded an 11 day program exploring deep connection to place. Delivered in a year marked by disruption and recovery, Weaving Water focused on responding — to weather, to place, and to community needs as they emerged. What remained constant was a shared commitment to care for water, Country and each other through partnership, kinship and respect.

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Jisun Myung: Miyeokguk Project in Performing the Edible (Routledge, 2026)

Jisun Myung wrote 'Chapter 7: Communion of a Bowl of Seaweed Soup with Familiar Strangers: from Mukbang to Live Performance in the Miyeokguk Project' of "Performing the Edible: Sustenance, Sensation, and Sustainability" edited by Kristin Hunt (Routledge, 2026). This article is about of her recent performance piece that explores Korean women diaspora's reproductive stories.

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