Biographies
Andrew Shaw has several published books and pamphlets of poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. Often writing under pseudonyms he has won numerous literary awards. He worked as an arts and culture writer and as poet-in residence at the Swan Theatre, Worcester. His work has appeared in galleries in the USA, Europe and Asia.
Philip Newcombe is an artist based in the UK. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in Europe, USA, UK and Australia. In 2019 he founded ‘meantime’ press.
He is represented by Åplus Berlin.
Brittany V Wilder is a visual artist and writer making work out of words, photographs, and flowers. Text-based narrative, colour explorations, and personal documentation play a large role in her practice. She received her BFA from the Oregon College of Art and Craft in 2013 and has shown in Portland, OR and Chicago, IL.
Rebecca Stenfors is an artist based in London. Working predominantly with moving image, she is interested in stories that seek a homecoming. More often than not, this home remains out of reach.
Based in Edinburgh, Tessa Berring is the author of Bitten Hair and Folded Purse (Blue Diode Press) Putty (If A Leaf Falls Press) and Cut Glass and No Flowers (Dancing Girl Press). Her love of poetry centres around an attention to language as an elastic and emotional material - something delicate and resistant, explicit and opaque.
Dylan Angell is a writer and musician originally from North Carolina. He has released multiple chapbooks and zines including I Am My Own Imaginary Friend (2020), Sinking Windows(2019) and An Index of Strangers Whom I Will Never Forget A-Z (2016). When he isn’t writing he is playing the trumpet.
Syed Shoaib Mahmood’s works connect art with divinity and philosophy, building on his experience as a student of sculpture at J.J. School Of Art, Mumbai and extensive periods as an Artist in Residence at SomoS Gallery. His work has been exhibited in galleries across Europe and India. Born and raised in Saudi Arabia, spending much of his time leaning on the Kaaba, he now lives in a quiet part of Germany often facing the same.
Mike Taylor is a photographer, sound recordist, editor and filmmaker. He makes slow, deliberate films and can be found around the British Isles, usually very early in the morning, making ambient field recordings with his numerous devices. Mike drives a Volvo that is held together by gaffer tape.