Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad

Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad

    For a brief moment the illusion of life the wind is a wild puppeteer- pulling, weighing, coaxing a last flight into the air. I cannot leave you here to the jaws of the sugar ants to the feet of those who scarcely look down at the fallen treasures they...
Uprising & Resistance: Jess Nash

Uprising & Resistance: Jess Nash

This is one of Jess Nash’s images from our anthology Uprising & Resistance, produced in conjunction with Spread the Word and the Black Beyond Data Mellon Foundation funded project, Underwriting Souls. These works respond to historical archives and objects...
Uprising & Resistance: Levi Naidu-Mitchell

Uprising & Resistance: Levi Naidu-Mitchell

This image, the central canvas or Canvas Two from Levi Naidu-Mitchell’s triptych, takes place metaphorically in the Middle Passage, displaying the Mangrove tree: ‘A concrete yet unruly and powerful plant, able to adapt in the worst of conditions, it acts...
Sarah-Jane Crowson

Sarah-Jane Crowson

    Observations on the Zodiacal Light the shape of this body       the artist dealing with the stars, no certain guide.     Sarah-Jane’s work is inspired by fairytales, nature, psychogeography, and surrealism. Her work can be...
Nina Nazir

Nina Nazir

Time Suspended, gel pen & biro on paper, 2022, (text source: A Primer for Poets & Readers of Poetry by Gregory Orr, p.104)   Nina Nazir (she/her) is a British Pakistani artist, poet and general creative bod based in Birmingham, UK.  She’s had work...
Rachel Carney

Rachel Carney

                                          eye / reflections white claws / hideous / blasting / at eyes / ark / a vicious light flick / big / flash / lick / curse /...