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Sherry Chunqing Liu Jeannette Pang Ashley Culver editorial 16 Codes by Joy Xiang features 22 spir it-flesh-soul-icon by Meech Boakye 26 Joyful, Poetic Microworlds by Matt Nish-Lapidus 32 Petal by Petal: Feminine Desire as a Conduit for Home by Christina Hajjar

38 masus wəλ ə ɫ əʔos? we hear the brook by Mercedes Webb / ma̱lidi /

məlidi and Kaylee Maciejko

44 “A Political, Ethical, Existence Practice”: In Conversation with Valentina Desideri and Denise Ferreira da Silva by Coco Zhou 50 You Only Live Twice by Erin Reznick 56 Untangling Beauty from the Elite by Stevie Ada Klaark 62 From Algorithms to Aesthetics: Unlocking the Mind of CritBot.AI, Pioneering Critic by Cat Bluemke, Jonathan Carroll, and Hannah Hanski composition 70 Found in Translation by Tamyka Bullen, Rob Colgate, Max Ferguson, and Cyn Rozeboom one thing 72 The Bathers by Liza Eurich artist project 0–5, 97 Born in a Body by Brody Weaver and Elliot Ciz Text by Excel Garay tilling 96 Baseline Needs and Creative Freedom: How 221A’s Housing Initiative Helps Art and Artists Live by Keimi

Nakashima-Ochoa

COVER IMAGE Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Devin in Red Socks, 2016, archival pigment print; part of “As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic,” 2023, The Polygon Galler y, Vancouver, curated by Elliott Ramsay COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND NICELLE BEAUCHENE GALLERY, NEW YORK