intimacy whenthe other sideis a variable

Shakti Mb Director, co-editor

Shakti Mb is a New York based artist, filmmaker, and software designer whose work explores the psychology of people. Her work has been supported by Rhizome, NEW INC, Emergent Ventures, Mozilla, and UnionDocs, and presented at the New Museum, Anthology Film Archives, and DCTV. Her net-art archive, My Girlfriend Is a JSON File, received a 2024 Rhizome Microgrant. She is currently a NEW INC Y13 member and was previously a NEW INC Art + Code Fellow, Mozilla Counter Structures resident, and UnionDocs Collaborative Studio Fellow.

Kiana Fernandez Co-editor, creative director

Kiana Fernandez is an artist, art director, multimedia designer, and filmmaker based in New York City.

Engaging across the boundaries of print, video, photomontage, crowdsourcing, and tangibility, her work has been exhibited through Anthology Film Archives, The Museum of Moving Image, The New Museum, Union Docs, The MOMA, Nguyen Wahed, DCTV, Rockaway Film Festival, Science New Wave Festival, and more.