An insect appreciation project combining visual arts and amateur myrmecology
Published out of Amsterdam by Joscha Bruckert. Physical magazine available for free at selected locations.
Featured artists
- Aaron Elvis Jupin
- Anna Lea Hucht
- Anne Schwalbe
- Bridget Mullen
- Claudia Keep
- Cosima zu Knyphausen
- Daniel Milanese
- Deo Suveera
- Indrė Svirplytė
- Inès Di Folco
- Inna Levinson
- Joss McKinley
- June Gutman
- Lindsay Burke
- Loren Erdrich
- Makoto Oono
- Mary Chen
- Neven Allgeier
- Olgaç Bozalp
- Paul Robas
- Rūtė Merk
- Satoshi Fujiwara
- Sirui Ma
- Sophie Reinhold
- Thomas Albdorf
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