• Máté Bartha (HU)

An obscure encyclopedia in which an archetypal metropolis that has evolved into an autonomous organism mirrors the entirety of creation.

• Adam Thorman (US)

A series of ‘creatures’ seen by finding the animate in the inanimate, viewing the world through the lens of pareidolia.

• Erik Lieber (NL)

A large collection of anonymous snapshots spanning decades, defined by the repetitive manner in which a Japanese ‘Mom’ and ‘Girl’ are photographed.

• Stéphanie Roland (BE)

An artist’s book that combines the narratives of seven phantom islands in a non-linear, fragmented logic, from which a meta-island emerges.

• Rogier Maaskant (NL)

Enchanting images unveil a diverse array of insects in flight during twilight and nighttime, putting their importance and beauty in the limelight.

• Martin Tscholl (DE)

Meadows, forests, and mountains in a web of interconnections extending beyond the realm of humans, but originating from the same ontological ground.

• Hiske Altena (NL)

A visual exploration of the ‘clay hypothesis’, the theory according to which clay helped the evolution of early life forms.

• Oriane Thomasson (BE)

A mosaic of photographic work and archival materials assembled into a new narrative like a cabinet of curiosities.

• Jana Hartmann (DE)

A photographic research on the scientific exploration and conquest of nature from the beginnings of alchemy until the present day.

• Danielle Lemaire (NL)

An artist book exploring the mythical cult around English singer-songwriter Nick Drake through archival research and melancholic drawings.

• Valeria Cherchi (IT)

A photo-text book that attempts to decode the complex kidnapping phenomenon on Sardinia between the 1960s and the 1990s.

• Stéphanie Roland (BE)

An experimental and fictional narrative that immerses the reader in a nocturnal and mysterious atmosphere of anticipation.

• Karianne Bueno (NL)

A portrait of Doug who has been living in the forests of Vancouver Island for 47 years, a labyrinth of stories and legends.

• Robert Pufleb (DE)

Strange vessels of extraterrestial visitors, or an uncommon view of the common floodlight from an impossible perspective.

• Robert Pufleb (DE)
• Nadine Schlieper (DE)

A fantastical journey through a fictitious conceptualisation of the moon, using photographic close-ups of pancakes.

• Carina Hesper (NL)

A box with 32 prints with portraits of visually impaired Chinese orphans, all coated in black thermochromatic ink which turns transparent by touch.

• Jos Jansen (NL)

An investigation of the mystic nature of high-tech research, focusing on the relationship between people and technology.