Berm is a contemporary arts magazine based in Portland, Oregon
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Issue Six Interactive
Inside this issue
- is art the cosmic game of telephone by Crystal Cortez and Ruben Rivera
- New Jersey 2000 by Mickey Sanchez & Hannah Krafcik
- It Happens To Us by Erica Schreiner
- The Sculpture Bears Witness To Our Seek For Solace by Irene June
- Existing Further by Indonesia Fulcher
- The Peculiar Parade of Playful Interactions by Midori Hirose
- Miscommunication by Wesley Mueller
- You're Invited by Jessica Joner
Issue Five Joy
Inside this issue
- On Joy by nia musiba
- A Selection from Michelle Fromme
- Daredevil Cartwheel by Emily Jones & Hannah Krafcik
- The Truth Was More Complex by Azha Ayanna Luckman
- Notes on the Next Best Thing by Roya Amirsoleymani
- A Momentary Sense of Relief by Jasmine Wood
- Ballroom: Portland in Color with Interviews by Kiki Flora and Photography by Gianna Basile
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Issue Four Money
Inside this issue
- An essay about money and art will be an essay about feelings by Linda Austin
- Breadwinner by Rebecca Horne
- An untitled essay by Satpreet Kahlon
- where am i: an essay on money and anxiety and art by Chelsea Couch
- 9-5 by Ben Herbert
- The Economics of Berm by The Editors
- An Interview with Variable West, Amelia Rina interviewed by Wesley Mueller & Michael Kurt
Issue Three Ephemeral
Inside this issue
- Changes and Traces by Takahiro Yamamoto
- insides by Hannah Krafcik
- PUNCICATE by maximiliano
- Dreaming Through Movement by Crystal Sasaki
- Long Live the Anti-Receipt by Andrew Yoon
- OurWorldHomeCafe.Online by Tabitah Nikolai & garima thakur
- cosmic howl of information, 2023 by Demian DinéYazhí
- The Ephemeral Still Life by Kelda Van Patten
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Issue Two Letters & Figures
Inside this issue
- A Rose by Any Other Name by Kendyl Boyd
- An Essay on Communication by Alyson Provax
- Glyph by Tatiana Ryckman
- New Thing/The Precipice by Alicia Gaines
- LAND BACK & FUCK COLONIALISM by Hotvlkuce Harjo
- A Conversation with Future Fonts, Wesley Mueller & Michael Kurt interviewing Lizy Gershenzon & Travis Kochel
Issue One Transitions
Inside this issue
- to begin, a poem by Heldáy de la Cruz
- loops, a proverb by Hannah Krafcik
- Androids in the Tower, an excerpt from maximiliano
- Naming Interludes, a visual poem by Crystal Cortez
- Nothing Is Urgent, a comic by Jenny Vu
- alkai, a poem by Jet Shea
- Coming and Going, an essay by Jaleesa Johnston
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