Berm is a contemporary arts magazine based in Portland, Oregon

Published twice a year, each issue of Berm uses a different theme to explore ideas and trends in the contemporary arts world. We work to publish a diverse range of new work from emerging and established artists.

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

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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

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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

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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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