In a world shaped by performance, transition, and fragmented selves, these three essays navigate the complex terrain of identity in modern life. From digital divas glitching through capitalism’s spotlight, to the fading glamour of Hollywood haunted by AI, to the quiet revolution of cardboard boxes in a Stockholm apartment—each piece invites us to reconsider what it means to become. These aren’t stories of fixed categories or clear conclusions. They are meditations on motion, memory, and the messy, beautiful business of being. Step into a space where performance becomes protest, nostalgia is a form of architecture, and adulthood arrives gently, not neatly.
Cover made by Niusha Khanmohammadi