We are accepting submissions of artworks surrounding the theme of CONTAMINATION, including but not limited to: stills (from games, VR, moving image, performance), images of static work (any medium – ceramics, installation, jewellery, sculpture, illustration/painting, photography etc.)

They can also be in combination with one another. 

There is potential to include some physical work i.e. small prints/trinkets however this would need to be discussed – please contact us through the 'Contact Curator' tab. 

We are also accepting submissions of writing surrounding the theme of CONTAMINATION, including but not limited to: short fiction, prose, poetry, art writing, short essays, and experimental writing.  

Show me your porosity, let me infiltrate you until we become a messy infusion. At what point do I end, and you begin? We are the impure spawns, riddled with disease and ideology. Fleshy interdependencies are the only way forwards - if forwards is even where we are headed.

What does it mean to be contaminated? Is it just a human-made idea driven by western scientific practices, focusing on extraction and results? In the wild, we are all contaminated by everything all the time.

Pollutants, spores, pollen, interactions, the gut microbiome, political ideologies, sickness; contamination is inescapable. 

Alexis Shotwell’s ‘Against Purity’ campaigns for all that is impure. Purity is an unreachable goal – even though it is sold to us every day through detox juices, skincare and individualism.

In a world of swampy information, contaminated thoughts and political corruption how can we wade through the muck and realise our contaminated potentials.

Open to all, we are taking submissions from artists and non-artists. Those selected will be featured in the debut issue of Threshold Zine among other emerging and established artists and creatives.

This opportunity also includes publicity on the zine's Instagram (@thresholdzine). We hope this will be the first of many editions. and look forward to receiving your submissions.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please feel free to contact us through the 'Contact Curator' tab.

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