OPEN
CALL

Works that carry at least one of the following concepts*:

— RAW
A sense of direct contact with reality.
Not a performance of “honesty,” but the actual absence of distance between experience and its expression.

— INFINITE
The work opens into something larger than itself.
It doesn’t explain — it expands. Doesn’t illustrate — it shifts perception.

— PRESENCE
You can feel the author was here.
And it demands the same from the viewer.

*You’re strongly encouraged to read the full RAW INFINITE PRESENCE manifesto for proper immersion and understanding.

Before you submit, ask yourself a few things:

• Does this piece make someone stop, or does it slide by unnoticed?
• Is there risk in it, or just control?
• Does it hold up without explanation?
• Does it carry a trace of lived experience, or just the idea of one?
• Did I make this from presence, or from knowing how it’s “supposed” to be done?

If even one answer tightens something inside you, that’s enough.

By submitting your work, you confirm that:

• you are the author or hold the rights to the material;
• you are not infringing on any third-party copyrights;
• you agree to have your work published in the digital zine (with full credit);
• you accept the rules of the platform used for submission.

DEADLINE: April 30