Issue No. 001  ✦  May 2026
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limelight

a new sort of spotlight
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Cover story

"The Ones Nobody Sees Coming"

Six artists, three cities, zero budgets. How the underground keeps making the stuff that matters when nobody's watching — and why that's exactly the point.

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Quick takes
Mailbag this week:
"my landlord threw out my risograph printer so I set up in the bathroom. the ventilation is not good."
reader, Detroit
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Interview

D. Okafor on Making Noise

"I don't make art for galleries. I make it for telephone poles."

The paste-up artist and sound collagist talks about why she stopped applying for grants and started printing anyway.

Reviews

Rec Room

★★★★☆ Turnstile at the Riv — loud, sweaty, essential.

★★★☆☆ That zine fair downtown — too many laptop stickers.

★★★★★ Your friend's cassette tape you found in a coat pocket — peak.

Classifieds
FOR TRADE: Box of VHS tapes (unlabeled). May contain art. May contain a wedding. Only serious offers.
WANTED: Drummer who doesn't own a car. Must be able to carry own kit on the bus. Helmet optional.
FREE: One broken Epson printer. Still prints. Sort of. Art supply or paperweight. You decide.
Essay

On Caring Too Much

A defence of sincerity in an age that calls everything cringe. Why giving a damn is the most radical thing you can do right now.

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