things
worth
looking at
Obscura is an unfinished library of essays, images, ideas, references and strange little discoveries.
A place for work that asks to be looked at twice.
Not everything
needs to become
content.
Obscura is a space for things that deserve more time than a scroll.
Essays, photographs, poetry, research, conversations, films, artists, books, music and fragments of thought.
We are interested in the obscure, unfinished, overlooked, uncomfortable, beautiful and difficult-to-name.
Essays, poetry, criticism, personal writing, cultural observations and strange little pieces of prose.
Photography, visual diaries, illustrations, scans, collages and image-based work.
Research, questions, references, conversations and things you have been thinking about for too long.
If it doesn't fit neatly into a category but you think it belongs here — send it anyway.
strange?
We are looking for work that makes us pause.
Send us your essay, poem, photograph, visual work, research, criticism, interview, reading list, film writing, or something we haven't thought of yet.
There is no rigid theme. We are more interested in the question behind the work than whether it fits neatly somewhere.