Call for Issue 07: Summer 2021
Curated by Enrique “Kike” Congrains

Deadline for submissions: April 1, 2021

Solve et Coagula

Solve et coagula is a maxim or motto of alchemy which means “dissolve and coagulate”. It means that something must be broken down before it can be built up. “Solve” refers to the breaking down of elements and “Coagula” refers to their coming together. This transmutation process contained both literal and meta- phorical meaning: it could be analogous to the destruction of one’s ego before the realization of the true self, or the distillation of a substance down to its prime elements to make alchemical preparations.

In its purest form, collage is alchemy: a power that transforms something by destroying and merging components together from multiple sources into a new creation.

– Enrique “Kike” Congrains, Artist and Educator

To submit artwork responses:

  • Submissions are encouraged to explore alchemy, magick, ouroboric mythos, Iconoclasm and the occult.

  • Use symbols and signs that you associate with alchemy and the occult.

  • Include circles or circular shapes to reflect the cyclic nature of life.

  • The use of color is very welcome.

  • All eligible submissions must incorporate some portion or portions of Cut Me Up: Issue 6.


Enrique “Kike” Congrains

Enrique “Kike” Congrains is collage artist from Lima, Peru. He has shown his work in exhibitions in Peru, as well as Argentina, Spain, England, Hong Kong and Norway at the Scandinavian Collage Museum. He is the founder and curator of CollageWave, an annual show for established and emerging Peruvian collagists. He participated as a speaker at Kolaj Fest New Orleans in 2018 and 2019. He teaches collage workshops to underprivileged kids and is writing a book on Latin American collage.

Instagram: @canson_city

Cut Me Up Issue 7: Solve et Coagula was published on July 1, 2021.