Airborne N°5

Airborne is a journey through the invisible yet vital force that surrounds and sustains us. Inspired by the many faces of air—its whispers and roars, its stillness and motion—this edition of Invict/us explores breath, wind, and the unseen spaces in between. We begin with air as spirit and lifeforce, the first inhale that connects us to one another and to the world.

From there, we move through a realm of visual storytelling—photography, painting, and sculpture that capture air’s presence as it moves through bodies, landscapes, and skies. But Airborne also confronts the marks we’ve left behind: pollution, climate change, and the fading purity of our atmosphere. We consider the weight of what can’t be seen but is deeply felt—the invisible consequences of progress.

Still, within this reckoning, there is movement. We trace flight as a metaphor for freedom, creativity, and resilience—from the rustle of leaves to the arc of a bird in motion. In air, we find memory: voices, laughter, the final breath—all carried on the wind.

Let yourself drift through these pages. Be unbound, weightless, Airborne.