This issue is about the structures and systems that influence how the art world works and how artists connect with each other. We can cite sources, name those who came before us, make clear references to the work we love, but influence isn’t always apparent. It’s often ephemeral, shifting with changing tastes. Many artists in this issue—including Deanna Bowen, Ron Terada, Zachery Longboy, Aiyyana Maracle, Sara Cwynar, Elizabeth Zvonar and Hazel Meyer—address power relations and influence, working to remind us that history rarely operates in a linear fashion.