Relocating Asia: Independent Fashion Design RoundtableRelocating Asia: Independent Fashion DesignCulture critic and curator Jeppe Ugelvig met up with three independent fashion designers to talk about their practice, their roles, and the challenges they face: Indonesian musician Ican Harem, who also designs and produces clothes; Manila-based designer Carl Jan Cruz, and Yufei Liu who runs fashion house feyfey Worldwide.
10 Dance Tracks for a New Environment Listicle10 Dance Tracks for a New EnvironmentWhat does dance music sound like when it is produced during a time when nobody is dancing? Daniel Valle-Riestra aka Qoqeqa trawled through the adventurous Latinx scene to which he belongs and came up with the ten most exciting examples.
Petri Dish: On Launching V/A – Various Artists Editors’ NotePetri Dish: On Launching V/A – Various ArtistsAn introduction to V/A and the initial thematic focal point “Petri Dish” by the editors.
Re-Membering the Lost: Mapping Philippine Material Culture The Run-UpRe-Membering the Lost: Mapping Philippine Material CultureManila-based curator and writer Marian Pastor Roces started to post a series of photos and essayistic texts on Facebook in Fall 2020. In January 2021 a new platform was launched by scholar Cristina Martinez-Juan in London, including the objects shared by Roces and more like them in an online collection: “Mapping Philippine Material Culture.”
Intimacy and the Machine: Gamergirl Bathwater – or: “Is Hentai Art”? EssayIntimacy and the Machine: Gamergirl Bathwater – or: “Is Hentai Art”?How is technology shaping our desires? What bodies and faces populate our screens? What’s left of the flesh in virtual spaces? Biz Sherbert addresses these and other questions in her essay, following human and non-human actors that reflect the state of our libidinal economy.
