Julia Merican is a writer and researcher from Kuala Lumpur. She often finds herself thinking about the allure of transitory or ruined spaces, writing that trickles outside of generic boundaries, and unlikely spaces of reconciliation. Her work has appeared in the pages of several print magazines and various online publications, and once (quite excitingly) on the walls of an art gallery. She writes about art, design, film, literature, and little things that are less easy to define, like letters found in secondhand books, or how sunlight falls onto brick walls.
Find them here.Protecting the Flame
Writer Julia Merican Unleashes a Stream of Conciousness, Reflecting on Her Childhood & What It Means to Find Comfort in Tradition & Family
Music echoes in the hall of a once-forgotten cinema
It’s easy to pick up the influences of their professed influences—a hint of The Killers here; a paean to Death Cab for Cutie there—but Kyoto Protocol has a sound that is also completely its own.
Dressing Up for Noodles: In the Mood for Clothes
Clothes play a more sinister and ponderous role in the film than just wistfully outlining the slender contours of Mrs Chan’s loneliness.