Essay
Chicken Bones At the End of The World: Adam Phong’s
So I’m lucky that Phong’s exhibition– One of Our Fossils– curated by Bob Edrian, is naturally thought-provoking. Seven sculptures made of chicken bones are carefully presented to create a space for reflection, inviting us to imagine how future civilisations might interpret fragments of our existence.
Afraid of Forgetting; The Hands Pass Tradition
In hopes of keeping the tradition alive, the writer and photographer documents hands, and spaces as a means to keep tradition alive.
FINDING DEEPAVALI
THE TRADITIONAL DEEPAVALI, WITH ITS EMPHASIS ON FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND RELIGIOUS RITUALS, OFTEN EXCLUDES THOSE WHO DON’T CONFORM TO SOCIETAL NORMS. FOR ME, THIS FESTIVAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BITTERSWEET AFFAIR.
DJ Foreskin Six Bangsar Takeover
The Six Bangsar audience roared. The emcee goes "GIVE IT UP FOR DJ FORESKINNNNNNN!!!'. Horny hetero Malay couples paused their grinding to clap for the goofiest set ever played at Jalan Telawi 3. Malay girls dressed like Pink Pantheress screamed WHAT THE FUUUCK, in the most orgasmic, bisexual way. DJ Foreskin - this Malay bitch…
Grey is Okay
"What you choose is what will also choose you, in time.". This is one of a string of crystaline words penned down in her moment of quiet in 2018. Creative Director, Artist, Writer, Photographer & Poet, Binti points us into a direction of understanding where Grey, Is Okay.
In the Light of Now by Wan Adam
Penned down in the aughts of the pandemic, contributor Wan Adam unclogs a stream of conciousness in the wake of loss, isolation and finding a means to make sense of things in the absence of self.
Protecting the Flame
Writer Julia Merican Unleashes a Stream of Conciousness, Reflecting on Her Childhood & What It Means to Find Comfort in Tradition & Family