Essays

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Paranoiac Time, Desynchronic Time

TJ Shin examines “paranoiac time” (and possibilities for its rupture) in the context of the Cold War and the neoliberal present

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Art Criticism in the Middle of the Night

Lee Weng Choy considers the distance between us, while ruminating on reading, writing, and region

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In Beats of Uncertainty

Jihyun Paik follows a reverberation through quantum mechanics, experimental video art, the palpable language of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, and more

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Making Stock, Taking Stock

Nereya Otieno shares her recipe for homemade chicken stock, while ruminating on the alchemical nature of time

Conversations

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Aligning with Desire

Hà Đào and Jennifer Yang on leaving an imprint, and sustaining photographic and archival practices in Vietnam

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What Sickness You Can Live With

Trisha Low, Hay, and tshirt speak with us on feeling their way through worlds, proximal intimacies, and writing both in and about fandom

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From K-pop Fan to Translator: In Conversation with Shanna Tan

Shanna Tan discusses Korean healing fiction, the translation scene in Singapore, and the dream of starting her own bookstore

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Gambles Against Time

Sarp Renk Özer of AVTO speaks with Merve Ünsal on cultivating arts organisations from scratch, and helping them survive

Poetry & Fiction

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Central Incisor

Jocelin Kee explores the relationships that surround a place, and what it means to care for objects

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Lateral Incisor

Jocelin Kee illustrates the everyday upkeep of a strange museum

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Night Work

Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross introspects on writing, belief, and motherhood during a night walk

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Elsewhere

Urvi Kumbhat shares a poem on return without nostalgia, desires playing truant, and living in the ellipses between countries

Notes

Dispatches, briefs, experiments, research reports, image galleries, travelogues, and more
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BLOODHOUNDS MANIFESTO

Sam Chan and Paul C. Fermin keep their hands up and chin down

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Temporal Text

Furen Dai charts shifts in language within US census forms across several decades, which speak to larger social transformations

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3SUMS | what keeps you awake?

Minh Nguyen, Carlos Quijon, Jr., and Sharon Lee discuss private infernos, birdsongs, and the fluttering of a moth

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3SUMS | what's your refuge?

Oscar Chan, Lau Hiu Tung, and Eunice Tsang talk about their places of refuge in Hong Kong

Series

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The Stakes of Naming

A series that asks an array of writers and artists what they need to say to live

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A series exploring ways to traverse the fog of unknowingness

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And We Begin Again

Writing from a year-long reading group on community, translation, and getting unstuck

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3SUMS

An illustrated interview series that explores our affective x material x libidinal drives