Erika M. Carreon questions the imposed linear temporality that subjects the Philippine tropics to a state forever backward and out-of-step
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now we think: as we fuck
K’eguro Macharia ruminates on how sex is siloed from life, and how we are as much our fantasies as we are our realities
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Shortcuts to the Future
Mahdi Chowdhury theorises the avant-garde in the peripheries, linking postcolonial Asia, the Soviet Union, and the Black Atlantic through notions of time
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Fungal Memories: Flourishing in Decay
Benjamin Kidder Hodges employs fungus and mould to explore memory, decay, and the ability to thrive in extreme conditions and climates
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Exit Time: An Essay in Two Parts
Karno Dasgupta argues against reparative historiographies, and ruminates on “the look of love” through Sim Chi Yin’s photography
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The Masterpiece is the Archive
Sezin Romi evaluates the role of archives in art historiographies, ways of disrupting established narratives, and the significance of user engagement in expanding knowledge
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Living in the Shadow of the Future
David Clarke considers how Hong Kong artists envisaged the 1997 handover, exploring various ways of expressing local identity
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After the Revolutions: Inheriting Tragedy
Samer Frangie examines an impasse following the Arab revolutions, the out-of-jointness of time, and the concept of “afterness”
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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
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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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Curated Immortality
Yidan Karel Li writes about bunker aesthetics, and the desire to outlast the threats of the world
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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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A Hong Kong Story: Why Is it So Difficult to Tell?
Leung Ping-kwan (Yasi) traces representations of Hong Kong through film, art, and theatre to examine its seemingly elusive identity
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Lyrical Theorising
Yaniya Lee reflects on Jackie Wang and a life of poetry
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Ghosts from Underground Love
Laura Nys writes about young women exchanging love letters in a juvenile reformatory, and how the dilemma between privacy protection and rendering visibility is addressed by the art of Lam Wong
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On Transcription
Samira Bose examines the figure of the transcriber through the TV show Mindhunter, Lacan’s stenotypist, and her own experiences in magazines and archives
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The More Loving One
Jimin Kang on translation as a protracted, recurring, and painful process comparable to love
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A Pedagogy of Unwellness
Mimi Khúc interrogates the myth of meritocracy, ableism in the academy, and mental health's insistence on wellness
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today, tomorrow, and the day after that
Andrea Chu writes about slice of life, everyday routines, and other kinds of stories
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But Survival Doesn’t Work Like That: On Self-Publishing and Wan Sik Press
Michael Leung shares a note on experiments in self-publishing
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Dailyrium
Shreyasi Pathak considers how crip time shapes the archive
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In Observance: staying with the body, with Palestine at the United Nations
Tara Fatehi interferes with the rhythm by bringing movement and attention into the archive
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@silvermuon: an avatar, an invitation
Amber Jamilla Musser uses an IG alter ego to explore issues around Black femininity and the terms of representation
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And Yet
Ysabelle Cheung connects apocalyptic narratives and reality tv, bookstore closures and writing workshops, fear and death and community and more
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Book Begins with Beech
Lana Lin explores legacies of imperial naming practices, and the urgency to speak out against injustice
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change the game
Paul C. Fermin writes about states (and stakes) of being through basketball, star trek, and "oceanic feeling"
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Circle of Fifths
Christine Vicera writes about turbulence, holding space, building harmonies, and liberatory modes of thinking and being
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Gifts
Ethan Luk writes about disappearing phone booths, letter writing, daily assemblies, a magnolia alba tree, hotel rooms, and more
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How to Catch a Minnow
Emily Ogden asks how to love in conditions of uncertainty
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I want to name that…
Larissa Pham traces the origins of her unlanguaged feelings, and the process of coming to terms with them
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In Defence of the Dad Joke
Andrea Chu writes about not being funny, and reassures herself about it
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Last night a line appeared
Özge Ersoy meditates on translation, collaboration, and conveying texture and time
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Pokfulam Blues
Holmes Chan reflects on childhood memories of a neighborhood in Hong Kong, amidst more recent luxury property developments
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Sacks and Skins, or a Bag Full of Holes
Summer Kim Lee considers what to carry and what to shed, even in moments of disruption and upheaval
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so close, yet so off
Karen Cheung interrogates the desire to name, and giving yourself permission to write something that feels real
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Sydney's Omelette
Koel Chu reflects on the notion of cooking as labour of love and act of service
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Tell, Don’t Show
Wong Chun Ying reflects on truth, connection, and love, drawing from experiences in film, journalism, restaurants, and art
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The grave in every name, or how else to be a good melancholic?
Kang Kang explores the temporalities and ethics of grief work, and losses that refuse “successful mourning”
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To Float on Open Waters
Mina Wang Zhou reflects on navigating the aquatics of tension
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with you, in open light
Sam Chan writes about meaningful trouble, how to begin, and condensing fury till it is flame
