Born out of the third issue of Field Notes, AAA's e-journal, Mapping Asia takes physical form in an expanded publication launched in May 2014.
Contributions include a conversation between Rasheed Araeen and Chen Kuan-hsing around ‘Asia as Method’; a new iteration of MAP Office’s Atlas of Asia Art Archive; the first entry in Ho Tzu Nyen’s Critical Dictionary of South East Asia; Francisco Camacho’s hypothesis of the travels of General Zheng He to South America; a film plot by Teboho Edkins exploring new economics of trade and their communities between Africa and China; Yin Ker’s survey of the work of Bagyi Aung Soe; a brief analysis of Okakura's diagram for Asiatic art by Brinda Kumar; Phoebe Wong's consideration of an exhibition as a narrative for Hong Kong’s history; and Adam Bobbette’s comparison of the relationship to land and property between Hong Kong and Yogjakarta. The editors' notes and clippings, as traces of their research, intend to highlight the undercurrents of the text.
The publication is available online at ISSUU. The physical copy can be purchased from AAA's library (Hong Kong), Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul), and Cornerhouse (Manchester, UK). Please contact us for more information.
