LIKE A FEVER is Asia Art Archive's online publishing platform of art and cultural criticism—obsessive, moody, and oriented towards cure.
We publish essays, conversations, poems, translations, illustrations, artist interventions, and more.
While we operate within a contemporary art archive, we also welcome writing about the aesthetics of films, video games, sports, food, laundry—basically, no topic is off limits if you’re capable of deploying a critical yet personal sensibility, with compelling stakes that clarify narratives rather than simply “complicate“ them.
We're biased towards work that
- balances a personal voice (intimate, affective, mood-based) with obsessive, rigorous research;
- challenges conventional thinking through unexpected, counterintuitive, if not irreverent perspectives—offering new ways of thinking, rather than simply new things to think about;
- demonstrates complexity and depth while maintaining a coherent narrative and clear stakes.
Our publishing schedule is on a rolling basis, and you can expect new pieces each month.
Submissions
We accept pitches all year round.
Write to LIKE A FEVER at editorial@aaa.org.hk with the following three things: (1) a short pitch, along with (2) writing samples that demonstrate your ability to deliver on your pitch, and (3) a brief statement that answers the question: “Why this, why you, and why now?” Previously unpublished writers are also welcome.
For a sense of what we publish, here is a range of examples:
“Making Stock, Taking Stock” by Nereya Otieno
“Now We Think: As We Fuck” by K’eguro Macharia
“I want to name that…” by Larissa Pham
“On Stalling and Turning” by Susan Stryker
“Undefeated Mutual Attachment” by Lauren Berlant
“The International Student as a Term of Art” by David Xu Borgonjon
“For those of us who cannot leave or stay—” by Eunsong Kim
“Elsewhere” by Urvi Kumbhat
“From Within the Fog” by Trisha Low
Note that we do our best to respond, but may not always be able to reply. If you do not hear from us within three months, please assume that we will not be able to move forward with your pitch.
All contributors will be paid for their work.
Write to us at editorial@aaa.org.hk.
LIKE A FEVER builds upon AAA’s previous publications, IDEAS Journal (2016–23), Field Notes (2012–16), and inaugural newsletter, Diaaalogue (2002–12). If you are looking for our old content, you will discover that it is still searchable on the website.
Banner image courtesy of S. Yi Yao Chao.