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Issue 27: Disobedience
Photography by Issac Lam featuring Hermes Fall/ Winter 2021
Colouring outside the lines. With Fela Kuti, Ong Keng Sen, Amanda Lee Koe, Bagyi Aung Soe, and Friedemann Vogel.
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Aesop Womens' Library
by Clifford Loh
Aesop elevate womens' voices and authors with its latest ephemeral Women's Library initiative in Singapore.
Epicene
Photography by Issac Lam
We embark on a poetic journey to contemplate the multiple complexities, layers to gender, and performativity with Hermès Fall/Winter 2021.
Cultural Dictionary: Authenticity
by Billy Tang
A look into the etymology of the word "authenticity" and its use by immigrants against the dominant culture.
The Man in Tights
by Kosmas Pavlos
Through the silent language of ballet, Friedemann Vogel, the principal dancer of the Stuttgart Ballet, speaks his truth.
Jam Tomorrow
by Bruce Quek
Sookoon Ang's Living for Art considers the economic precarity of the global art industry.
Disobedience Travels
by Chieng Wei Shieng
Artistic Director Ong Keng Sen reflects on art and Singapore.
Fela Kuti: Afrobeat Legend, African Gentle-Man
by Melanie Chua
Known as the “Father of Afrobeat”, the honest, fearless lyrics of Fela Kuti was inseparable from the politics of a burgeoning Nigeria.
REFUSE by The Observatory
by Clifford Loh
A new exhibition by The Observatory at the Singapore Art Museum takes inspiration from the humble fungi.
Dream Job
by Amanda Lee Koe
An écriture féminine auto fiction piece by New York-based, Singaporean novelist Amanda Lee Koe in partnership with Chanel to explore the tensions in "disobedience" in the context of Singapore.
Worlds within Worlds
by Clifford Loh
Aesop’s latest eau de parfum collection finds an ideal metaphor in the liminal spaces of poetic imagination.
A History of Disobedient Trousers
by Joshua Comaroff & Allysha Nila
From the sartorial to the technical, the historical to the practical, a radical overview of the garments that have shaped our bottom half.
Change through Defiance
by Allysha Nila
Singapore-based fashion labels See You At One and Youths in Balaclava share their perspective on how disobedience can serve as a means of a voice and future for brands.
Disobedient Bodies
by Nick Hudson
Discover our collaboration with Valentino on the second edition of the V Logo Signature campaign.
Rituals of care
by Ashlin Ballif
Fresh perspectives: practices to further refine your body and psyche.
Learn how to lucid dream
by Ashlin Ballif
Fresh perspectives: practices to further refine your body and psyche.
What's your pronouns?
by Ashlin Ballif
Fresh perspectives: practices to further refine your body and psyche.
Forming a new habit and breaking it
by Tang Jialei
Turn off the autopilot: manoeuvres to transform the everyday.
Third Tones
by Tang Jialei
Recommendations to make room for explorations in the everyday. It’s time to switch up your routine.
Media Recommendations
by Tang Jialei
Recommendations to make room for explorations in the everyday. It’s time to switch up your routine.
Decluttering Skincare Regiment
by Grace Hong
Fresh perspectives: practices to enliven routine and re-energise the soul.
Incense Burning
by Tang Jialei
Fresh perspectives: practices to further refine your body and psyche.
Reading a biography of someone you don't like
by Olivia Wong
Turn off the autopilot: manoeuvres to transform the everyday.
Regenerated Fabrics
by Tang Jialei
Fresh perspectives: practices to further refine your body and psyche.
Read Art and Only Art
by Grace Hong
Recommendations to make room for explorations in the everyday. It’s time to switch up your routine.
Buying Proper Furniture
by Grace Hong
Recommendations to make room for explorations in the everyday. It’s time to switch up your routine.
Learning the Art of Chado
by Olivia Wong
Turn off the autopilot: manoeuvres to transform the everyday.
Advanced Homecare
by Tang Jialei
Fresh perspectives: practices to further refine your body and psyche.
A tee for all occasions
by Grace Hong
Recommendations to make room for explorations in the everyday. It’s time to switch up your routine.
Mix and match furniture styles
by Grace Hong
Fresh perspectives: practices to enliven routine and re-energise the soul.
Read Ursula K Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness
by Grace Hong
Fresh perspectives: practices to enliven routine and re-energise the soul.
Perfume Layering
by Grace Hong
Recommendations to make room for explorations in the everyday. It’s time to switch up your routine.
Bangkok Publishing Residence
by Grace Hong
Fresh perspectives: practices to enliven routine and re-energise the soul.
Embark on a home-based retreat
by Olivia Wong
Fresh perspectives: practices to enliven routine and re-energise the soul.
Reorganising your bookshelf
by Marie Lim
Recommendations for explorations in the everyday. It’s time to switch up your routine.
Choosing Tableware with Character
by Grace Hong
Fresh perspectives: practices to enliven routine and re-energise the soul.
Make your own pourover coffee
by Grace Hong
Turn off the autopilot: manoeuvres to transform the everyday.
Taking a technological sabbatical
by Grace Hong
Recommendations to make room for explorations in the everyday. It’s time to switch up your routine.
Read Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole
by Lionel Ong
Recommendations to make room for explorations in the everyday. It’s time to switch up your routine.
Changing your morning routine
by Olivia Wong
Fresh perspectives: practices to enliven routine and re-energise the soul.
Investing in a Timepiece
by Grace Hong
Fresh perspectives: practices to enliven routine and re-energise the soul.
Consuming media in another language
by Marie Lim
Recommendations for explorations in the everyday. It’s time to switch up your routine.