Issue 21: New Age

Featuring: Bill Viola, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Teamlab, Jesse Jones, Pranitan Phornprapha & Dawn Ng

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The Relational Artist
by Chieng Wei Shieng & Clifford Loh
Rirkrit Tiravanija on “relational aesthetics” and his latest work at the National Gallery Singapore.
Guarding The Fruits of The Earth
by Tan Qian Rou
Getting behind the message and meaning of Wonderfruit Festival with founder Pranitan Pete Phornprapha.
Essential Eames
by Tan Qian Rou
Eames Demetrios discusses timeless design and his duty to preserve the legacy of his grandparents Charles and Ray Eames.
On the Many and Varied Nature of Cliques, In and Outside School
by Loh An Lin
Choice, once limited to whether or not one broke the rules, is now far more porous, and far more understated.
Curtain Call
Photography by Takahito Sasaki
Captured in the communication(s) between people, art can no longer stand barred behind a static gaze.
Difference and Repetition
by Tan Qian Rou
Examining the aftermath of collision between fashion and architecture.
The Light Enters You
by Clifford Loh
Video artist Bill Viola captures not only images, but experiences—and shows us what video art can be.
Err'thang Gucci
by Lionel Ong
Alessandro Michele’s gender-bending Gucci reconstructs hip hop’s hyper-masculinity.
Universal Introspection
by Olivia Wong
Dawn Ng on her self-portrait of motherhood, art-making and the universal.
Engineering Umami
by Jek Woo
Our quest for that singular, elusive fifth taste.
Reincarnating the Witch
by Tan Qian Rou
When we dig up the bones of our past and grind them into an elixir for the future, that is witchcraft.
A Man of the Times
by Lesley Chee
Reconfiguring officewear archetypes for a new era of masculinity.
Culture Collector
by Lesley Chee
Earn Chen's never-ending pursuit of pre-eminence in fashion, food, and more.
Leaving the Umwelt
by Grace Hong
Art as sensory tingles, virtual message trees, and a light sculpture that is not. The shock of the new is here to stay.
Attuned
Photography by Alina Asmus
We all have different ways of putting ourselves back together.

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