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03.May.2018
Dr. Woo on Linking and Building past His Tattoo Empire
In the past few years, the antiquated taboo surrounding tattoos kind of disappeared. For most people, tattoos are no longer a sign of rebellion or gang-affiliated relations. While your parents might still raise an eyebrow, tattoos are now basically (permanent) accessories - another way to show off your unique style and personality. A lot of it has to do with...
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20.April.2018
It’s Not 1932 Anymore, But Aldous Huxley’s Dystopian Brave New World Is Very Relevant
At this point, modernity can be reduced to an algorithm that gets to dictate the ephemera we scroll through. Or a slobbery misogynist that controls the most powerful country in the world via euphemistic jibber-jabber and targeted scare tactics. At least that’s what left-leaning pessimists will tell you. With these large shares of power co-opted by Zuckerberg and Trump, many...
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17.April.2018
THE IMPERMANENT SPECTACLE: NYC’s AREA NIGHTCLUB (1983-1987)
If you want to observe decadence in 2018, you might go on Instagram and peruse the foot fetishist’s hashtag “#grail”. There, resides the meaning of ‘podiatric capitalism’, if such a thing existed: flashy, maximal, insular, ephemeral. It’s a similar recipe to that of downtown New York’s nightclub, Area—except Area targets the whole body. Area, half party, half prodigious art rotisserie,...
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11.April.2018
XEME: PIONEERING STREET ART IN HONG KONG
Many think of a strong association to rebellion when thinking about graffiti. A lot of street art are not commissioned and often on surfaces and buildings they shouldn’t be. The artists are evasive and the artwork tend to pop up overnight, presumably because they were secretly worked on under yellow street lights when the rest of the city is asleep....
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