Editors' Note
It's that time of the year again, in Singapore - where you're either skewered by the heat, or drenched like a chicken dropped into a tureen.
Such weather makes us uncomfortably aware of having bodies: bodies that sweat, shiver, sneeze, (sun)burn. Bodies that yearn, attract and repel, such as in Alton Melvar M Dapanas's poetry. Bodies that can be located and relocated, becoming conspicuous in their absence (see Benedicta J. Foo's lines on Flinders Street Station). Bodies that inexorably become worm food, or fodder for the onward march of capitalist progress (in the verse of Matthew James Friday). Bodies in flux and community (Mulyana's art practice). Bodies that break down slowly, shored up by the human spirit (Shaista Tayabali's writing). Bodies in conflict; in war, death and feeling nostalgic (Andrew Yuen's fiction).
This issue, our third, is also a mini ceramics special, featuring artists who have decided that the imprint/impact of bodies on thrown-and-fired clay and other materials is nothing short of transformative. Some of them pursue a kind of perfect imperfection, while others strive for sublime accomplishment. We hope you enjoy the visual feast we have served up, in the form of works by Charmian Ong, Elizabeth Gan, Riyoo Kim and Jeremy Richey.
As always, we cannot thank our contributors enough for letting us showcase their work. And we thank you - sitting, walking, clicking, tapping, living, breathing, being, feeling readers/viewers - for stopping by.
The Editors
We Are A Website
Feb 17, 2016
Such weather makes us uncomfortably aware of having bodies: bodies that sweat, shiver, sneeze, (sun)burn. Bodies that yearn, attract and repel, such as in Alton Melvar M Dapanas's poetry. Bodies that can be located and relocated, becoming conspicuous in their absence (see Benedicta J. Foo's lines on Flinders Street Station). Bodies that inexorably become worm food, or fodder for the onward march of capitalist progress (in the verse of Matthew James Friday). Bodies in flux and community (Mulyana's art practice). Bodies that break down slowly, shored up by the human spirit (Shaista Tayabali's writing). Bodies in conflict; in war, death and feeling nostalgic (Andrew Yuen's fiction).
This issue, our third, is also a mini ceramics special, featuring artists who have decided that the imprint/impact of bodies on thrown-and-fired clay and other materials is nothing short of transformative. Some of them pursue a kind of perfect imperfection, while others strive for sublime accomplishment. We hope you enjoy the visual feast we have served up, in the form of works by Charmian Ong, Elizabeth Gan, Riyoo Kim and Jeremy Richey.
As always, we cannot thank our contributors enough for letting us showcase their work. And we thank you - sitting, walking, clicking, tapping, living, breathing, being, feeling readers/viewers - for stopping by.
The Editors
We Are A Website
Feb 17, 2016
