In this issue

For the cover Feature of AAP’s Issue 127, multimedia artist Simon Fujiwara spoke to contributor Frances Arnold about his latest works, which revolve around Who, the cartoon bear seen on this issue’s cover, who is on a quest to define themself in a world full of projected personas and images. Tracing the turns in Fujiwara’s practice, Arnold reveals his evolving approach to understanding identity-construction. For our second Feature, Portia Placino spoke to experimental filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik about his open-ended approach to making films and his recent series of large-scale installations that dramatically narrate episodes from Philippine history. In Up Close, the editors spotlight new works by Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Breakwater, and Yuko Mohri. Inside Burger Collection highlights supernova artist Cao Fei. Profiles feature multimedia artists Sin Wai Kin and Barış Doğrusöz. Christopher Whitfield’s Essay reflects on Oscar Murillo’s Frequencies (2013– ) project and explores pedagogical models that encourage international solidarity among students. Liang Jianhua of Guangzhou’s HB Station explains the organization’s approaches to providing alternatives to China’s art education in The Point. For Dispatch, cultural workers Osveanne Osman and Aqilah Ali share how histories of colonialism and Brunei’s economic reliance on petrochemicals continue to impact the local arts community. In Tribute, Rayya Badran and Rhana Devenport celebrate the lives and works of late artists Etel Adnan and Hossein Valamanesh. In a new column titled Making Of, assistant editor Nicole M. Nepomuceno and editorial intern Victoria Chan reveal the processes behind Tino Sehgal’s ever-evolving performances. Finally, in One on One, artist and curator Enoch Cheng pays homage to writer and actor Michaela Coel, whose work has given him the courage to say that underneath attempts at maintaining normalcy, we are not alright.

ArtAsiaPacific Magazine Description:

For 20 years, ArtAsiaPacific Magazine has been at the forefront of the powerful creative forces that shape contemporary art from Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East. Covering the latest in contemporary visual culture, ArtAsiaPacific is published 6 times a year in Hong Kong, with editorial desks in 25 countries around the world. Our special annual issue, the ArtAsiaPacific Almanac, published in January, covers the major art events of the past year and forecasts the key trends of the year to come.
The dominant artistic influence in the world today - and for many years to come emanates from the vast territory that lies between Turkey and the Pacific island of Tonga that we call the Asia-Pacific. This territory includes India, China, Japan, Australia, Thailand, Pakistan, New Zealand, Korea and Indonesia, whose combined populations make up an amazing half of the world's total population. Also included are Burma, Cambodia, Kiribati and Uzbekistan - places hitherto overlooked, but which like their gigantic neighbors, are producing cutting-edge art of stunning and unexpected quality.
ArtAsiaPacific is authoritative, accurate, even-handed, exact and essential. Included in each issue is an up-to-date directory of the major galleries, not-for-profit organizations and museums with a focus on contemporary art from our geographical footprint. ArtAsiaPacific offers thoughtful reportage, analysis, comment and criticism to its readers made up of collectors, gallerists, curators, artists and those who want and who need to know the latest developments in the fastest-growing and most astonishing region of the contemporary art world.