ArtAsiaPacific - March - April 2022

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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.