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Nailed to the Family Tree
i) Fashion My teacher gives me a book about this German bloke, Marx who reckons religion is the ‘opiate of the people’...
May
2009 10
2009 10
Interview with Tom Cho
Tom Cho, as well as being an editorial adviser on Peril is also an author in his own right. We caught up with him just before the release of his new book “Look who’s morphing”. Peril: “Look who’s morphing” has a pretty unique cover – it’s a portrait of you! How does this reflect ...
May
2009 10
2009 10
Skin
Growing up of South Indian descent in a majority Chinese population in Singapore is confusing enough for a girl, even before a fair skinned elder sister is added to the mix...
May
2009 10
2009 10
Kelly Mollenido Robson
Kelly Mollenido Robson creates complex fictional products, in which fairytales are moulded, vacuum-packed, and marketed for contemporary consumers. Robson was commissioned by Wheelock Art Gallery in Singapore to undertake a residency and stage a solo exhibition during the Singapore Biennale 2008. She used this opportunity to ‘internationally...
May
2009 10
2009 10
Editorial
Fashion/Fetish - An interview with Tom Cho and a variety of short prose pieces and poetry...
May
2009 10
2009 10
Shigeyuki Kihara
Shigeyuki Kihara is a multimedia and performance artist of Samoan and Japanese descent. Her work is based on research of Indigenous cultures of the Pacific, and explores Samoan culture, history and spirituality. Often inhabiting both male and female roles in her work, Kihara interrogates Western systems of classification and explores notions of...
May
2009 10
2009 10
The Neon Witches of Shibuya
I lived in Iruma in Japan, just a forty-five minute express train ride through concrete and hills dotted with statues of former trees shaded with white snow from Tokyo, a place they still call the biggest city in the world. In my view, it is most certainly the biggest city in the world since the ...
May
2009 10
2009 10
Racial consciousness = fetish?
This piece takes up after the famous British sociologist, Paul Gilroy, who sought to redefine anti-racism by abandoning the analytical relevance of the term ‘race’ altogether. His arguments, which are too substantial and nuanced to rehearse here, are set out in ‘Race ends here’ (1998) and ‘Against Race’ (2000). The present...
May
2009 10
2009 10
You can love Hello Kitty but why can’t I?
Hey there Hello Kitty lovers, how are you going? I hope you’re coping well. I know how difficult it is but you’re doing a great job trying to suppress your love for this adorable kitten. Don’t worry now, your suffering will soon be put to an end. The withdrawals will become more and more infrequent. ...
May
2009 10
2009 10
Chinese poetry
EVERY MORNING’S RAINBOW Written in Chinese by Qi Guo Translated into English by Ouyang Yu A red hat An orange tie A yellow shirt A green coat A black trousers...
