In this Open Column submission, Sheilla Njoto invites us to consider one thing in the pursuit that is modern love: Are we dating, or are we just self-marketing?
What is photography without cameras? Unlike painting, the development of the art of photography is heavily impacted by the changes of the tool, the camera. The shift from analogue to digital cameras has changed the nature of the photograph in many ways — including the way photographs are developed. This piece focuses on the the camera as the core of photography.
We — especially those of us who live in man-made cities — often forget that human beings share the world with other creatures. When a tiger named Monsoon wanders into the life of a young couple, a human—animal bond begins. This is the first installation of Rain Chudori's short fiction series, Monsoon Tiger.
One of our W_Music editors, Chandra Drews, familiarly known as Ffonz, shares his obsession of record labels and explains why he finds the selected labels special to him. Here he continues with his fifth selection: Warp.
Essays are meant to be a reflection of an author's personal point of view. But how much self-thought can an essayist pour without becoming self-indulgent? Our literary enthusiast Dwiputri Pertiwi invites us to understand the constitution of a good essay.
Set in Jakarta, Khairani Barokka (Okka) introduces us to a dystopian world where people live with no reminders of history or appreciation of the past. A bleak world that revolves among two central characters of a grandmother and her granddaughter seeking to find meaning of the world they live in.
On her recent visit Japan, our avid art enthusiast, Mitha Budhyarto shares her eye opening experience in one of Japan's promising art festival, the Setouchi Triennale. Despite the common idea of exhibitions being held in an indoor gallery, In this piece, we learn how the coastal area of “Setouchi” region challenges the ordinary contemporary art spaces.
