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?
Concealed under Indonesia's great tea drinking culture that enjoys sitting to a cup of brewed Jasmine tea, there lies many delicate and refined types of tea we should better be accustomed with. Lisa Virgiano shares her tea story.
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.
Every city has its own visual identity, and Chennai, India, has a very strong one. In this focus, graphic designer, artist, and White Shoes and the Couples Company's guitarist, Rio Farabi shares his observation of the city's architecture, fashion, and public art & advertisements. Radiating a 'vintage' feel, Chennai is a city that mixes the modern with the traditional.
For the next 6 months, one of our W_Music editors, Chandra Drews or familiarly known as Ffonz, shares his obsession of record labels and explains why he finds the selected labels special to him.
Over the last years, Indonesia's contemporary art world has given birth to more galleries, biennials, fairs, and artists. An overwhelming growth that cultivated a specific area of expertise - curating. In this piece, Mitha Budhyarto shares about the important role of the curator.
Many of us are avid coffee drinkers and connoisseur who take the art of coffee tasting to great levels. But how much do we really know about Indonesia's own coffee industry? or the agriculture aspect of how coffee are sourced? In this article, Lisa Virgiano poignantly shares the knowledge and dedication our farmers take to bring us the best coffee.