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Coming Out of the Fog issue 1

Steve Watson — Thu, 04 May 2023 11:10:12 +0000

A personal and powerful magazine made by Zoe Lowdermilk-Oppenheim, Coming Out of the Fog reflects on her own experience as a British woman who was adopted from China as a result of the one-child policy. Beginning with her own observations, Zoe develops the subject by interviewing a group of other adoptees, focusing on the identity dilemmas of trans-racial adoptees in general, and more specifically on the contradictions and challenges faced by British women who were given up at birth in China.

In this issue:

An intimate portrait of life after the one-child policy
Identity and trans-racial adoptees
Considering the role of birth parents, and the likelihood of finding them
The unreliable narratives surrounding adoptees’ infancy
And the struggle to accept the circumstances of birth, without being defined by it

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Lost issue 8

Heval Okcuoglu — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 14:44:01 +0000

Lost is a magazine about self-discovery through travel. It believes that travel isn’t about fancy hotels or tourist destinations, but about immersing oneself entirely in a place.

In this issue:

Cheney Chu shares the strange but also heartwarming adventures he had during his first ever solo trip to Tokyo
Manuela Mitevova & Claudio Silva discover the essence of emptiness when they arrive at the semi-desert of Azerbaijan
Michael Guo ponders over the core of Shanxi during his visit to the province

Issue 5 of Lost is also available in the Stack shop.

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Open Sesame issue 3

Heval Okcuoglu — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:27:15 +0000

Open Sesame is a magazine devoted to the weird and wonderful world of Taobao, China’s enormous online shopping site. This third issue’s theme is ‘Taking Responsibility’, delving into both the power and peril enabled by online commerce.

In this issue:

Taobao’s true believers – the people selling religion online
Take the quiz to find out: What type of shopper are you?
The God of Taobao – profiling founder Jack Ma
Expectations vs. Reality – how do Taobao purchases shape up?
And lots (and lots) of pets in costumes

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Untitled Folder issue 5

Heval Okcuoglu — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:14:30 +0000

Published in Mandarin and English, Untitled Folder is a bilingual culture, art and fashion magazine with a focus on masculinities and the global Asian queer community.

In this issue:

On ‘plant queerness’ and anthropocentrism
Subverting the racial and gender identities of Western Gods by creating images of Oriental Queer Gods
Queer former soldier Vanney, ‘Sainsbury’s bouncer’ Cyril, tortured art tutor Zeehan, adventurous housewife Sans and Tinder addict Rayleigh are photographed in “post-quarantine rave” looks

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P Pal issue 1

Heval Okcuoglu — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:04:00 +0000

Created by the magazine lovers behind Shanghai and Beijing’s wildly popular Art Book Fairs, P Pal profiles some of China’s most interesting independent publishers to create “a book lover’s guide to China and its self-publishing.” Plus this issue includes a spiral bound supplement collecting artists’ visual responses to lockdown across China.

In this issue:

Artist Wen Ling talks about creation, life, and myth
The man bringing Risograph printing to China
Self-publishing in Chinese independent music
And practical guides to the production, distribution, and printing of books

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Code 52 issue 1

Heval Okcuoglu — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 15:25:05 +0000

Code 52 is an annual arts, music and culture magazine made in Shanghai.
This issue is themed ‘A Fold in Time Here and Elsewhere’.

In this issue:

The nature photography culture amongst seniors in Shanghai
Artist Tomas Diaz Cedeno in Mexico City
The wildest DJ crew and label in Mexico, N.A.A.F.I

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Monday Off issue 2

Heval Okcuoglu — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 15:06:55 +0000

Monday Off was founded in Shanghai by curator Bi Xin and artist Ye Funa to examine urban cities and communities. This issue is themed ‘Medical Cosmetology’ and is all about beauty trends and plastic surgery.

In this issue:

Who doesn’t want to be beautiful? An anthropological perspective, by Enke Huang
You are living in the desert of the real, but I am in the beautiful, by YE Funa
On liposuction and dragon scales

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Little Sound issue 2

Heval Okcuoglu — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:39:09 +0000

Made between Brooklyn and Shanghai, Little Sound is a text-only magazine featuring conversations with figures in the art world. This issue is themed ‘Peripheral Vision’.

In this issue:

In conversation with the artist Cheng Xinhao
In conversation with artist and educator Daniel Peltz
In conversation with Nobuo Nakamura, director of Tokyo’s Center for Contemporary Art CCA Kitakyushu

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Soft issue 5

Heval Okcuoglu — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:02:00 +0000

Soft is an independent magazine made in Shanghai that publishes conversations and interviews with young artists and creative people.

This issue is entitles ‘The Traveling Artist’, and in it contributors who have left Shanghai reflect on the experience of travelling between cultures.

In this issue:

Artist Liu Shiyuan and her husband Kristian Mondrup discusses what “globalisation” really means.
Scarlett Meng discusses her influences: from the classical Chinese culture her hometown embedded in her, to the western style of critical thinking that has shaped her work
Ida Yang on Asian artists hiding “regional accents” when making and showing work on an international stage

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Drawn issue 1

Heval Okcuoglu — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:17:20 +0000

Inspired by the experience of growing up in mainland China and never seeing the sea, Drawn is a magazine about the ocean. It is published bilingually by the team behind Lost.

In this issue:

Yanagisawa Takafumi on his design practice and café
Finding paradise: trying to survive on as little as possible by the sea
Peter Matthews on drawing while actually submerged in the ocean

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