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Smithsonian panel explores the importance of “Saving Chinatown”
23 June 2021 12:39 PM | No CommentsGrace Young, Brandon Jew, and Wellington Chen discussed the future of local Chinatowns during and towards the end of the pandemic.
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POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: cryptik LA
12 May 2021 7:57 PM | No CommentsThis is part of a series of photo galleries in Meniscus Magazine featuring local and international artists at the POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020 festival in Honolulu.
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POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: CKaweekS
10 May 2021 11:33 AM | No CommentsCKaweekS' finished mural, “Hip Hop Holo Holo,” featured a bonefish train on Coral St. in Honolulu.
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POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: Bethany Georges
20 March 2021 10:41 AM | No CommentsBethany Georges' mural made several key references to Hawaii, nature and female empowerment.
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POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: Alex Pardee
10 October 2020 1:37 AM | No CommentsAlex Pardee has completed numerous art projects related to fashion, film, music videos, comics and much more.
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Books & Literature Archive
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Nanako Hirose’s “book-paper-scissors” – 2019 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 6, 2019 | No CommentsDirected and shot over a period of three years, the documentary examines book designer Nobuyoshi Kikuchi’s meticulous process across seven chapters. -
Kenzo launches biography at the Azzedine Alaïa Association in Paris
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 25, 2019 | No CommentsDays after turning 80, the legendary fashion designer appeared at the Association to sign copies of his book, Kenzo Takada, published by Editions du Chêne. -
Graphic Novel Review: Paper Girls, Vols. 1-2
Rex BaylonPosted on June 17, 2017 | No CommentsPaper Girls is a work of unparalleled beauty that plumbs the depths of teenage ennui to present us with a story of four girls. -
Graphic Novel Review: Monstress, Vol. 1
Rex BaylonPosted on June 17, 2017 | No CommentsMonstress, Vol. 1, is a mature work of fantasy and the steampunk genre. It takes the historical and makes it mythic. -
Singapore Contemporary 2017 / PHOTO17: Daido Moriyama
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 14, 2017 | No CommentsDaido Moriyama made his mark after capturing scenes of post-war Japan, searching for the sinister and the haunting in a teetering urban landscape. -
Art Stage Singapore 2017: Sai Hashizume – Beautiful Stranger
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 13, 2017 | No CommentsThe book examines a decade of work by Sai Hashizume, who places her viewers as uncomfortable near-participants in hyperreal pieces resembling photography. -
Graphic Novel Review: Bitch Planet, Vol. 1
Rex BaylonPosted on May 12, 2017 | No CommentsKelly Sue DeConnick’s graphic novel Bitch Planet (2014-ongoing), is an unabashed celebration to the harridan, hellcat vixens of the female sex. -
Graphic Novel Review: Daytripper
Rex BaylonPosted on May 10, 2017 | No CommentsDo any of us really take full advantage of all that life we’ve been given to live? That is the question which plagues the main character in Daytripper. -
Graphic Novel Review: Kill or be Killed, Vol. 1
Rex BaylonPosted on May 9, 2017 | No CommentsEd Brubaker and Sean Phillips' most recent collaboration is a vigilante thriller in the vein of ‘70s classics like Taxi Driver or Death Wish. -
Graphic Novel Review: “Deadly Class” Vols. 1-3 (Issues 1-16)
Rex BaylonPosted on November 28, 2015 | No CommentsLike the '80s high school milieu it is set in, Deadly Class is a brutal heartbreaking read that will be an essential part of any comic fan's library.