Peeling through his photographs, McGinley tells a story of American youth and liberation. His subjects are painted as voyagers amidst exploration of surrounding and self. Setting his freewheeling outdoor film works apart; Animals and ‘Reach out I’m right here’ consist of McGinley’s color studio portraits of live animals with nude models. There exists both tension […]

Satori Blues (Excerpts) What fails to be reined in pushes out, freezes, breaks off—crashes. No telling who might place a chunk in their mouth. (Who wouldn’t pay to watch them taste it?) Some protrusions merge with air, but not before melting a little, flowing everywhere within the self, hardening in places it never meant to make […]

On a page in one of his numerous journals, penned in better handwriting than his usual scribbles; Kurt Cobain lists his top 50 favourite albums. The list includes expected choice selections laced with badassary from Sex Pistols, The Vaselines, Sonic Youth & The Beatles – Meet the Beatles. But one we’d like to feature today is Leadbelly, an […]

In and around the office, photographed by Kathy Anne Lim inspired by Hockney

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts” Shakespere’s opening monologue phrase from ‘As you like it’ transcends time and culture while viewing the theatrically stunning work of Maleonn, a China-based photographer from Shanghai. […]

More effective than coffee this Wednesday, that is if you manage to get through the entire poem without digressing, I dare you try. The universe celebrates individuality in the form of a poem from 1955, painting a vivid picture of America post-World War 2 through unexpurgated means of expression and being. Allen Ginsberg’s Howl celebrates […]