TRIBUTE
Namibian-German artist Max Siedentopf pays homage to possibly the biggest icon of the 21st century and queen of selfies: Kim Kardashian
If Young Metro Don't Trust You, It’s Not Nice: Producer Tags, Ego, & Excellence
Multimedia editor Garreth Chan explores the phenomenon of producer tags in music
.xlsx / Unconcatenate
Poems spun from Microsoft Excel's programming language, marrying the dialects of poetry and code
Two Poems
"It was the first time I allowed myself / to recognize the beauty of a man" – poet and professor Joe Mills ponders the fame of Bill Robinson and Mikhail Baryshnikov
Desert Cast: Towards an Identity
The new architectural exhibition at Sharjah's 1971 Design Space, featuring three Kuwait-based designers, hopes to discover a more authentic local design identity, one that is rooted in the region's rich history
Unanchored Line
The same forces that shaped the earth also shape Seana Reilly's imagery, which alludes to human efforts to understand, classify, mentally contain, and physically subdue the natural world
An Axe for the Frozen Sea / معول للبحر المتجمد
تعمّق في في ترجمة صالح رزوق لقصّة ربيكا روث جولد السّريالية
Fermented
A cheeky poem written from the point of view of cucumber kimchi
DISORIENTED
Italian multimedia artist Giada Rotundo's audiovisual project employs Instagram fashion aesthetics to examine a confused young girl in a technologically disorienting world
Strange and Unadorned: Wave Interference Study
A collection of graphite drawings which trace the history of American photographer Berenice Abbott’s series "Documenting Science" in relation to historical U.S. political conditions
A Conversation with Photographer Sohrab Hura, Curator of ‘Growing Like A Tree’
An interview with prolific Delhi-based photographer Sohrab Hura, the curator of Ishara Art Foundation's new exhibition in Dubai
Laser Rain
Laser Rain discusses “Tuwei”(土味), which describes rural aesthetics that fail to meet the tastes of the urban mainstream in China; these aesthetics are frequently used in video app Kuaishou(快手), a rural version of TikTok
A Conversation with Safia Elhillo
Postscript’s EIC Vamika Sinha sat down with Sudanese-American poet Safia Elhillo, prior to her performance at this year’s Hekayah Festival, an event held as part of the UAE’s National Day Celebrations to showcase a diversity of artists, performers and creators exploring concepts of their home and heritage
A Note from the Editors: Issue 35
A Journalist From Palestine
Narmeen Hamadeh’s work places deep importance on the Arab footprint, emphasizing her Palestinian heritage
Stitches
Sarah Alagroobi's fine abstract art magnifies delicate intricacies through bright colors and patterns
Primordial Soup
Two improvised audio pieces by Paris-based artist Godefroy Dronsart that explores noise as an aesthetic
Downward Facing
Enter the studio: a yoga class devolves from tranquil to disturbing for the socially anxious
Food for Thought
Emirati artist Badr Abbas's loud Cubist-style paintings point the fingers of satire against modern food culture
Echoing
Specializing in album covers, concert flyers, and alternative merch, Ø Macioti's illustrations delve into punk and atmospheric journeys between music and noise