The Polyphony
This essay by Genki Hase captures the layered juxtaposition of gazes, time-space, and ecological disturbances experienced during fieldwork at the Genkai Sea coastal areas. He explores how diverse ways of seeing—through the observation of windmills, forests, aquatic life, and human interactions—illuminate the interconnectedness of selves and landscapes.
In the early 1990s, the burst of Japan’s economic bubble led not only to financial turmoil but also to a significant brain drain. The so-called “Lost Decade” brought a sharp decline to Japan’s once-thriving electronics and semiconductor industries, with companies downsizing, resources dwindling, and innovation capacities weakening. Kha guides us through this period, revealing how the collapse of the bubble economy triggered profound changes in Japan’s tech industry.
Science fiction cinema has evolved and enriched our wealth of imagination. With concepts such as cyborg figures and non-human characters challenging human dominance, Susan has drawn us into another dimension of nonhuman-centric structures, paving the way for a more diverse perception of subjectivity.
Intrigued to learn about her favorite order at the hawker center, which also ties back to her Hakka ethnicity, Chok took on the project to study the food history of the Hakka Noodle🍜She analyzes food documentaries detailing the Hakka food business of Chef Pang, who started selling Hakka noodles as a vendor after closing his French patisserie to retrace his ethnic roots in times of cultural destabilization.
By Forrest Maynock American culture exists in a time of an unprecedented abuse of nostalgia. From the movies we watch to the food we eat, nostalgia dominates. I grew up in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. Nostalgia was present at that time, but it was more of a longing that the older people around […]
By Nanda Illahi When talking about the movie that shook the world in 2019, various works will come to mind, but we definitely can’t forget to mention Parasite (2019). This Bong Joon-ho masterpiece has been creating history since day one. Parasite (2019) is the first South Korean film to win Palme d’Or and the Golden […]
The Polyphony