Out of Print
volume_2 issue no°5
cover story
A 10-day trek through Nepal, a rave in a museum, and a solar powered sun are just some of the things that make up the universe of Derek Tumala, a visual artist who defies categorization.
︎ “I asked myself, what am I going to do about this, with all this information? Maybe just keep on doing art. Try to extract all those ideas into whatever form it can be.”
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︎ “I asked myself, what am I going to do about this, with all this information? Maybe just keep on doing art. Try to extract all those ideas into whatever form it can be.”
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Nurturing one’s creativty is easier said than done. Much more if you’re doing it for a community. But as Paraluman Floral’s Kim Francisco tells writer, Gaby Gloria, you don’t have to do it alone.
︎ “Everyone needs to start thinking in a more communal lens than we are right now. I understand why some people don't. Life is hard, you have to look out for yourself. But if we all look out for each other, then you wouldn't have to look out for just yourself so much.”
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︎ “Everyone needs to start thinking in a more communal lens than we are right now. I understand why some people don't. Life is hard, you have to look out for yourself. But if we all look out for each other, then you wouldn't have to look out for just yourself so much.”
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Creating through disillusion, desperate for hope.
︎ I’ve found that, despite being born from capital, design can be a gentle yet subversive space. Design has held my hope and my grief through the years, but because of what I’ve learned, it now also holds my resistance. And so with these designers, against all odds, I just keep going, towards maybe one day sharing this space with more people.
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︎ I’ve found that, despite being born from capital, design can be a gentle yet subversive space. Design has held my hope and my grief through the years, but because of what I’ve learned, it now also holds my resistance. And so with these designers, against all odds, I just keep going, towards maybe one day sharing this space with more people.
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Don Jaucian wanted a life in publishing, and must continue to fight for one. In the wake of the CNN Philippines shutdown, the writer-turned-editor-turned-author reflects on the “golden age” of print, queer representation, and how one might build it all again from the ground up.
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︎ “I really had to fulfill this deal with myself, that I had to rest.”
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