White Fungus #11 / February 2010
1 votesWhite Fungus issue 11 is the first to be produced in the formerly Wellington-based publication’s new home, Taichung City, Taiwan. The new issue comes with a CD compilation of artists off New York record label Pogus Productions. …
… It includes articles on Miya Masaka, Hijokaidan and experimental and non-academic music in Beijing. It features interviews with David Watson, Taiwan artist Isa Ho, Robert Voicey of Vox Novus and New Zealand curator Laura Preston; articles on artists Don Driver (Auckland), Jonathan Terranova (New York) and a critical look a Post-colonial and Oceanic art by Rudolph Hudsucker; art works by Yao Jui-Chung, Dan Arps, Su Hui-yu and Chung Shihshun; poetry by McArthur Gunter and Peggy Chang; part three of Juan Santos’ series Capitalism at the Expense of All Life, an article by Jane Janesly on New Zealand’s Neo Liberal economic reforms of the 1980s, a reflection by Tao Wells on the letter-writing of Lazlo Toth, a review of The Coming Insurrection by Harold Grieves, and a 20-page black & white comic adaptation of The Mysterious Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Tim Bollinger.
Pogus CD compilation is compiled by Al Margolis and features artists: Ellen Band & David Lee Myers, Annea Lockwood, Noah Creshevsky,
Anla Courtis, Big City Orchestra, Chris Brown, Jorge Antunes, Nick Didkovsky, Tom Johnson, Beth Anderson, Tom Hamilton/Bruce Eisenbeil,
Christian Wolff/Larry Polansky/Chris Mann/Douglas Repetto/Tom Erbe, MartÌn Alejandro Fumarola and If, Bwana.
Facts & Figures
Mission Statement: White Fungus is an experimental arts magazine based in Taichung City, Taiwan. Featuring writing on art, music, history and politics, plus original artworks, poetry, fiction and comics, White Fungus is an ongoing experiment in community media art. As the spores have been released its creators look forward to seeing which way the wind blows. The only thing more uncertain than its future is its past.
Founded: 2004, October
Based in: Taichung City, Taiwa
Editors / Designers: Ron Hanson, Mark Hanson, Tao Wells, Carla Schollum, Tim Bollinger
Periodicity: Bi-Annual
Language: English
Format: Oversize A5, 128 pages
Circulation: 3000
Price: SONDERANGEBOT / SPECIAL OFFER 3,50 €
Web: whitefungus.com
Contact: editor (at) whitefungus.com
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