An annual journal produced by Serakai Studio, with unique photo spreads and in-depth articles on contemporary art, urbanism, philosophy and social sustainability.
Anicka Yi, Each Branch of Coral Holds Up the Light of the Moon, 2024 (detail), film still. © Anicka Yi/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Courtesy of the artist, Leeum Museum of Art & Gladstone
Anicka Yi, Each Branch of Coral Holds Up the Light of the Moon, 2024 (detail), film still. © Anicka Yi/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Courtesy of the artist, Leeum Museum of Art & Gladstone
Squaring Forward: Introducing CONG 002
—Benjamin Cha & Tobias Berger
Editor’s Letter
—Daniel Szehin Ho
Walls of Public Life: Thomas Heatherwick on Architecture and the Everyday
—Tobias Berger and Daniel Szehin Ho
London / Asia
公共生活之牆 : Thomas Heatherwick 談建築與日常生活
—Tobias Berger及何思衍
倫敦 / 亞洲
Meet Me at SOGO
—Jaime Chu
Hong Kong
Perimeter Walk
—Heman Chong
Singapore
Sonic Ghosts in a Time Loop: on the End of Sinofuturism Through Its Audiovisual Destination
—Zian Chen
Shanghai
時光迴路中的幽靈騷音
—陳壐安
上海
What Is Intelligence: Excerpts
—Blaise Agüera y Arcas
Earth
There Exists Another Evolution, But in This One
—Anicka Yi and Remina Greenfield
New York / Seoul
Situating a Body within the Cosmos: Healing, Stereotypes, and the Colonial Hangover of Wellness
—Rosalia Namsai Engchuan
Thailand
วางตำแหน่งร่างในกายแห่งจักรวาล: การเยียวยา ภาพจำและอาการเมาค้างทางสุขภาพของอาณานิคม
—โรซาเลีย น้ำใส เอ่งฉ้วน
ประเทศไทย
Wukong: Chaos and Myth
—Nin Chan
World
Memory Threshold
—Tanat Teeradakorn
Bangkok
Where Are Japan's Next Generation of Fashion Designers?
—Ashley Ogawa-Clarke
Tokyo
POV
—Shirley Lau
Asia
CONG ISSUE 002
Wukong: Chaos and Myth
Nin Chan
Situating a Body within the Cosmos: Healing, Stereotypes, and the Colonial Hangover of Wellness
Rosalia Namsai Engchuan
There Exists Another Evolution, But in This One
Anicka Yi and Remina Greenfield
What Is Intelligence: Excerpts
Blaise Agüera y Arcas
Sonic Ghosts in a Time Loop: on the End of Sinofuturism Through Its Audiovisual Destination
Zian Chen
時光迴路中的幽靈騷音
陳壐安
Meet Me at SOGO
Jaime Chu
Perimeter Walk
Heman Chong
公共生活之牆 : Thomas Heatherwick 談建築與日常生活
Tobias Berger及何思衍
Walls of Public Life: Thomas Heatherwick on Architecture and the Everyday
Tobias Berger and Daniel Szehin Ho
Editor’s Letter
Daniel Szehin Ho
Squaring Forward: Introducing CONG 002
Benjamin Cha & Tobias Berger
Request for CONG
CONG is Serakai Studio’s annual journal of ideas, art, and urban imagination, exploring how culture and the built environment shape contemporary life across East and Southeast Asia. Published once a year in print and online, each issue brings together long-form essays, personal reflections, and artist pages that trace the region’s emerging currents.
From Exotic to Hip: The New Predominance of Asian Style in Global Culture
—W. David Marx
Tokyo, Seoul
Nakano Broadway
—ERIC
Tokyo
Southeast Asian Futurism: 'A Love Letter to the Ancestors'
—Nyshka Chandran
Bangkok, Manila, Singapore, Yogyakarta
In Defence of Technological Pluralism
—Yuk Hui
Guangzhou at Night
—Dylan Levi King
Guangzhou
Sathorn Sunset
—Miti Ruangkritya
Bangkok
Ghostly Currents: Mysterious Forces in Thai Contemporary Art
พลังงานลี้ลับในวงการศิลปะร่วมสมัยไทย
—Panu Boonpipattanapong
Bangkok
Where We Went to Be Human
—Chantal Wong
Hong Kong
Dream Property
—Cui Jie
Tokyo
Letter to Tokyo: Water Business
東京に贈る言葉：商いは水物
—Andrew Maerkle アンドリュー・マークル
Tokyo
ETC
—Sarah Morris
Hong Kong
Serakai Roundtable: What Makes Central, Central?
Hong Kong
CONG ISSUE 001
From Exotic to Hip: The New Predominance of Asian Style in Global Culture
W. David Marx
Nakano Broadway
ERIC
Southeast Asian Futurism: 'A Love Letter to the Ancestors'
Nyshka Chandran
Guangzhou at Night
Dylan Levi King
In Defence of Technological PluralismAn Argument for How to Escape the Inevitability of the Future
Yuk Hui
Sathorn Sunset
Miti Ruangkritya
Ghostly Currents: Mysterious Forces in Thai Contemporary Artพลังงานลี้ลับในวงการศิลปะร่วมสมัยไทย
Panu Boonpipattanapong
Dream Property
Cui Jie
Letter to Tokyo: Water Business東京に贈る言葉：商いは水物
Andrew Maerkle アンドリュー・マークル
ETC
Sarah Morris
Serakai Roundtable: What Makes Central, Central?
Letter from the Editors
Tobias Berger and Benjamin Cha
