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While studying fine art over the past two years in London and Stockholm, she has primarily worked with the notion of belonging, both in a physical space or place and within the body. Much of her practice stems from recording her daily routines, exploring the idea of the divided self and spending time with the perverse peripheral eye. This has led her to constantly engage with and question her religious upbringing, her love for horror and her interest in psychosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeverly Chew \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween January and June 2019, Beverly has found herself existing in a limbo state. Having the luxury of purely existing, free from the shackles of reality and responsibilities, she travelled to 21 cities, spending her days stuffing her face and aimlessly exploring. Her survival upon her return to reality is now heavily uncertain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChen Yi An \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpending a little too much time observing common phenomena and wondering about the unseen aspects of the world, Yi An is an aspiring experience designer. Having a tendency to grow fond of the spaces he inhabits, his projects stem from a personal fascination with the subtleties in everyday occurrences. He likes to look at the factors that contribute to an individual’s involvement in an environment, and is always speculating about the ways that one can move and change these elements for new encounters in mundane scenarios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKin Leonn \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAffectionately known among his peers as the “ambient boy from Singapore”, Kin Leonn is a composer and producer currently based in London. His music is sourced from a well of subconscious phrases and evocative meditations, often presented in the shape of nostalgia and other introspective qualities. In fact, one could probably fault his work as being overbearingly nostalgic, a criticism he sheepishly accepts. Nevertheless, he remains persistent in mapping out these very intersections between emotion, empathy, and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeia Devadason \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeia is a full-time Music student who spends time she should have used to practise classical pieces to improvise songs on the piano. Although this compulsion has not made her a better pianist, it has certainly heightened her sensitivity to sound and compelled her to pursue a continual discovery, creation, and critical appreciation of art. Believing that discourse and practice are mutually constitutive, Leia’s endeavours are firmly grounded in her interests in musicology, sociology, language, and politics. While she does not comprehend many things in life, such as casual clothing and egg yolk, she is content navigating two time zones, two cultures, and two types of kopfee in the hope of realising the ever-practical dream of being an artist-academic in Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYY Liak \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYY is an illustrator and art history nerd who likes working with bold, punchy colours, graphic shapes, and contrasting elements. She thinks and speaks in images, sometimes to the detriment of all other senses, but more often than not to allow for interesting intersections between different modes of perception. Other things she loves include literature, classical music, and video game playthroughs involving disconcerting, game-breaking amounts of destruction. She’s currently doing a brief stint at a publishing house designing book covers, and constantly fantasises about the day she’ll be able to retire to an old, secluded townhouse with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNathaniel Soon \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNathaniel considers himself a visual storyteller, experimenting with an array of mediums such as film, imagery and everyday conversation to connect people with the natural world. He is the founder of the documentary collective and social enterprise Our Seas, Our Legacy, which uses stories to engage communities, communicate science, and amplify voices for the shared betterment of our oceans’ future. A prospective environmental anthropology major, he is curious about how humans perceive and interact with landscapes and resources, and how this influences behaviour regarding environmental sustainability. Mumbo-jumbo aside, he simply loves being outdoors and is also a divemaster and avid mountaineer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOng Kian Peng \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOng Kian Peng is an artist and designer based in Singapore. He is interested in presenting new perceptual perspectives that examine natural phenomena and cross-sensory modalities, often providing a space of contemplation that amplifies and focuses on these areas. Alongside his artistic practice, he also runs Supernormal, an independent arts space bringing together young emerging artists and alternative disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSafiah Noorhimli \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhotography has played a large part in Safiah's creative process and perception of the world. With a routine of compressing her travel experiences and site visits into 32-gigabyte storage cards, her reality has become increasingly steered towards what’s displayed on the camera. Creating collages with her swelling volume of photographs to the sombre sounds of Oskar Schuster has become an outlet for her to amalgamate and reorganise her realities. When Safiah is not in her dorm making collages while contemplating the randomness of life, you will find her either serving Gnocchi at an Italian restaurant or sharing candid conversations under the guise of a gallery sitter, teasing out the snags of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Now \u0026 Again","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51275337761065,"sku":"2630-5186","price":30.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Now_AgainSoundCompressed.jpg?v=1759253729"},{"product_id":"now-again-exquisite-corpse-issue-03","title":"Now \u0026 Again: Exquisite Corpse (Issue 03)","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/N_A_Exquisite_Corpse_Preview_2-compressed.pdf?v=1759254894\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook inside the magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Again\u003c\/em\u003e adopts the approach of the \u003cem\u003eExquisite Corpse\u003c\/em\u003e, a collaborative art exercise in which drawings are assembled in sequence to form a complete composition. Each piece in the issue was created in response to the work before it, thus exploring how ideas flow through individual creative processes, and documenting how a single point of inspiration can lead to many other perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Again\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of new ideas - the sudden outburst of inspiration that comes from the least likely of places. It's a platform for collaboration, creative discussion and pushing the boundaries of what we know. Using \u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Again\u003c\/em\u003e as a sort of sketchbook, each edition reflects on the many ways of interpreting a simple theme through a mix of individual projects and collaborations, reflecting our diverse personal perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdriena Fong \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdriena is an illustrator recently graduated\/evacuated from university. After leaving the UK to move back to Singapore, she is currently finding herself floating between multiple places and concepts of ‘home’, never really settling on any particular headspace. She specialises in narratives for a young audience, in which she also tries to reconcile her own sentimentality and nostalgia for a simpler time. She loves working with both digital and traditional media, mixing gouache, colour pencils and textured Photoshop brushes. Her other interests include animation, video games and reality TV shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra Cheung \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo Alexandra, time passes in strange ways. As an English Literature undergraduate, she spends most of her time sieving through books. Her time is always shaped by the ever-shifting temporal and spatial zones of narrative spaces. She absolutely adores contemporary writers like Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson because of their self-reflexive narrators. Currently, she’s doing research on contemporary writing in the context of aesthetic analysis. In particular, on ekphrasis, beauty and form. She thinks about what beauty is and how we come to recognize it, such that with certain relations to forms, our aesthetic emotions are stirred.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnice Lim \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnice considers herself as an aspiring writer, currently devoted to dabbling in various literary mediums from poetry to screenwriting, with a rule never to write about personal histories (she breaks this rule constantly). Call it contemplation or broodiness, but her undivided attention in ruminating on her sensibilities stems from the desire to chase away the clouds of incomprehension and unknowingness. Her recent projects reveal her fixation with certain failures in our contemporary condition, that is, disconnect between people and within the self. When her eyes are not glued to paper or screen, her body receives pain and pleasure from her former lover, dance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBenita Leong \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased in Singapore and Toronto, Benita is a photographer and videographer whose art practice spotlights the gap between reality and popular representations. Mediating through the effects of this gap on our sense of self and communal identification in repurposing the mundane, soft dreamscapes are fashioned as uncannily reminiscent, though frustratingly only a simulacrum of our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoell Ang \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoell is an illustrator and graphic designer that loves drawing bold shapes and silly faces. He is greatly influenced by video games, old cartoons and pattern-making. Currently, his illustration work attempts to contrast the discomfort of dark imagery with the use of whimsical cartoons. In his free time, Joell enjoys pondering about existential crises and doodles as a coping mechanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKhairullah Rahim \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKhairullah is a multimedia artist working across painting, assemblage, video and photography. His practice is concerned with the stories and experiences of marginalised communities whose identities do not subscribe within societal normativity. Incorporating everyday and found objects from spaces in which these specific communities inhabit, his works allude to the veiled and lived experiences of his varied subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKimberly Kiong \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKimberly is a Singapore-based visual artist, using photography as her primary medium. Her practice revolves around tactile processes that anchor her introspections to her physical reality. This is often done by manipulating images as a means of mark-making her explorations in materialising the visceral. She tends to explore emotional and intimate narratives that often go dismissed or overlooked at family dinner tables. Aside from working on the visual side of projects, she co-runs an art platform – Our Softest Hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCally Tan \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCally likes to consider herself a maker, not an artist. Currently based in Tokyo studying Textile Design, she tends to make things on impulse and out of sheer curiosity. She also has an inclination to analyse human relationships and reflect on the ones that she has formed on her own. As such, her creations often revolve around the theme of relationships — the 'individual' and how we position ourselves in the bigger sphere called 'society'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLi Jia Cheng \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJia Cheng is an artist who is currently studying at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. The primary medium he works with is wood, but recently he has been experimenting with painting. He looks at themes that question the mundane — the beauty of things that are immediate to us, and reorientating their perceived mundane nature by creating something visually interesting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEthan Sim \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEthan currently studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He works with both traditional and new media — creating comics, prints and paintings that evoke artificial histories and enigmatic worlds that are uncanny, yet familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Now \u0026 Again","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51275453858089,"sku":"2630-5186","price":30.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/N_AECCoverCompressed.jpg?v=1759254695"},{"product_id":"now-again-the-uncanny-issue-04","title":"Now \u0026 Again: The Uncanny (Issue 04)","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/N_A_The_Uncanny_Preview_Compressed.pdf?v=1759255462\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook inside the magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis issue of \u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Again\u003c\/em\u003e delves into the concept of \u003cem\u003eThe Uncanny\u003c\/em\u003e — the elusive liminal state between the familiar and the foreign. Contributors across various artistic disciplines assess the nooks and crannies they have found within this phenomenon, exploring the varied experiences of this visceral paradox.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Again\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of new ideas - the sudden outburst of inspiration that comes from the least likely of places. It's a platform for collaboration, creative discussion and pushing the boundaries of what we know. Using \u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Again\u003c\/em\u003e as a sort of sketchbook, each edition reflects on the many ways of interpreting a simple theme through a mix of individual projects and collaborations, reflecting our diverse personal perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlyshea Mo (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlyshea is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Singapore after receiving her BFA from the University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Art. She explores the notion of belonging through painting, sound, video installations and performance. With an underlying personal take on queerness and religion, her search for a sense of home exists in in-between spaces: inside and outside, the familiar and the uncanny, the observer and the observed. She also art directs for films and performances, and runs her online store, BYALYMO.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnastasia Lara (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndonesian-born designer currently based in Singapore. Anastasia’s discourse maintains a close interest in informality and practicality. Her practice is concerned with the role of design in finding ways to speak through treatment; from the written to the visual to the operational. She is currently active in self-publishing, art direction and writing while pursuing her education. At the moment, Anastasia is working on a final-year project on the informal qualities of street food vernaculars in Indonesia, circulating within concepts of unprofessionalism and tools of unlearning. Her favourite Indonesian dish? Rawon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChiara Scoglio (she\/they) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChiara Scoglio is a UK-based Italian writer and puppetry theatre maker who studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Her art always attempts to merge words and visuals, while exploring her sense of self and her experience of the outside world. She loves literature, cinema and the visual arts, and would define her practice as a patchwork of inspiration and impressions. She dreams of working as a filmmaker and developing her puppetry experiments into final products that both children and grown-ups can enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraig Taylor-Broad (he\/him) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up, Craig was always the one who would run away or hide his face whenever a camera appeared. In his early twenties, a mix of becoming seriously unwell as well as a couple of supportive creative friends motivated him to pick up a camera, and he hasn't looked back since. His journey as a photographer has always remained simple — to create a style that is uniquely his.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChen Yi An (he\/him) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYi An is the founder and editor of \u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Again\u003c\/em\u003e. As of December 2022, he is finishing his studies in Interaction Design Arts at the London College of Communication. His design practice is mainly motivated by material experimentation, everyday happenstance and the resolution of problems through unconventional ways of thinking. He also works as a part-time Creative Production Assistant at Duna Films, where he assists with film productions and designs and illustrates graphic work for films centred on climate, conservation, innovation and purposeful change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDawn Lim Gin (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an anthropologist and multispecies ethnographer-in-training, Dawn is interested in the social lives of materials, and the interspecies relationships that become meaningful in producing notions of value in communities. She believes in the value of multi-sensory creative exploration and experiences, anthropological imagination, and discursive resistance in rethinking the realities of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDilog Studios \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDilog Studios is an experimental studio that advocates purposeful design through communication, education and community engagement. As a studio, they believe that investing in everyday spaces creates value for economic and environmental sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDidi Doo (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDidi is a freelance illustrator who loves drawing people, places and pets in bright and cosy environments. She currently takes commissions and runs DidiShop. She also likes taking bus rides everywhere because the new snazzy buses in Singapore don't give her motion sickness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Alster (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Alster's practice focuses on moving images and multimedia installations. She often merges these two media together to explore the boundary between theatre and sculpture, which she has been doing in her recent works through the use of underwater animatronics, puppetry and illusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eila (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eila is a visual and performance artist whose intimate works incorporate objects, moving images and live performance to generate discussion about gender, history and identity. Negotiating alternative nodes of experience, her works reconfigure and merge speculative fiction with factual histories, informal archives and collective experiences, conceiving them as sites for empathy and connectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJia Le Ling (he\/him) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJia Le is a Singaporean artist working and living in Brooklyn, New York. He takes himself too seriously sometimes, but his performances, sculptures, and installations are glimpses of him loosening up and expressing sincerity towards the people, materials, and events around him. He received a BFA in Interdisciplinary Sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He recently designed a set for the play \u003cem\u003eSentenced to a Life Without Music\u003c\/em\u003e, produced by Nylon Fusion, and co-produced an immersive performance, \u003cem\u003eHellBond: Dancing with the Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJo Collective \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJo Collective is an art collective that aims to create alternative spaces for artists, non-artists and audiences. They are interested in having participatory projects and discussions coexist with object-based artworks in exhibition spaces, encouraging blurred boundaries between artist and viewer to make their relationship interchangeable and interdependent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaximus (Joy Alexis) (he\/they) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHonest and raw, Joy’s music surges forth with a powerful depth of emotion, birthed out of an acute emotional sensitivity and their seemingly effortless craft to translate vulnerabilities into resonant music. They believe in a seamlessness between the mood of a song and its architecture, all while tirelessly working towards shaping a sound true to themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLee Wan Xiang (they\/them) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtist and art therapist from Singapore. Wan Xiang’s practice is a process of self-inquiry, discovery, spontaneity and play. They are interested in using drawing, found objects and symbols interchangeably to frame and reflect themes of self and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMegan Jones (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMegan Jones is an independent researcher specialising in the Middle Ages. Her research interests involve the post-medieval legacy and reception of the Middle Ages and the ideological potency of the period in modern discourses. Megan is keenly interested in how the medieval inhabits the modern and vice versa, and uses medieval concepts of race, sex, gender, and the senses to shed light on contemporary preoccupations, blurring the boundaries of ‘then’ and ‘now’. In her free time, Megan dabbles in perfumery, using the transportive nature of scent to capture something of the past. She is also a keen gardener and enjoys cultivating her garden in South Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNatalie Sutanto (she\/they) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNatalie is an amateur anthropologist with an appetite for reading, especially on the topics of climate and society. They hope to encourage their small online following to think more critically about social issues, one book recommendation at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRafi Spangenthal (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRafi is a multidisciplinary artist and designer. Her practice spans photography, graphic design, art direction, and consultation for grassroots organisations, fashion magazines and global brands. Her work explores the intersections between youth culture, community, the environment and the arts. 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Look out for her!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSin Melia (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA curious generalist by nature, Melia has dabbled in many fields, all of which are motivated by her interest in understanding the human condition and working for better ways of connection. She has conducted ethnographic research on Cambodia’s youth, amplified social causes through digital marketing, and stage-managed numerous theatre performances. She is currently pursuing a diploma in early childhood education. Although this meandering career path causes her anxiety at times, she is happy to stand at the intersection of these different experiences and revel in the conversations and epiphanies that come with encountering all walks of life. As an enthusiast of good storytelling, Melia hopes that her contribution to this issue of \u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Again\u003c\/em\u003e will mark the beginning of her own creative storytelling journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSean Wang (he\/him) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Sean’s not reading, writing or editing, he spends his time searching for the best matcha lattes or stumbling through galleries with a film camera. Originally a notes app poet, he is now exploring notes app flash fiction and essays. His writing has appeared in ‘Rattle’, ‘Capsule Stories’, ‘Dismantle’ and other publications. He is interested in the articulation of suffering and the mythologisation of the personal. He believes that history must be recorded on the most microscopic level — the personal and the familial. These are the words and photos he wants to show his own children if the world hasn’t ended by then.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Now \u0026 Again","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51275558912297,"sku":"2630-5186","price":30.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/FRONT_N_ATheUncannyCover_7thDec2022.png?v=1759255529"},{"product_id":"now-again-cinema-issue-05","title":"Now \u0026 Again: Cinema (Issue 05)","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/N_A_Cinema_Preview.pdf?v=1759256130\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook inside the magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCinema\u003c\/em\u003e has always been an immense source of inspiration when it comes to creative projects. From writing and set design to sound mixing and distribution in theatres, cinema is a composite of working parts involving the entirety of the creative sector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this edition of \u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Again\u003c\/em\u003e, contributors across various artistic disciplines explore their own interpretations of filmmaking, as well as the influence and resonance that films can have.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Again\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of new ideas - the sudden outburst of inspiration that comes from the least likely of places. It's a platform for collaboration, creative discussion and pushing the boundaries of what we know. Using \u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Again\u003c\/em\u003e as a sort of sketchbook, each edition reflects on the many ways of interpreting a simple theme through a mix of individual projects and collaborations, reflecting our diverse personal perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlyshea Mo (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlyshea is a multidisciplinary artist who received her BFA (Hons) from the University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Art in 2020. Her work primarily involves painting, video\/sound installations and working with dyes. Her practice focuses around the notion of belonging in in-between spaces, exploring themes of melancholy, queerness, religion and the Uncanny through mundane surrealistic images. Her day-to-day is spent painting, from tiny canvases to large wall murals all around Singapore and running her own brand BY ALYMO. The BY ALYMO collection includes her original oil paintings, art prints, hand-dyed apparel and more. She also edits and co-runs the internationally published arts magazine Now \u0026amp; Again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharlie Adamson-Hammond (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlie is a UK-based artist, whose works include writing, videos, ceramics and print, and revolves around everyday consumption and domestic life. Her works frequently make use of the photocopier to distort photographs, stock images, adverts and other found objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChen Yi An (he\/him) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYi An is the founder and editor of Now \u0026amp; Again. A London-based designer, Yi An’s works look at elevating and shifting our perspectives of mundane experiences. To achieve this, his projects typically explore repurposing secondhand and discarded materials, finding alternative functions to objects that we interact with on a day-to-day basis. He also enjoys experimenting with the potential properties of light and how light can play a part in shaping a physical experience. Yi An is an avid enthusiast of indie publications, and revels in how we can push print to be an effective creative medium. For his line of work, Yi An is the designer of the DUNA Films team, a creative production company, where he does any design work he can manage, including graphics, website layouts, print, art direction and styling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChiara Scoglio (they\/she) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChiara is a London-based visual artist, writer and puppetry theatre-maker from Italy, whose previous works include the short play \u003cem\u003eThe Relativity of the Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e (ACT II Festival, London, 2021), the showcases \u003cem\u003ePiracy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTarantasio\u003c\/em\u003e (High Tide Festival, Gravesend, 2021; It Was Fated..., London, 2022; Mirror Mirror, Peripeteia Theatre Company, 2023) and the short film \u003cem\u003eTo Think Inside the Box\u003c\/em\u003e (Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art; Madness Film Festival; Octopus Marquee Film Festival, 2023; Kalakari Film Festival, 2024). In 2023, they created the puppetry, object and experimental theatre collective \u003cem\u003eChicken Shop Hermits\u003c\/em\u003e alongside Hector T. J. Huang. Other academic and creative writing credits include \u003cem\u003eEYESORE\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine, \u003cem\u003eDare-Zine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Again\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHOB\u003c\/em\u003e. Chiara’s works always attempt to merge words and visuals while exploring their sense of self in a patchwork of inspirations and impressions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDan Tran (he\/him) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDan Tran is a writer and imagemaker who seeks to explore how visual cultures can illuminate the blind spots of society. His writings have been featured in \u003cem\u003eArt \u0026amp; Market\u003c\/em\u003e, Singapore International Film Festival, and \u003cem\u003eMatca\u003c\/em\u003e, while his image-based works have been exhibited at Objectifs and NUS Museum. Dan also works as a software engineer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDUNA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDUNA is an impact-first creative production studio based across London, Bristol and Devon in the UK. As a team of creatives, they strive to make environmental and social impact through considered content and effective storytelling, producing short films, documentaries, campaign content and live events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEeshwa Jiwan (she\/they) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEeshwa is a photographer based out of Delhi, India. Growing up in a creative environment with an art director dad and graphic designer mum, she discovered that her passions lie somewhere in the vast mists of storytelling. Her inspiration lies in the diverse, vibrant and rich roots of Indian culture. Her works look at themes of ecofeminism, womanhood, hinduism and environmentalism. Apart from photography and writing, her interests lie in the climate crisis, spirituality, activism and music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica Heng (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJessica is a filmmaker interested in visceral stories that harbour empathy. Her most recent works include \u003cem\u003eBaby Boy\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), \u003cem\u003eJust A Call Away\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) and \u003cem\u003eBreaking News\u003c\/em\u003e (2022), which have screened at regional film festivals including Minikino Film Week, Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival and Singapore International Film Festival. She is interested in stories of communities on-the-fringe, and believes art-making to be essential in amplifying obscured stories. In her free time, she can be found by the beach or tinkering with the next community project, one of which has culminated in a humble film club that gathers to watch themed films each month.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJuan Foo (he\/him) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuan is candidly regarded as the pioneer independent producer who is ‘still’ around for the past twenty years. He produced Singapore’s first digital film, \u003cem\u003eReturn To Pontianak\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), the first HD feature \u003cem\u003eDirty Laundry\u003c\/em\u003e (2001) and indie-cult film \u003cem\u003ePerth\u003c\/em\u003e (2005). His experience includes script reading and distribution for a film finance company, as well as freelancing in editing and production. Graduating from film school and holding qualifications in creative producing and entrepreneurship, Juan trained in traditional cel animation and worked briefly in Japanese anime. He was the associate producer for films such as \u003cem\u003eRoad Less Travelled\u003c\/em\u003e (1997), \u003cem\u003eTalking Cock The Movie\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), and \u003cem\u003eUnarmed Combat\u003c\/em\u003e (2005). He also produced Singapore's first creature monster film, \u003cem\u003eCircle Line\u003c\/em\u003e (2023) that is currently on Netflix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJuliana Tan (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuliana is a Singapore-based photographer and director. Trained as a filmmaker, she creates scenes that convey the narrative of her images through an eclectic mix of light, colours and composition. Her passion lies in portraiture and picture essays, especially in the areas of culture, politics and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulieta Tetelbaum (she\/her) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulieta is a neurodivergent queer film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and sculptor based in London. 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