Indonesia’s DIY Extreme Vespa Scene Brought To Life by “Rebel Riders”

by SubtropicalAsia | Mar 25, 2020 | CULTURE&ART, Videos

<Rebel Riders>, is a film by Dutch cinematographer Marc Aziz Ressang, who has been living in Asia for 8 years. It’s a documentary about Vespa Ekstrim, an Indonesian community where people share their love of modifying their Vespas into outlandish novel hybrid...

In The Era Of Collectively Trapped In Home: A Review Of Wuhan Artist Ke Ming’s Recent Exhibition

by SubtropicalAsia | Mar 15, 2020 | COVID-19, CULTURE&ART, Highlight Content, News

In early January 2020, the new coronavirus Covid-19 broke out in Wuhan and swept through cities across China. With the severity of the epidemic escalating, on January 23rd, the Wuhan government decided to put the city in lock down. And due to this, the artist Ke Ming...

When The Battle Against Censorship Turns Into Public Performance Art

by SubtropicalAsia | Mar 13, 2020 | COVID-19, CULTURE&ART, News

This week, Chinese magazine <People> published an interview with Ai Fen, a Wuhan doctor who was censored and disciplined by hospital authorities for sharing a diagnostic report on WeChat showing a patient with SARS-like pneumonia in late December. The alarm that...

In Her New Single Cambodian Rock Feminist Vartey Ganiva Celebrates The Higher Meaning Of Love

by SubtropicalAsia | Mar 4, 2020 | News, Videos

VARTEY GANIVA, our good friend from Cambodia just released her catchy new single “Chob Chur” (Stop Hurt), along with a fascinating music video. Chob Chur is translated in a metaphorical sense “stop being a drama queen and move on!” The song talks about the...

Yangon Fashion 1979: Self Expression Under The Military Regime

by SubtropicalAsia | Feb 18, 2020 | CULTURE&ART, News

Myanmar’s 1970s was a period of dictatorial power, inflation, food shortages, and government corruption. It was absolutely a difficult time for youth to be themselves. Then the photo studio became an oasis. Girls and boys would come into the studio and take pictures...