southeast asia

Sounds of the Zomia, Sounds of Resistance: An Interview with Kink Gong

Sounds of the Zomia, Sounds of Resistance: An Interview with Kink Gong

Laurent Jeanneau, also known as Kink Gong, walks among the peoples of Southeast Asia and listens, with sincere passion, for their vanishing music and culture.

Indonesian Author Eliza Vitri Handayani on Her Novel of Freedom Set in a Repressed Society

Indonesian Author Eliza Vitri Handayani on Her Novel of Freedom Set in a Repressed Society

"We were taught what we should aspire to: excelling in math and the sciences were all good because those things have almost nothing to do with politics, but if you had artistic aspirations, if you had the need to examine life…"

‘Longing for the Past’: When the Voices of the Dead Finally Reach Us

‘Longing for the Past’: When the Voices of the Dead Finally Reach Us

While listening to "The Dance and Song of Laos" (1906) a haunting voice, both enticing and archaic, mingles with the crepitating noise of the antique shellac.