ADHD no. 7: Versus the World by ADHD Magazine

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editor-in-chief Alyssa Africa creative director Cenon Norial III features editor Mav Bernardo event photographer Erka Inciong contributors Dexter Fernandez, Cristine Villamiel, Eva Yu, Lorraine Marjorie Mendoza, Catalina Africa, Jeona Zoleta, Joey Gregorio, Erka Inciong, Lui Manaig, Bonnapart Galeng, Noel Santos, Emma Bell, Drone, Nico Pascual, Nadia Rahmat, Paolo Crodua, Vince Crisostomo, Nikki Betos, Hye Won Jang, Anton Belardo, Roy Back, Louise Furgason, Bruce Venida, Etienne Ricardo, Shahani Gania, Eloise Breskvar, Fiona Gavino, Penny Nikkel, Xtina Superstar, Karlo Vicente, Karla Ynzon, Nathanael Ng Yong Sheng, Ivana Tyler, Jessica Yang, Austin Castaneda, Michelle Smith, Mafia Escasinas, MC Sacay, Fatima Guerrero, Zy Carreon, Gerone Centeno, Merci Carballo, Yapo, Judd Figuerres, Gelo Arucan x x x Inquiries/ Advertisements/ Submissions contactadhdmag@gmail.com x x x on the cover Nadia Rahmat photography Cenon Norial III styling Paul Jatayna special thanks to Nathaniel Ng & Roy Back

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Garapata Bleach Catastrophe Submissive Pig Jol3na Blinded Illumination The ABC of Killing Me Lui Manaig Yuckzine The Warrior Poet Emma Bell Drone Little Miss Sunshine Blue Blew Mermaid VS. Aliens Tittle Tattle Peevish Docile Thirty Days Why Are You Against the World? On the Loop Beyond the Reel Future Zines Labasa ng Sama ng Loob Part III

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What I want for you to know is the fact that this world is a truly screwed up place to live in. That is, just in case you didn’t already know. That’s the best part. The fact that we are given the freedom to think and to judge based on what we know and based on what we are taught. Let’s face it. People devour information from TV, the internet, newspapers, even magazines and electronic publications such as this. That’s correct. We might be feeding you lies. But that’s for you to process. Have you taken the time to think about all of the things you have read in the past few minutes, hours, days, weeks even months? How about in the past years? Did you believe all of it? Have you taken the time to think about every single information you’ve fed your brain? You can be honest to yourself now, be gentle because it might hurt more than you’ve expeccted. Think about this, you’d probably be sitting at night, on the corner of your bed, smoking a cigarette, thinking and talking to yourself, trying to figure things out, trying to be honest with yourself for only as much as you can handle and you sit there, stare at the ceiling and realise that all of these things are pointless. You are bound to sleep tonight. Tomorrow, the alarm’s gonna set off right before you even want it to and you’re going to reach for it to turn it off. You’re gonna lie on your bed for a couple of more minutes wishing and wanting to get back to sleep, and do nothing until you’re actually, emotionally prepared to get up and do anything at all but the truth is that you’re not. Everyday, you wonder where you get the courage and drive to even open your eyes and get out of bed to shower and get dressed only to go somewhere and deal with people you never even want to have anything to do with in the first place. But you do because you have to, because you’ve got some rent to pay, because you don’t have enough courage to be the person you wish you could be. You’re only fooling yourself in believing that this is just the beginning, but you know it’s not and you know that this might be a beginning of something and that might be the end because you’ve become one of those corporate puppets yourself and you wish you were doing something else but you’re not. Because this is who you are now, and you won’t be able to escape it by mere choice, because you knew that if you had a choice you wouldn’t be here. You know you don’t have the guts to be someone else. You’re just one of the many people who thinks they’re making a difference. So let me ask you, what do you think you’re doing? What’s that question some people ask? “You exist but do you live?” That’s right, go on ahead and live, say what you have to even if it sounds stupid, even if it sounds ridiculous, even if it contradicts a whole nation’s belief. Say it, own it, and be responsible for it. Alyssa Africa Editor-in-Chief

versus the world

Garapata

Name: Dexter Fernandez Nick Name: Dex Gender: M Birthday: February 6 Birth Place: Valenzuela City e-mail: dex.fernandez@yahoo.com Hobbies: Drawing, cooking, eating, Instagram-ing, dancing, singing Sports: None Music: Alternative, indie, experimental, post punk Singer/ Band: Velvet Underground, The Residents, The Beatles, Eraserheads, Yano Food: Thai and Japanese food Drinks: Mojito and passion fruit Color: Yellow Friends: Too many to mention Deepest fear: Aging Motto: Non-stop till you drop What is love? Love is family, love is religion, love is friendship, love is God. Who is your Crush? My long time crush since grade school Who is your first kiss? Parents Have you ever been in love? Many times What are their qualities that you like best? Secret

“GARAPATA STANDS FOR BEING YOU, HIM, HER, ME OR THEM.”

So, how’s Garapata doing? It’s scattered everywhere. We were terrified because even shelguard shampoos couldn’t do everywhere. anything about it. So we decided to get Can you tell us about how it started? rid of the dogs, to get rid of the pests. My family really loves dogs. So over the years, we have dogs and we don’t After for a year long, the house was put them in cages. They live with us, clear of pests. We weren’t allowed to inside the house. Unfortunately, ticks have pets anymore. I felt sad and even joined as well and we suffered with missed my pets. So during my mid year these pests. A pet with pests or pests in college, I created a simple multiwith a pet. We can no longer tell. legged creature that looks like a tick. They were everywhere. You can find I developed it over and over until I them in books, sofa, floor, windows, finished my school years. Then a friend

introduced me to the graffiti scene. I enjoyed the culture and everything about it, so I joined the group and did my thing. That was the official birth of of Garapata. I painted and wheat pasted my character everywhere and introduced it to the community. But changing is always a part of my system. I don’t stick in one medium, so I came up with sticker tagging. I find it easier and more convenient so I stuck with it.

Until now, I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stopped. It has become a part of my system, which you can not get rid of, otherwise, I will be incomplete. What does Garapata stand for? My childhood. From that to a more complex story. Garapata stands for being you, him, her, me or them. Garapata is all about humane and unnatural ways. You have done collaborations with different artists and designers before. Will we be seeing more of them in the future? I collaborate with co- visual 12

artists like myself. Musicians for album covers and a furniture shop in Paete. Recently, I did a collaboration with Salad Day, a clothing brand. We are making clothes so watch out for that! What would Garapata not do? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to pest people in real life, but I want them to be pests. You are againstâ&#x20AC;Ś judgmental people, corrupt minds, and close- minded people.

Name: Cristine Villamiel Nick Name: Tinay Gender: F Birthday: November 28, 1981 Birth Place: Manila e-mail: cvillamiel@gmail.com Hobbies: Eating and stalking Sports: None Music: Pop, grunge, electronica Singer/ Band: Up Dharma Down, Black Keys, Franco, The Sundays, The XX Food: Pinoy, Thai, Mexican Drinks: Sangria, White Zinfandel, and Earl Grey Tea Color: Pink Friends: TMTM (too many to mention) haha Deepest fear: Losing a loved one. Motto: Courage is fear that had said its prayers. What is love? Pass Who is your Crush? Atom Araullio Who is your first kiss? Parents (haha) Have you ever been in love? Yes What are his qualities that you like best? His geeky-ness

Bleach Catastrophe

Hi! Please introduce yourself. I am were inspired by the current and Tinay Villamiel, Creative Director of popular themes in the market. We Bleach. decided to tweak them and come up with our own version and make a home Can you give us a brief description lifestyle collection out of it. about Bleach? Bleach is a lifestyle store that offers garments and home What else is lined up for the accessories. rest of the year? Will there be a new collection? Yes we are working What/who are you major on our holiday season collection. We influences? We are very much are very excited, some of it are artistinfluenced by the Visual Arts and inspired. We are also looking forward Fashion. to a possible collaboration and new products too. Your collections are a series of patterns, like, Denim Safari, Camo Can you give us a hint of what it would Living and Plaid Play. What’s the logic look like in one word? behind that? For this collection we Fun!

Do you work well with music on? If yes, what music gets your creative mind going? It depends, really. In our office we usually play music -grunge, electronica and pop, mostly. But when I work at home I want it quiet. What word best describes brand? Expressionistic

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The song of this generation is… Let It Go :) You are against… mediocrity.

by Eva Yu

by Lorraine Marjorie Mendoza

Submissive Pig Accomplishments of pride and ego, appearance defiled with blood. A mutant baby; hangmen awaits. Meat biting avoiding eyes. Savagery; dissident devils, Hyenas toil and suffer; anger is the love hibernating. Monkeyish monkeying; unruly behaved. Seeking goals, madness is the traitor. Asylum for mankind. Infidels sickened, monsterous behavior. Guns and crosses... Freedom dies.

Name: Catalina Africa Nick Name: Cardboard Paradise Gender: Flower Birthday: Cancer-Leo cusp, year of the dragon Birth Place: Planet Earth e-mail: Write me a love letter instead Hobbies: Astral projection, pole dancing, telepathy with plants & animals Sports: Dancing while high Music: Tirzah, Sibelius, birds chirping, gurgling water, silence Singer/ Band: NATURE Food: Anything green, coconuts! Drinks: Tea and deep dark hot chocolate from Dumaguete :) Color: Rainbow galaxy sparkle Friends: Sun, moon and stars Deepest fear: Dehydration Motto: Follow your bliss :) What is love? Painting sunsets Who is your Crush? G.I. GURDJIEFF Who is your first kiss? Myself on my biceps Have you ever been in love? On an island in the middle of the deep blue sea His/ her qualities that you like best? Brilliance, clarity, and curly hair

Jol3na You were supposed to be a... Classical What/who did you listen to while growing up? Mariah Carey, Bach, TLC, violinist and my own personal demons. But you are actually… An alien, an astronaut, an apparition disguised as Having mentioned those artists/bands, did it have any effect on your music? your neighbor. Yes. How do other people describe your What can you say about the local music? Messy. independent music scene? Honestly, I In your own words, how will you don’t know much, and we create our describe your music? Tender Juicy own worlds. hotdogs and a violin echoing from the Where can we listen to your music? depths of my heart. While taking a poop.

What is the one thing you always tell yourself? “Hi, beautiful” You are against… Being a zombie, taking directions from other people, animal cruelty and destruction of planet Earth.

Name: Ma. Jeona Zoleta Nick Name: Lola Starr, Cumerlier, Jeona Cubeta Gender: Baby-G Birthday: jan 9. 1989 Birth Place: Manila Email: rainbowmagicsparkle@yahoo.com website: rainbowmagicsparklecunt.tumblr.com Hobbies: Pooping, farting, flying, gardening, sexting, texting, camzappin, witchin, candle-lighting, sneezing, picking my nose, inventing new ways to kiss and make-up Sports: Streaking, cyber surfing, window shopping, ogling, snorkeling, skipping stones, soccer, strippin, sexy dancing, twerkin, poleclimbing & xxx <3 lipbanging Music: MALL SUICIDE, Aqua, 3210 ringing tones, the Sims soundtrack. Singer/ Band: E, Unicorn hard-on, PC music SoundCloud, Le Tigre, Cibbo Matte, Beyonce, Britney and Xtina , Chicks on Speed Food: Pooop soup, skewered liver, adobo sa dilaw na baboy ramo, sinaing na tulingan, powâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s satanic spicy chicken Drinks: Smoothies & my rainbow magic sparkle ginger ale Color: Rainbow iridescent & chinchilla & airborne unicorne Friends: U hehe Spice Girls, D Y2kbabes, Deepest fear: Teeth rotting, teeth falling out, no kaching obvs Motto: My god is my cunt forever fantasy forever ok, ok, ok, ok!!! What is love? Its a sparklegasm yolocaust, supernaturally lyk hyperreality Who is your Crush? Pow Martinez Who is your first kiss? With my scissors, with myself in the mirror & with my sister hahaha we were practicing with our toys and pets, sweet fishy kissy kissyxxx Have you ever been in love? Yes, so in love ryt now lol xxxx His/ her qualities that you like best:? his budot dance moves & very shiny sparkly ginormous penis & furry thing things

You were supposed to be a…Genie, girls making out inside the tent. the little mermaid or the sea witch What/who did you listen to while But you are actually a… Make-up kit growing up? Girly music when i was and the rainbow magic sparkly unicorn. younger lyk spice girls but when I discovered punk, experimental, How do other people describe your electronic, arty music, and had my first music? Huh WTELFIN bich is dat?! ever 3210 cellphone and the internet i fell madly in love with all of it. In your own words, how will you describe your music? Having mentioned those artists/bands, WAAAAAAAAAAHhahaha WTF!!!!! did it have any effect on your music? pretween scream, post pubescent Just Lyk Honey ringtone, hot awkward babyface sexy

What can you say about the local independent music scene? Somethings wrong. Where can we listen to your music? @ artopenings What is the one thing you always tell yourself? SHADDUPWANNADYE!? You are against…slut-shaming

by Joey Gregorio

Blinded Illumination

In the battle between reality and false impression is a mind preoccupied with fantasies and frustrations—full of wishful thinking fueled and supported by intellectualization. Most people in this world have the ability to set aside what’s in front of their consciousness, fill their heads with good thoughts, conceptualize a belief that will fit their way of thinking and make it their way of life. I’m obviously not one of them. I was born to see the world as a conflicting place for my way of thinking. I can’t be who I am in most people’s eyes. They don’t want to be with someone who has a different philosophy. They want to slap my reasoning with their self proclaimed faultless belief that doesn’t need any form of proportional evidence—just a good amount of what they called “faith”. I don’t blame them though. I respect and even envy them because at least they have a good taste in life. Unlike me-- a hopeful but pessimistic uninterested lonely man who can’t find a reason to live, who can’t find a good line of thought that can make me feel better, unlike me—f*cked up. I know. I know that I became too bemused about the meaning of life, purpose of existence. I became too preoccupied looking for answers that don’t exist. I became too moony, I don’t eat well, I think a lot, I don’t have a normal sleeping pattern, I’m so whimsical with what’s running in my head that I forgot that I am existing, I forgot my situation, I didn’t notice that my existence is slowly vanishing, I forgot that I have to fulfill my purpose, I didn’t pay much attention to time, slowly dying time of mine—I forgot to live my life. Here I am. Every morning of everyday, I can found myself wanting to just stay in my bed to sleep, dream, imagine, die-- but then there’s this kind of inevitable force that will make me get up even if I don’t want to and that makes me think that maybe—maybe there’s still a little part inside of me that wants to live and face this world, this life—even if it’s not for me. I hope that all I need is just an untroubled, sweet and good sleep that can refresh my mind. But I know that it’s not my physical body that’s tired— it’s my soul and it’s longing for peace that sleep can’t provide.

Alone, I stand beside a road. Beaten up by my emotions and thoughts. Carefully, I retraced my actions. Desperately, I searched for answers. “End it now or suffer more?,” I ask myself. Feeling so alone and despised by almost everyone. God! Can I just take away my life now? “Honor and respect one another,” they say. “In a world full of hypocrites?.” Judged by everything I do and say. Kill me now, oh please, have mercy.

Tonight, I go through it again. Unwanted and judged by almost everyone. Versus the society that mocks me, I think I can’t take anymore of this. Waiting for someone to notice my suffering, I crossed the road. X-rays won’t be able to show my emotional pain but it can show how much smoke I inhaled and exhaled just to get through the suffering, day and night.

by Eka Inciong

Out of this world, I am labeled. People see me as the abnormal one. Queer? yes. Restless nights, I experienced. Showered by their criticism and insults, I am drowning.

The ABC Of Killing Me

Loving the same gender, they believe, is an abomination. Mocking, judging and stealing money, how about those things? No one has the right to say what is accepted and what is not.

You killed me, yes, you! I did not kill myself. Zealously participated in the society of everyday murderers.

Lui Manaig Name: Christian Louie Manaig Nick Name: Lui Gender: Male Birthday: July 10, 1992 Birth Place: Calamba City e-mail: luimanaig@ymail.com Hobbies: Drawing and fixed gear Sports: I played baseball when I was a kid, I also played chess with my brother, father and cousin & I ride fixed gear. Music: Alternative rock Singer/ Band: U2 , Wuds Food: Kare-kare, alimango, spicy pork adobo in menudo cut cooked by nanay, crab & corn soup, oven ribs, gulay na maid, chocolate bar, monggo at unlimited kanin or kamayan, barrio fiesta, cabalen, dads eat-all-you-can restaurant Drinks: Chuckie & fruit juices Color: Fatigue, maroon, & black Friends: Studio 1616, my phone, and many Deepest fear: Extreme heights Motto: I do good and bad things in my life. People who trust me, remind my good action and the one who hates me remind my asshole moves. What is love? Who is your Crush: Ben Affleck Who is your first kiss? Question, Please.. Have you ever been in love? Hell yeah, not so sure. His/ her qualities that you like best? Physically attractive & very rational How will you describe your art? Contemporary stylised- illustration and natural distortion drawing of human gesture

Where did you grow up? How is it like living there? Calamba, Laguna. Back in my childhood days, mahirap minsan brownout, kailangan mag ipon ng tubig, may manukan kami sa likod ng bahay pero masaya. Wala kang iniisip na problema. Masayang maglaro sa labas ng bahay. Does your surrounding affect your art in any way? If so, how? Of course. In my daily life, I see different images, views, human action and

background. As we see a whole image, a pattern is a repetition of the same block or the same element. However, our daily life is not a hundred percent the same as yesterday and the day before that. Therefore, it’s not about We’ve noticed different patterns you the everyday living but the whole have in your works. What significance existence of our inspiration. does these patterns have in your work? A pattern composed of four or more What inspires you? The drive that one repetitive block is like a life of a great day, I will be able to buy my own artist or an autobiography of a person house and my own car through art. It who inspires us. That’s why it’s the sounds so stupid, but I have my own personal reason. gestures. Thoughts, and everything that surrounds me visually or verbally is the origin of my concept especially my personal experiences, human complex & symbols.

Can you tell us about your creative process? First, I think about the concept and then I browse the internet for different images, I look at magazines for human gestures & positions, then I save it on my phone. On a blank canvas, I sketch the composition of the painting. And then, I mix different colours to find the right colour to match what’s on my mind. And when everything’s set, I start to work on my painting.

Where can we go to see more of your works? You can see some of my old and new works through my instagram account @luimanaig. Also, please come to my upcoming show, I’m going to keep you guys posted! Words you live by? You should love & really know what are you doing. Beautiful things appear nicely to the eyes but the very importatnt thing is for the content to have a meaning.

What are your future plans as a creative You are against... compulsive hoarding. individual? As of now, successful first solo show.

Name: Bonnapart Galeng Nick Name: Bon Gender: Male Birthday: April 21 Birth Place: San Narciso, Zambales e-mail: yuckzine@gmail.com Hobbies: P. E. D. R. O. S. Sports: Walking from MRT station to my work place. Music: Many to mention Singer/ Band: Currently enjoying DIIV and Mac Demarco’s music. Also, Donna Cruz’s earlier albums because it’s on Spotify. Food: Food pasta. Drinks: Anything with citrus, cucumber, mint, basil. Also, tequila. Color: Black, gray, white and blue. Friends: Jesus Deepest fear: Snake and rejection. Motto: Roll the lemon with your hand on a firm countertop before cutting to get more juice out of it. What is love? God is Love Who is your Crush? Curves Who is your first kiss? Parents Have you ever been in love? Yes J His/ her qualities that you like best? Everything. Also, firm butt.

Yuckzine

Hi! Please introduce yourself the latest tee from Supreme. Hi I am Bonnapart and I like mustard. How do you come up with ideas and Yuckzine is about... Filipino youth themes for every issue? Do you have culture beyond hipness. some sort of ritual? Upon completing the first issue, I already have a set of What's the story behind it? I wanted ideas/themes for the future issues. As to have a platform for interesting ideas much as possible, I veer away from and topics that are too unconventional the typical themes like fashion issue or for our local youth culture mags. denim, etc. I have nothing against these publications. I just thought that the What can your readers look forward public needs to know more than just to in the near future? Third issue is a

work in progress and it’s going to be printed in colored. Three words to describe Yuckzine? Kahit two words lang, “my life.” You are against... animal testing and thousand dressing on my hotdog.

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The Warrior Poet

Name: Erwin Noel A. Santos Nick Name: Noel Gender: Male Birthday: 25 September 1987 Birth Place: Baguio City e-mail: letstellyourstory@gmail.com Hobbies: Sorting out through the rubble cluttered in my mind, turning everything into a story, building processes, being a bear Sports: What is that? Wrastlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;? Music: Parody and Comedy (Weird Al Yankovic, Garfunkel and Oates, Tim Hawkins), Progressive and Power Metal (Dream Theater, A7x, Metallica), Jazz, and Rhythm and Blues (Billie Holiday, The Ink Spots) Food: Yes, please Drinks: If it is not too much to ask Color: Black and white Deepest fear: Fame What is love? Baby, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt me, no more. Who is your Crush? I have no idea First kiss? Nope Have you ever been in love? Not that I have been aware of

Hi Noel, how are you today? I am doing very well, thank you for asking. Been doing a lot of new things and learning is always good. What do you do? I pretend I’m a bear who likes art and good conversation and who can do your tax returns for the BIR. Can you tell us a bit about the Warrior Poet Art Cafè? It is an art gallery pretending to be a dessert café. It is a hub for artists of different mediums to showcase and develop their skills.

you us why? It is what is important in life, whether you want to be a bear or set up your own art café hole in the wall, the important thing is that when you have enough sense in your head, you do what is in your heart, what What does this mean to you? It means makes you happy. Best way to learn making my Ma worry a lot and making about that is through people who are already living it or are about to live it my Pa proud. What made you decide to quit your former job and give your full time and attention to this business? Because I wanted to be a bear all the time, and that takes hard work and commitment.

We’ve heard about the Warrior cast. It features people who pursue their passion despite all obstacles and uncertainties. It seems very important for you to acknowledge it. Can you tell

What makes life worth living? Love alone is worth the fight You are against... People who don’t like bears.

“THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE ENOUGH SENSE IN YOUR HEAD, YOU DO WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART”

Name: Emma Bell Nick Name:~ Gender: Female Birthday: December 11 Birth Place: Newcastle, UK Email: ~ Hobbies: Reading, baking cakes, photography, knitting, collecting teapots, travelling, gossiping, art, cooking Sports:~ Music: Sia, Big Bang, Britney Spears, Beirut, Die Antwoord, 2NE1 Singer/ Band: G-Dragon, Dolly Parton Food: Falafel, Beetroot cake, bibimbap, Heinz Tomato Soup, cheddar cheese, anything with doenjang, jacket potatoes. Drinks: Lavender Earl Grey, matcha latte. Color: PINK! Friends: My friends are the most awesomely talented and amazingly, special people that I know! Deepest fear: Spiders, childbirth, being sad Motto:~ What is love: Being happy Who is your Crush: A weird Korean boy who wears tropical prints and uses the word â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Turboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. First kiss: About a million years ago. Have you ever been in love: More than once. His/ her qualities that you like best:~

Emma Bell

Your works have been featured in different international publications. How does this make you feel as a creative individual? It’s really rewarding and awesome to see some acknowledgement for my work and it’s really great to get that support from press to help spread the word about my work. I think it’s always nice to have that recognition and its super important in maintaining an audience for creative work.

with and also to have ideas, themes and details that you thoroughly understand and have confidence in. I constantly write journals and I collect bits and pieces ranging from newspaper clippings, postcards, wrappers, tickets and photographs. I always want to create something that is reflective of my current situation and a phase of my life so it’s important for me to make sure I keep that intimate and personal touch to my work. I then go on to develop these influences into more structured themes that I can then move forward into design development. I also spend a lot of time sourcing materials or working on print design whilst paying particular attention to details such as finishings, embroidery or trims. The next stage is to work on pattern cutting and toiling before redrafting into finished patterns that can be used to make the samples and eventually the finished pieces.

How will you describe your creative process? I usually spend a lot of time gathering research as I feel it’s really important to have a strong base to start

You are a British designer who is now based in Seoul, South Korea. We are aware of the cultural differences of where you were born and where

Hello! Please tell us who Emma Bell is. Designer and visual artist from the UK currently residing in Seoul. Work is particularly focused on culture specifics and the idea of combining heritage crafts and contemporary methods and approaches. The concept is to create a bridge between art and design by creating wearable art works that often use unconventional materials.

you are now, how will you personally describe the difference? Yes, in fact this was one of the main reasons that I decided to uproot my entire life and give living in Seoul a try. Nothing inspires me more than new surroundings and to be taken completely out of my comfort zone. I first came to South Korea last year for a few months to work as artist in residence with a contemporary art centre called, Incheon Art Platform, and it was this experience that encouraged me to make the decision to come back for the longer term. Korea couldn’t be more different than the UK and every day I learn more and more about the cultural expectations and contrasts of this wonderful country. There are so

many things that I see that I’ve never encountered before in my life. One thing that I often see and still can’t get used to is the whole ‘couple dressing’ trend where boyfriends and girlfriends dress identical, which I find really bizarre! There are a lot of social rules and formalities here which take some time to adjust to which is one of the things I enjoy most about adapting to life in an alien environment. Personally, I absolutely adore Korea and I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to experience living here so still each day I need to pinch myself as, for me, it’s a total dreamland of colour, excitement and brand new things!

How is it like living in South Korea as a designer? It’s really great as I feel like all aspects of my entire life here provide so much influence in the new ideas and work that I am currently developing. Simple things such as something I see on the street, to an exchange on the subway, food I eat, people I meet, challenges I face and not to mention the aesthetics that I encounter here, all provide me with the material to use in creating work that is specific to where I am and how I respond to my surroundings. Seoul has a really forward thinking fashion scene and is a really energetic hub for both local and international creatives so it’s super exciting to be able to engage with

“...FOR ME, IT’S A TOTAL DREAMLAND OF COLOUR, EXCITEMENT AND BRAND NEW THINGS!” 50

new people in the industry or initiate new projects or collaborations. It’s also amazing for fabric sourcing as we have a huge fabric market which sells virtually everything you could ever imagine as well as housing digital print suppliers, manufacturers and infinite amounts of trim and finishing stores. So it’s incredible to have access to such a treasure trove and I’m lucky that I am based to close to this area.

on my experiences of the city. I’m also taking a Korean language class at the moment which I’m hoping can really help me in daily life here as I figure the better I can communicate with people, the more I can learn. I find myself much more engaged and observant here probably because I’m exposed to so many things which visually are such a contrast to what I’m used to back in the UK so I noticed that I’m constantly on the look-out for tiny details here that How has it affected you as a creative I can include into my design concepts. individual? I would say it’s had a really big impact in my approach to If you weren’t a designer, what would design and creative endeavours. I feel you be? I guess I would go more into as if I have so much on my doorstep a fine art direction or I would also here ranging from fresh influences like to be writer as I can’t imagine to opportunities so I’m constantly myself doing something that isn’t inspired to be experimenting with new creative or orientated around the arts. methods, techniques and materials as Alternatively I would quite like to be well as strive to educate myself more an air stewardess as I have permanently on Korean practice ranging from itchy feet! contemporary art to traditional craft skills. I make sure that I dedicate myself Words you live by? Live your dreams time each week to either see a local and push yourself constantly. exhibition or read a book by a Korean writer and I always make the effort You are against… eating meat, fake to check out a new neighbourhood or people, animal cruelty, boredom and place every weekend so that I can build small mindedness.

Name: Drone Nick Name: Doctor One Gender: M Birthday: 2006 Birth Place: Katipunan, Quezon City, Philippines Email: drooooooone@outlook.com Instagram: drooooooone Hobbies: Wandering about. Capturing images. Collecting artifacts and experiences. Sports: Not really into sports altough I do enjoy biking and boarding. Music: Good music is good music, it all depends on the mood. Singer/ Band: Too many to name but I’ve been listening to a lot of The Rolling Stones, Brazilian Girls, and Gnarls Barkley lately. Food: Thin Crust Pizza Drinks: Ice Cold Agua Color: I love all colors but then there’s Black which draws me in the most. Friends: You know who you are. Deepest fear: A complete loss of free will. Motto: Follow your instincts and trust your curiosity. What is love: Love is dreaming with your eyes open, even though it may turn into a nightmare at times. Who is your Crush: I don’t have a specific crush at the moment but when I do, I can crush on someone pretty hard lol First kiss: I was 12 at a summer camp in Germany with a Costa Rican girl named Adri. Have you ever been in love: Many times Her qualities that you like best: Sincerity and Openness

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What do you do? I am a practitioner of What is it about spray- painting and graffiti as well as design, photography street art that draws you into doing and other forms of visual expression. it instead of the common brush and paint medium on a canvas? I like the How did you get started as a graffiti immediacy and scale of it. You can artist? I got into it after coming back make a huge piece of work in a span of from a trip abroad. I had seen art on the minutes. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a lot of adventure streets that I had not seen on the streets involved in painting out on the streets of Manila. This got me interested that I get a kick out of. and it opened up my eye for noticing tags and markings on walls as well What were the most interesting as potential spots to hit up. I started developments and highlights for you out painting different colored Mario in the past years? I find it interesting mushrooms everywhere I could, using how peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s view of graffiti in Manila a stenciling technique. After getting has changed over the past few years. I caught and having my stencils and was doing a throw-up a couple of days paint confiscated, I decided to paint the ago in a public space and the people word/name DRONE directly on walls that walked by reacted positively to it. and got involved more with expressions Whereas a few years ago people would in lettering.

always call me out on the illegality of the effort without really trying to understand it. How do you see the world, and what it can be? My view of the world is constantly changing. There are so many possibilities of what it can be so I like to keep myself open to different things. For the most part, I try to keep a positive outlook and do what I love. You are against... Hateful, greedy people.

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by Nico Pascual 1) Anti Odyssey So the myth might go this way: Once there was a man whom while leaving might have turned the key the wrong way, thereby opening his door. Afterwards on the street, he then remembered that he had forgotten his coat. So then he walks back up the flight of stairs, turns the key, shoved a rug under the doorframe and turns the gas ring on. 2) How Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Die Is most likely trying to capture the quiet spaces between cars, when unnoticed, is fleeting. But as I cross this street, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look at the stars but rather at the absence of a sun.

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE photography Cenon Norial model Nadia Rahmat

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fur crowns, ANTON BELARDO cloud head dress, WILLAR MATEO

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holographic tank top SALAD DAY shoes NIKE

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all acessories from NATHANAEL NG

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BLUE BLEW photography Paolo Crodua styling Vince Crisostomo makeup Nikki Betos model Hye Won Jang

fringe jacket, BO PARCON rope dress, DARYL RECINA white dress, DARYL RECINA

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by Lorraine Marjorie Mendoza

Peevish Docile FREAK! Innocence and an appeal. A mammal of maturity, against the world’s stupidity. Three angels walk the moon. Alone; yielding. Sheeps. Poisonous. Virtue and vice, old-fashioned values exasperate the masses. Disaffection’s failure violate rules of autocrat. Government’s subterranean fire. Dignity of an animal; sheath be thrown away.

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day 1 Last night, in my opinion, was arguably unenjoyable.With about 15 minutes each to spin, it felt like the DJs at Fete were in a competition of genres.To top it all, my alter ego Super Starlet forgot to wear her waist-cincher, so she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t balance herself between the heavy red wig and her 5-inch heels. Oh well, there will be better nights. 116

day 2 Planning 2 GGSS parties for the month of July! After much deliberation, Bruce and I finally decided that Punk Versus Drag will be the theme of our joint birthday celebration. Now, for the other GGSS bash thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s set on an earlier date, the DJs and I agreed on the scandalous theme #aftersexselfie. What can I say? Sex sells!

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Before we go on any further, let me explain that I have a day job that occupies my MWF. I work as a stylist for a TV production. A driver picks me up as early as 2am to get to Laguna, our regular location, and we get home the next day. Today I got home at 8am, slept ‘til noon, attended the preprod meeting, and prepared the costume requirements for tomorrow’s work load. That’s my life without the wig.

Working behind-the-scenes in showbiz is really beyond unglamorous. Anyway, it has been announced that there will be no taping this Friday so my weekend comes early.Yezzz!

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Whenever I get the chance, Thursday nights are spent at Future, rhum coke in hand. This particular Thursday night, I’m hanging out with the same peeps I went to Fete with, with Bruce swapping my drink for his Racket Fuel. I also got to meet new friends from Singapore.

Ditched the Preview Ball for Cubao Z—and how I wish I went in drag to this party! The music was so good, but I felt so incomplete, head-banging without a wig on. On this night I also got to meet Etienne, an intense character I think I’m gonna like having around—He’s so intense he made it seem Ok for him to stab my clothes with his knife.

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day 7 Fact—Super Starlet only brings her boobs out when it’s a Panty Monsters event! Second Saturday in a row, too, that I wore the big red wig. Wasn’t particularly sure how I came up with this outfit, but the OS harness bra, a last-minute accessory, pulled everything together. Jujiin was a stunner that night, too!

day 8 The best idea I had today came at dawn, on the way home from the party. I thought to myself, wouldn’t it be great to shoot Super Starlet un-dragging in a cab while the sun was coming up? That’s 2 minutes of my life, making sure that no traces of makeup (or any evidence of queerness) can be seen when I reach home. I’d like to see those 2 minutes as much as I’d like to show it to other people.

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It feels somewhat lonely not to be part of a collective or a group, like say The Panty Monsters for example. I consider myself a drag artist and I often feel uncertain about the steps I take, so I always try to find people to talk to and share ideas with. Even if my ideas start out debatable or disjointed, if I believe in it, I’d blindly give it a faithful go. If I’m lucky, these ideas find their way. And with that, we’ve released the posters and invites for GGSS8—The #AftersexSelfie Party! Come in your most fucked-up!

Tuesday is the worst day of my week! After an often funfilled and rejuvenating weekend, meant to prepare myself for the busy week ahead, I always underestimate the stress and hectic-ness that Monday brings, thus draining all my energy, making me a zombie by Tuesday!

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There is a big divider that separates my work from my play. On weekdays, I work hard, and I try to be invisible because I do work behind-the-scenes. On weekends, I become Super Starlet, and details of my blurry evenings are documented on my social media accounts. Today, my officemates prodded me about my night life. Apparently, they love Super Starlet.

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day 12 I checked the FB event page for GGSS8, and about 50 have confirmed. That’s already a lot considering not a lot check their invites. To be honest, I see GGSS as a riddle or a puzzle that needs to be solved each time I decide to throw it. Sure, it didn’t seem promising when it first started over a year ago, but I guess it just pushed its way through. I think it’s fun that it has grown to become a collaborative effort each time, and I’m grateful to everyone who’ve contributed.

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day 13 Friday! Friday! Friday! Can’t wait for the weekend!!! Can’t wait to get fucked-up!

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While I was doing my makeup, I got a call from a friend who told me that the long-time boyfriend of someone I once considered close committed suicide. I took about 20 minutes to let the information sink in, 5 more to re-do my eyeliner, and by 11 in the evening I was out the door heading to my party. Insensitive as it may sound, but Super Starlet doesn’t grieve nor mourn— there’s plenty of room for that when we’re not in drag.

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Made time to go to the wake. I cried when I saw the open casket. Suicides are painful, I should know. I wanted to reach out and comfort my friend, the one I once considered close, but I guess my socially-awkward tendencies got the best of me. I may have tried to make him laugh, but I may have unwittingly said a bad joke instead.

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I’ve been getting calls from people,mostly friends I haven’t spoken to in a long time, wanting to know the details about Saturday’s suicide. And I’m like, WTF, mga chismosa! You people don’t come to me when I got something, but when it’s a high-profile death of someone I know, you guys just come barging in! No information from me, gaddemit!

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Bruce came over to my place so we could plan our birthday party together. This event will mark something really important for me, because for the first time in 5 years, I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be celebrating with an Evening Gown Competition. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m honestly very excited for this!

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On this day seventeen years ago, the same day he was about to turn 16, my younger brother took his own life. He too was a jumper. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all I can say about today.

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About 2 weekends left before #PunkVersusDrag and I’m consciously taking things easy. Though I’d like this event to create as much noise (or close to) as the Evening Gown Competition series, I want to veer away from the stress involved in staging a major event. My heart and my head seem to be in opposite ends right now as to what I really want but I’m sure things will work out.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Friday and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing planned for tomorrow? No Super Starlet outing? None?

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I’m happy that I got a friend like Paul who’s sweet enough to call and invite me to hang out. Meanwhile, after flaking out on a planned photoshoot to promote our party, Bruce opened up that he wanted a different approach for the invites and posters of our #dragversuspunk party, totally different from what was originally planned. I didn’t want to argue so we each had an Amazing Aloha instead.

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Sunday is for sorting out your thoughts, and I realize that I’ve been seeking change. A change of environment, a change of clothes, a new mindset, new people to surround myself with. Anything that would make me feel like I’ve broken free from the redundancy of the last couple of years. Maybe change has already arrived and I just had to be in it. For the last five years, I’ve been throwing one of the most-talked about, most-attended parties Manila has ever seen. Some have even called it legendary. But The Evening Gown Competition felt like it was choking me, and I needed to do something new, even drastic, just to reboot. I embraced Bruce’s idea and reached out to friends who could give us the freshest looking posters anyone could ever lay eyes on—something I have no control over. Best to be surprised.

day 23 I got a text from Austin, promoting Future’s event for tonight. I replied that I miss him and excitedly noted that there are so many parties happening in the coming weeks, starting with the Hotdog Anniversary this Saturday. He asked how I was doing with my party planning for the 26th. I told him the truth: “I’m still waiting for confirmation from one more DJ but I love, love LOVE what I’m doing!” I typed that with a smiling face and I couldn’t be more honest!

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My mermaid friend Anton Belardo just submitted his illustration for #GGSS9â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DragVersusPunk party and it is uh-mazing as always!

I may lack sleep but I feel like I’m living. Can’t wait for Hotdog’s Anniversary party this Saturday! And I wanna toss my hair like I just don’t care.

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How does it feel to be part of the number 1 primetime soap in the Philippines? Mighty proud! Today it was announced that the show I’m part of, Nino, took the top position in the nationwide rankings! Now, back to taping sequences in the middle of this fucking storm.

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RJ Santos sent the illustration he made for our #GGSS9 poster and I AM FLOORED! I think he was really able to capture the essence of both Bruce and I. Hahaha!

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For the last few weekends, I’ve been putting on my drag in Paul and AJ’s place. If you’ve been there, you’d get me when I lovingly say that it feels like we’re in the Batcave as we choose our outfits and change into our envisioned versions of ourselves for the evening. The night ended with Asela agreeing to spin for our party on the 26th, which completes our official set of DJs! Yay!

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day 29 Hailing a cab along Roxas boulevard in board shorts and high heels. Feels like home.

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day 30 Last entry on this 30-day diary. Bruce turns a year older tomorrow, and our #GGSS9 DragVersusPunk is only a few days away. I think Super Starlet will wear her hair purple and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be absolutely messy.

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on the loop by Judd Figuerres

Discovery – LP (2009)

Tycho – Dive (2011)

More white boy problems from Rostam and Ezra (of Vampire Weekend). Cute and appropriately electronic, it’s the perfect album for reminiscing the middle initial of your first crush.

Gentle and airy melodies for soothing the damaged soul, this record is like antibiotic for the emotionally ill. Consistently warm and wandering, the whole album feels like a soft, lingering whisper.

Animal Collective – Sung Tongs (2004) This is a moment for freak folk. Strange, noisy, and earthy – the whole album is the perfect soundtrack for camping under the full moon.

Pasta Groove – Kometa (2013)

TV on the Radio – OK Calculator (2002)

jj - n° 2 (2009)

Resonating with indigenous Spark a joint, hold hands, feel the influence, this experimental piece “Save us, Flavius! Save us, air in your face and let puberty is a great homage to folklore. Flavius!” / “From what?” / “From take over. Sensual and transcendent, the the glut of ill lovers” melodies flow like fine silk on human skin. 161

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Welcome To The Adult World by Gelo Arucan

Scott Coffeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adult World is a reflective and nostalgic movie that reminds working adults about their yesteryears and how they started out but it is also a great warning and a little teaser for all soon-to-be adults of what to expect when they enter this world. After all, we all know that the real world is definitely something to be reckoned with. Adult World is a comingof-age story portraying the nineteen-year-old Amy (Emma Roberts), a fresh college graduate filled with dreams and passion to become an accomplished poet like Sylvia Plath. When she is released in the jungle of adulthood, she finds that it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t what exactly she imagined to be. She

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suddenly experiences the hardship between following her dreamsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is to survive life itself. She ends up working in a sex shop where she meets Alex (Evan

Peters), a prominent figure who helps her realize what is missing in her work both as a writer and a sales clerk.

and insightful movie that reminds us that life will not always go as planned and sometimes the first step to success can be found even in Adult World is a funny, witty, the most unlikely places.

Dead Poets Society by Mafia Escasinas Carpe Diem. unconventional methods of teaching. He taught them to look beyond and to think for themselves. And all this had a profound effect on his students including one shy but very adorable young Ethan Hawke, whose character Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Keating who was an sure a lot could relate to; and unconventional, free thinking to the other characters as educator taught his students to well. think outside the box; making them stand on a table to see But of course, in the truest a different view and other form of a good story, one That was what the 4th year students of Welton Academy learned when they had John Keating, played by the late great Robin Williams, as their professor in Peter Weirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dead Poets Society.

has to die and someone had to take the blame in order for us to get the lesson of this whole thing. Well, that’s how it worked for me, I guess.

with someone/ with people… or to use the words of Ms. Mariah, to belong together. Though at the same time, we will always be wired to have that certain attitude of going But poor understanding aside, against the tide. DPS is one of the movies that really showed me how we We are after all human beings have a love-hate relationship made to coexist. with the world -conformity being one of its focuses. I truly So here’s my say, Carpe believe that we will always Diem is somewhat like our have that carnal longing to be YOLO now. We only have

this one life to live. Whether you choose to go with the flow or to go against it, it’s up to you. You have to make the most out of it. Because that’s all you could possibly do to say that you have existed. So, seize the day, my friends. Make your lives extraordinary. 165

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