Southerly is a platform for art writing and criticism that tracks the currency and intensities of ideas and practice in Taiwan and the Asia Pacific. From short and long-form criticism, essays and reviews to dialogues, commentary and experimental prose, Southerly prospects the shifting landscape of art and exhibitions in the region.

The inaugural issue features writing by CCSCA students explored the varied pathways, connections and entry points in art and exhibition-making in Taiwan and beyond

EDITORIAL

Francis Maravillas - “Editorial: Southerly”

ESSAYS

Cullen Pitney - “Left to Our Own Devices”

Leora Joy - “Decolonising Nature: The 2018 Taipei Biennial and Manifesta 12”

Shormi Ahmed - “Curating Tension”

Daniella Romano - “‘Everyday Life and Landscapes of the Island’: Unsettling the Colonial Gaze”

INTERVIEWS

Leora Joy Jones, Christopher Whitfield “The Secrets of the South: An interview with Nobuo Takamori”

RESPONSES AND REVIEWS

LU Pei-Yi, Leora Joy Jones, Shu-Yu Hsueh, Christopher Whitfield - “Roundtable Review: ‘The Secret South: From Cold War Perspective to Global South in Museum Collection'”

Assistant editors: Leora Joy Jones and Christopher Whitfield
Art direction and design: Joy Jones, Justine Rigal, and Christopher Whitfield