MAGAZINE ISSUE #22 FANFICTION

August 2017 | Fanfiction celebrates storytelling and its power to consume us whole. We approached over 40 storytellers and asked them to reimagine some of their favourite stories in pop-culture stories through art.

Top Left: Scooby-Snax by Russell Taysom (UK), The Mask - Skinnypop (SG) // Bottom Right: Duck Season by Jacqueline Goh (SG), Stop Mars - Humbly (PH)

Kult Magazine’s 22nd issue was also a partnership with the Organisation of Illustrators Council and was conceived specially for the Illustration Arts Fest 2017. The issue featured artists from OIC alongside other local and international names.
Today, stories come alive through books, films, the news and games. And somehow, narratives we connect with become accessible points of departure as we formulate our own stories. This issue is a visual book of what-ifs and could-have-beens of original stories you know and love. Turn the pages to satiate your imagination.

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MAGAZINE ISSUE #21 DREAMS

June 2017 | Kult Magazine’s 21st issue, Dreams, is a journey into and through surreal and real dream worlds interpreted by illustrators, designers, photographers, sound and motion artists around the world. The experience of the issue begins with an A-Z Dream Dictionary, which analyses 26 recurring symbols in dreams.

Top Left to Right: A for Alcohol - Fabian Rüther (GER), Circles - Reza Hasni (SG) // Bottom Left to Right: Goldfish - Pei Hsin (SG), L for Lake - Nick Hoong (SG)

For this issue, the reader’s visual foray into the theme expands into even more dynamic landscapes. Kult reached out to motion artists to create digital shorts that captured their dreams in motion.

7 Singapore-based sound artists were also invited to create aural experiences that capture the essence of their dream world. From ambient and acoustic to electronic sounds, each clip can create a cerebral vision unique to a person’s imagination. Click here to tune in.

These video and audio clips were housed on an interactive microsite that was employed not just as an extension of the publication for readers of the issue, but also as a hook for the unacquainted on social media to begin exploring Dreams, and by extension, the world of Kult.

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#20 TOYS

Feb 2017 | Kult Magazine’s 20th issue, TOYS, aims to unveil novel experiences for all, offering an alternative and urban take on the theme. Artists were given facts about playthings which they interpreted and then recreated into artwork. The result is a visually provoking art book that exposes the history of toys, what they are now, and how they might define the future.

Over 80 percent of the 50 contributing artists have never been featured in Kult and were scouted through local art markets, word-of-mouth and social media.

.G/FK/DS (PH)

The Terror Troopers (SG)

Sean Bernhardt (AUS)

Haniboi (KR)

Ash Schmitt (AUS)

The C Project (SG)

While some are fresh faces to the scene – The C Project (SG), Sean Bernhardt (USA), .G/FK/DS (PH) – this issue also saw work from seasoned creatives like art collective The Terror Troopers (SG), illustrator Ash Schmitt (AUS), and toy maker Anatoy (KR).

For the very first time, Kult presented its magazine issue TOYS, in conjunction with its gallery show titled Choking Hazard: An Exhibition about Toys. The magazine was on sale beginning from the opening night of the exhibition (17 Feb 2017).

The decision to link the themes of both the gallery show and magazine was an attempt to present essential conversations through the full spectrum of 2D and 3D visual culture.

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Click here to read more about Choking Hazard: An Exhibition about Toys.

#19 SUPERSTITION

Kult magazine's 19th issue, entitled Superstition, is a peephole into the many unique superstitious beliefs that are practiced all around the world, even today. 47 artists were invited to visualise age-old beliefs with new modern eyes.

Through the power of storytelling and rituals, superstitions have transcended through time and across history. Despite the many non-believers, they’ve snuck into our subconscious minds, and often make their way into our attempts to avoid misfortune.

Alex Sander (RUS)

Betrayer Family (IND)

Max Hancock (USA)

May Lim (SG)

Thomke Meyer (DE)

Marina Gonzalez (SPN)

Liuling (SG)

Lesley Tang (SG)

List of artists:
Abigail Goh (SG), Alex Sander (RUS), Alexandra Levasseur (CA), Alice Pattullo (UK), Andrea Dezsö (USA), Betrayer Family (IND), Carlos Romo Melgar (UK), Cassandra Koh (SG), Cathal Duane (IRL), Chua Mi Gin (SG), Chris Chai (SG), Cyntherea Tan (SG), Daryl Feril (PH), Gerhard Human (ZA), Hafi (SG), Howie Kim (SG), Ittiphat Jittichotphong (TH), Jon Marchione (USA), Jos Ruffell (NZ), Junel Che (JPN), Keat Leong (MY), Kindred Studio (AUS), Lauren Over (USA), Lee Xin Li (SG), Lesley Tang (SG), Liu Ling (SG), Manuel Arranz (SPN), Marina Chikalyuk (UKR), Marina Gonzalez Eme (SPN), Marni Manning (USA), Maurizio Savini (IT), Max Hancock (USA), May Lim (SG), Ming Goh (SG), Mirxey (SG), Mr. Papriko (JPN), Ng Xin Nie (SG), Nia Syazwani (SG), Nicola Tosic (RS), Sajid Wajid Shaikh (IN), Stevee Stone (UK), Sun Lee Siew Loo (SG), Tanya Shatseva (RUS), Thomke Meyer (DE), Vanesa Abati Brocar (SPN), Villanias (CL),

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