Mike Steyels

Artists use these mythologies to explore Filipino identity, decolonize their art, and revisit childhood memories.

Across the world, graffiti writers are embracing the use of Chinese characters.

Hundreds of local artists draw inspiration from Chicano and European letter art, combining them with their own styles and local traditions.

A new generation of artists is pushing the scene here in a different direction.

This Indonesian label connects people through regional electronic music.

Like many youth subcultures in the country, rap is exploding right now.

The 'When We Danced' photo book captures the era in all its glory.

Dutch-Southeast Asian duo Animistic Beliefs bend rave and club music to their lives.

Local label Heavy Machinery Records revels in the diversity of its hometown.

A survey of the city's dance music scene based on an average weekend out.

Gonja HiFi's recent Bangkok party with three mobile sound systems shows off the city's culture.

Argie Roquero talks about his rise from a squatters' village to global celebrity.

A new crop of artists use woodblock prints as a form of activist art.

Ian Marinda uses local jailhouse-style tattoos to challenge the Philippine carceral system.

These massive regional dance music scenes reveal fault lines in class and taste, even as they develop and thrive on their own terms.