MAYDAY

MIGRANT WORKERS’ DAILY by (WANLI) Mari Furukawa

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Before mechanized printing, Niahiki-e (Japanese wood block print) was used for making newspapers in Japan, which were called ri ri xin wen 日日新闻 (daily news). Each newspaper was delivered by hand. It goes without saying that the most popular news consisted of the cruelest and most bloodcurdling stories. The artist currently hand-prints a relief sculpture newspaper in China called Migrant Workers’ Daily. In a style reminiscent of early Chinese newspapers, Migrant Workers’ Daily discusses laborer issues relevant to workers.
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Further Reading

Entranced
by Holly Maurer-Klein

I am obsessed with Don Draper. I like his white shirts and his big, capable hands. I like how his straight black hair sometimes falls across his long, wide forehead and how he has to brush it out of his eyes like a little boy. I like that he’s so tall he towers over everyone. […]

The Soul of Brevity by Lee Upton

Don’t worry. Everything will make sense.  Just not our kind of sense with our kind of senses. The pyramids were built on sand and that is why they last. Petunias, the exuberant and yet sad flower:  Judy Garland without show business. The sea is not impressed by anything.  Even if the sea crawls past us […]

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