Ctrl+P, ISEA Singapore, 2008

Published are papers presented at the 2008 International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) invited-panel “Passing and Peril in the Information Super Highway.” Kóan Jeff Baysa moderated the panel and did an introduction with the same title. The other papers are “Reflections of Contemporary Chinese Society: Representations of Chinese Identity in Cyberspace” by Jiayi Young; “Kenkanryu (The Hate Korean Wave): Images of Hatred and Racism in Japanese Manga” by Mina Cheon; “Self-representations of Malaysian Bloggers” by Roopesh Sitharan; and “How We Have Represented Ourselves as Ctrl+P thus Far” by issue editor Judy Freya Sibayan.

The second part of this issue focuses on the art market and the value of art to contextualize Ctrl+P's decision to advertise the Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York a timely opportunity considering the current world financial crisis. Marian Pastor Roces reviews “On (Surplus) Value in Art” a book by Diedrich Diederichsen published by Witte de With. Ana Prvacki talks on her art practice as a form of giving. Varsha Nair offers an image to represent her deep sadness as artist-friends lose themselves in the commerce of art.

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