White Fungus #18

White Fungus began as an intended one-off political zine in Wellington, New Zealand, in 2004, and has released its 18th print issue.

The new edition contains: an epic 80-page interview with poet and novelist Eileen Myles, accompanied by photographs from deep within their archive; an in-depth exploration of the profound but long-suppressed role of occultism in modern art; Taipei artist Yao Jui-Chung contributes a photo essay of wide-angle Polaroids capturing Madou Daitian Temple’s animatronic religious display, alongside similar depictions of hell across Taiwan and Singapore; an interview with the Russian artist and novelist Pavel Pepperstein on the influence of children’s literature and hallucinogenics in conjuring his surreal futuristic landscapes; Yan Jun reflects on the life and work of the late Taiwanese noise music pioneer Dino.

White fungus is a wild mushroom that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. Today, it is commonly served in soup as a local delicacy. White fungus is believed to be good for immunity, the brain, heart, and skin. 

Published by White Fungus
Softcover
236 pages
150 x 230 mm
ISSN 11771097