NEWS FROM WHITE FUNGUS

White Fungus Issue 9 out now in North America

White Fungus Issue 9 is the second to be distributed in North America by Disticor. The irreverent New Zealand-based arts mag continues in its tradition of mixing together critical writing on art and new music, alongside poetry, literature, comics and political satire.The new issue is teeming with new interdisciplinary content, including in-depth interviews with sound artists Annea Lockwood (New York) and Justice Yeldham (Sydney), writing on The Dead C, John Wiese, Manuel Gottsching, and a look into the visual work of Greg Malcolm.

The issue also features new artworks by artists, including Richard Killeen, Hye Rim Lee and Leslie Rice; drawings by Taipei artist Yao Jui-Chung, who revisits traditional Chinese painting while residing in Scotland; and a series of perturbing handwritten suggestions for improvements to the State by Wellington-based conceptual artist Tao Wells.

Literature in the new issue includes poetry by Iain Britton (Auckland), Gu Xie (Guang Zhou) and Anne Cammon (New York), and a history article by Jane Janesly on the indomitable Chew Chong, an early Chinese pioneer to New Zealand who helped kick-start the colony's dairy industry with his fungus-exporting business. Los Angeles writer Juan Santos writes a hard-hitting article on global warming and resource wars in the 21st Century while Wellington artist Tim Bollinger contributes a brand new color comic entitled Noah. White Fungus is distributed by Disticor in North America and independently throughout New Zealand, Australia, Europe and Asia.

White Fungus on Radio New Zealand
White Fungus has been on airwaves recently. Editor Ron Hanson recently appeared on Kim Hill. Listen to the podcast here.

Also, White Fungus operatives Ron Hanson, Mark Hanson and Tao Wells were recently interviewed by Lucy Orbell for a segment on New Zealand art publishing, aired on Arts on Sunday with Lyn Freeman. The piece also includes interviews with Wellington writer Mark Amery and Auckland artist Judy Darragh. Check out the podcast here.

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