WHITELIES is a cultural and visual conversation between the Asia Pacific and what we perceive as ‘the West’. Through cutting edge contents and an influential collective within the creative universe, it is building bridges between Berlin and Tokyo, Paris and Seoul, London and Beijing.
What unfolds in this publication is a conversation with a place, about a place, and with the people shaped by it. At the heart of this dialogue stands the West Lake in Hangzhou – a city where tradition and modernity walk side by side. Beneath its surface of high-speed rail lines and seamless connectivity lies a slower rhythm, one where culture has not only been preserved but continues to breathe. Like an Open Fold, this encounter reveals the surfaces we touch – creases as paths, impressions as memories – offering a shared space between exposure and reflection. This first edition of WHITELIES INDEX brings together four artists in a shared encounter with that rhythm, exploring how this landscape informs and transforms our practice.