In certain Asian countries, Betelnut is a popular stimulant sold by scantily-clad young girls in streetside booths. A couple years ago, artist Annamarie Ho recreated a Betel nut booth as a gallery installation commenting on this "sexually provocative sales style" in which, it would seem, customers are buying interaction with the salesperson as much as pour yourself into it. Featuring more than 25 artists' work, Faesthetic #9 has a special place in my heart because the theme is UFOs. The opening spread is an essay titled "Liminal Vehicles And Trickster Technologies: On The UFO" written by Strange Attractor Journal 's Mark Pilkington and designed by Jemma " Prate " Hostetler, who was behind BB's redesign last year. UPSO kindly shared a few pages from Faesthetic #9 with us. Spreads by Adam White (top) and ARBITO . At left, cover art by MARS-1 . Click images to see them larger.
From his email:
With Mind Manors, i am attempting to construct a metaphor for the waymy mind works, or in some cases, does not. Layered above a nebulous groundare the flowers found in much of my work, both a translation of the organicworld, as counterpoint to the cerebral architecture or headspace.Horseback riding simulator (The Telegraph, thanks Brad Keech !)
The other half is free to wander. Usually, it’s off in a reverie, visiting the past, picking over old hurts, or recalling that sense of being somewhere specific ? at a lake during childhood, or in a garden shed.
