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Simpang—derived from the word persimpangan (intersection)—is an archival magazine dedicated to Indonesia’s Chinatowns as meeting points where Chinese, local, and colonial cultures converged to shape a distinctive, hybrid identity.
Through a visual approach, Simpang documents the architecture and daily life of these Chinatowns, preserving their history before the traces are eroded by urban change.
Simpang—derived from the word persimpangan (intersection)—is an archival magazine dedicated to Indonesia’s Chinatowns as meeting points where Chinese, local, and colonial cultures converged to shape a distinctive, hybrid identity.
Through a visual approach, Simpang documents the architecture and daily life of these Chinatowns, preserving their history before the traces are eroded by urban change.
Simpang—derived from the word persimpangan (intersection)—is an archival magazine dedicated to Indonesia’s Chinatowns as meeting points where Chinese, local, and colonial cultures converged to shape a distinctive, hybrid identity.
Through a visual approach, Simpang documents the architecture and daily life of these Chinatowns, preserving their history before the traces are eroded by urban change.