A sequel to Wei Weng’s first book Eat A Chili (2021), Water Refuge continues to explore the primal appetite for thrill-seeking via intense sensory experience.

To open this book is to enter a room. This is a room Yuhan Cheng built with photographs — and it will remain still until the book withers, the strings fall, or the color fades.

My Mother & Her Faith (photographs 2017 – 2024) by Raisul Tinin presents a non-linear journey from the perspective of an offspring’s desire to preserve the woman who raised him.

Photographer Tami Aftab, went back to his hometown to capture its magic in the WePresent commissioned series turned photography and cook book “The Rice is on the Hob”.

I Want You Close but Also Far, Far Away is a zine inspired by an essay Stacey Zhu wrote in her media studies class that quickly divulges into a personal, yet nonexistent relationship.

Using a mixture of ongoing photographs taken since 2020, scans of old family photos, and pieces of writing, Jasmine Huang attempts to craft a nonlinear retelling of her household’s narrative as it delves into language and loss.

Alchemy of Care is a cookbook born from a deep commitment to mutual aid for @littleom, an immunocompromised, disabled artist who fights for the visibility and survival of themselves and other chronically ill and disabled people. It features recipes that were created for low mold restrictive diets.

Sature explores the erotic and sensual materiality through their photographic lens.

“Butterflies are powerful and deep representations of joy, transformation, rebirth, and the never-ending cycle of life.”

Writing Practice: 爱 by Vic Xu, navigates reflections on love through the repeated routine of calligraphy practice and a pixelated photograph.

For Ariana Gupta’s mother’s 50th birthday, Ariana dug through her family archive and screen-printed images on a white silk saree. The zine acts as a companion to her mother’s gift.

A gentle reminder to ssseize the day.

Port Yarin serves as a visual documentation of a fictional town, a home to the wandering souls of the racially ambiguous, third culture kids of the world.

Unforced Errors 001 is a collection of experiments and explorations by Luisa Lacsamana.

The Taiwanese Diet Anatomy by Alice Chen. How can food affect cultural identity, how food binds generations, and why we should take it seriously to understand our roots and identity?

A visual essay by Wei Wang. In this hybrid fiction, the human consumption of chili pepper has surged beyond the culinary indulgence of spice.

Photography diary zine by Acudus Aranyian after moving to the United States from Taipei in 2019.