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Taking the revolution day by day, and creating some art to reflect the overwhelm and discontent. Here is some green and gold to rest your eyes upon because, all too often, social media, although a critical tool for activism, falls into its expected w
Electronic Music Is Black Protest Music: The global dance music community, especially in Europe, has repeatedly failed to acknowledge the Black and Brown roots of club culture. Over the past week, I investigated the origins of house and techno and wr
Mourning in solidarity on socials, but you best believe I’m also fighting my hardest behind the scenes. Black Lives Matter.
Frenetic is what you see, frantic is how I felt. “For Jazmine,” was completed just before lockdown ended. It’s a mixed media painting made up of layers of gouache, watercolor, Japanese ink, pen, and gold foil on paper.
During quarantine, I developed a series of works to sublimate my angst during stasis into abstract paintings that explored the gestural freedom of form and movement. This one is “For Lucy” (mixed media collage - gouache, watercolor, Japan
What I’ve told myself during crisis is that the clubbing community, as a home and lifeline, isn’t necessarily tethered to a physical space. Dancefloors and venues have always come and gone. Rather, it’s about a transmogrifying attit
The lovechild of Klimt, Kandinsky, and Hokusai— ‘The Self Is the Only Thing To Exist’ (watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and Japanese ink on paper)
If you painted yourself into chaos, what would it look like? Here’s mine, titled ‘Bravura’ (Japanese ink, watercolor, gouache, pen, and gold acrylic on paper)
Painting from a posh (self) isolation 🧿
 

ABOUT Me

Whitney Wei is an artist and writer based in Berlin. Her writing on electronic music and nightlife culture has appeared in The Guardian, Vogue US, Numéro Berlin, Pitchfork, Mixmag, FACT, Highsnobiety, Crack Magazine, Boiler Room, and Bandcamp Daily. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Resident Advisor.

Her illustrations take inspiration from nightlife culture, as well as traditional East Asian art. Select drawings have been featured in Mixmag print and digital, Telekom Electronic Beats, VICE THUMP, and the New York Magazine blog Bedford and Bowery.