ObscurasObscuras is an anthology of written works by Malaysian writers featuring Denise Lai, Yvonne Tan, Julia Merican, and Jordan Chan. It is the first project to come out of The Key Press, an independent print and design studio that aims to reconsider publishing as an ethical medium and reimagine the book as a design object. The book is designed with circularity in mind, utilising eco friendly printing methods and embracing low batch productions. This

composers and film-makers interested in Southeast Asia and the Malay world

revealing the paradoxes of hiding truth from ourselves

Now it is largely a mechanism of distraction and entertainment

the very practice of critical inquiry that has so often been the engine of future progress

Chihaya interrogates her cultural identity

philosophy

reconstruct her sense of self

on the political uses of knowledge

Wadad Kadi

these ideas

looking at stories from her own professional career

where he has worked with clients including Sony