Published quarterly by Shanghai-based Open Art, a platform that aims to champion Chinese artists through its translation services, Soft is a bilingual (English/Mandarin) magazine that features conversations and interviews between young artists and creative professionals. It explores questions that every young artist goes through in their transition into professional life, such as, ‘how does an artist balance creativity whilst trying to earn a living?’ Or, ‘if you persist with your craft while working at a cafe, are you a waitress or an artist?’ Each issue presents six interviews, and also introduces the work of one emerging artist.

-KJ