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A selection from my ongoing series, #MusicArt: Seeing Music, Hearing Nature, which brings together music and visual art through paired acrylic works and musical compositions, is currently on solo exhibition at The Linda Street Gallery at Dovercourt, 2-28 February 2026.
Exploring the interplay of sound and sight, the works evoke mood, rhythm, and the fleeting qualities of light and season. Layered textures, expressive strokes, and impasto surfaces—often shaped with palette knives—allow the visual language of each piece to echo the movement, resonance, and emotional tone of its accompanying music.
Latest publications
Lim, M. (2025). Algorithmic enclaves. In M. Grömping, A. Nai, & D. Wirz (eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication (pp. 44-48). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.elgaronline.com/display/book/9781035301447/9781035301447.xml [free PDF]Limited. https://www.elgaronline.com/display/book/9781035301447/9781035301447.xml
Lim, M. (2025, Nov 27). Beyond Zohran Mamdani: Social media amplifies the politics of feelings. The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/beyond-zohran-mamdani-social-media-amplifies-the-politics-of-feelings-269792
Lim, M. (2025). Reframing algorithmic public opinion: Affect, recursive dynamics, and vernacular practices. Dialogues on Digital Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/29768640251370900.
Lim, M. (2025). In curhat we unite (and divide): Scalable affective sociability, algorithmic politics, and social media in Indonesia. Indonesia. 119 (April): 39-57. https://doi.org/10.1353/ind.2025.a961926.
Kloos, D., Lim, M., Linquist, J. (2025). Faith, Followers, and Factions: Making Social Media Publics in Indonesia. Indonesia. 119 (April): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1353/ind.2025.a961924.
Lim, M. (2024). Social Media and Politics in Southeast Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. electronic; print
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Lim, M. (2023). “Everything everywhere all at once”: Social Media, Algorithmic/Marketing Culture, and Activism in Southeast Asia. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 24(2): 181-190. [PDF] or [PDF]. https://doi.org/10.1353/gia.2023.a913644. A video of Lim’s “Q&A with Author” is available here.
Lim, M. (2023). From Activist Media to Algorithmic Politics: The Internet, social media, and civil society in Southeast Asia in E. Hansson & M. Weiss, Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia. London & New York: Routledge, pp. 25-44.
Lim, M. (2022). Alternative Imaginations: Confronting and challenging the persistent centrism in social media-society research. Journal of Asian Social Science Research, 4(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.15575/jassr.v4i1.59
Lim, M. (2022). #Coronaconspiracy: Algorithms, Users, and Conspiracy Theories in Social Media. M/C Journal, 25(1). https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/2877
Latest & current art projects
#MUSICART: Hearing Nature, Seeing Music
Check out my current, ongoing series of #musicart—painting and piano composition.
A CAPPELLA with THE EDOENS
I’m a nerd in many things. And when it comes to singing a cappela, I’m a full-on nerd 
You haven’t really met me until you’ve seen me sing live with The Edoens 
So, the video is a glimpse into one unforgettable afternoon with The Edoens 
—our 13 April 2025 concert, brought to life after just four whirlwind rehearsals during the Ied holidays.
Check my #SKETCHINGOTTAWA project here
