Multimedia Journalist
A controversial drug raid leads to the closure of a dance club in Manila, leaving a music subculture lost and scrambling.
Filipino food is gaining worldwide popularity. But as the diaspora grapples with the country's multicultural history, the cuisine's identity is yet to be established.
In Manila, Heritage Architecture Struggles to Survive
With the demolishing of Capitol Theatre, one of Manila’s last remaining art-deco theaters, the city’s cultural landmarks face a precarious future as it finds its footing in a transforming urban landscape.
CNN Philippines
Out of Print
To those who knew the artist, no headline could ever capture the complex truth of her humanity. But there are beautiful traces of it.
Photographer
01 — Editorial
01 — Editorial
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02 — Portraits
Selector
Dub and ambient techno
Featured on RA’s Mix Of The Day
Featured on RA’s Mix Of The Day
Dance film scores and soundtracks
R’n’B, hip-hop, soul, afrobeat
Biography
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Sai Versailles traverses the fields of art and multimedia journalism, engaging with the multitude of ways people understand culture, history, and politics.
As a multimedia journalist, her reporting investigates the sociopolitical dynamics of creativity, exploring the everyday lives of people and their communities.
As a multi-genre selector under her pseudonym Versailles, her chameleonic club sets shuffle through densely layered repetitions of a tough and swinging sound that nods to her cross-generational understanding of dance music.
Versailles is a resident of Refuge Worldwide with her show ‘Master Selector,’ and is a volunteer archivist of Manila Community Radio.
She holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford, and has participated in public discussions on culture throughout the UK, Philippines, and Germany.
Sai Versailles traverses the fields of art and multimedia journalism, engaging with the multitude of ways people understand culture, history, and politics.
As a multimedia journalist, her reporting investigates the sociopolitical dynamics of creativity, exploring the everyday lives of people and their communities.
As a multi-genre selector under her pseudonym Versailles, her chameleonic club sets shuffle through densely layered repetitions of a tough and swinging sound that nods to her cross-generational understanding of dance music.
Versailles is a resident of Refuge Worldwide with her show ‘Master Selector,’ and is a volunteer archivist of Manila Community Radio.
She holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford, and has participated in public discussions on culture throughout the UK, Philippines, and Germany.
Press
Feature
Resident Advisor, 2023.
Feature
Vogue Korea, 2023.
Feature
Vogue Philippines, 2023.
Feature
Mixmag Asia, 2023.
Podcast interview
Dead Air Podcast, 2022
Interview
Mixmag Asia, 2021.
Feature
Out Of Print, 2021.
Podcast interview
Monday Off Radio, 2020
Feature
nolisoli.ph, 2019.
Feature
Resident Advisor, 2023.
Feature
Vogue Korea, 2023.
Feature
Vogue Philippines, 2023.
Feature
Mixmag Asia, 2023.
Podcast interview
Dead Air Podcast, 2022
Interview
Mixmag Asia, 2021.
Feature
Out Of Print, 2021.
Podcast interview
Monday Off Radio, 2020
Feature
nolisoli.ph, 2019.
