Congratulations to CommMA graduating student Roger Ng Kai Ko on delivering a presentation at the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference 2025, held in Nakhon Si Thammarat this past July and hosted by Walailak University.

Roger presented his project, “Transiting Image,” a video art installation that remixes music videos to explore the visual differences between K-pop and Southeast Asian girl groups from 2019 to 2025. The work emerges from his practice-based research, “K-popization: A Study of the Visuals of Music Videos by Girl Groups in Southeast Asia,” which investigates recurring visual elements in girl group music videos from both regions, with particular attention to how K-pop’s visual language is appropriated, reinterpreted, and transformed within Southeast Asian contexts.

His presentation not only showcased his creative and research-driven approach to media studies and visual culture but also sparked engaging conversations among conference participants about transnational cultural flows, popular media, and the politics of aesthetics in Asia.