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65 本來自東南亞 6 城的攝影書,5 種打開展覽的方式
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想想東南亞,對你來說,哪裡才是「東南亞」?
位在臺灣南方以南,「東南亞」其實是一個十分晚近的概念,在不同時期的歷史背景之下,臺灣與香港都曾被劃進廣泛的東南亞之中;而近代東南亞的定義,則與二戰後美軍的戰略考量脫不開。東南亞的形成,從來不僅是單純的地理考量。 2019 年起,傻瓜書日開始東南亞的攝影書與自出版田野踏查,我們到過曼谷、馬尼拉、胡志明市、雅加達、日惹及仰光,兩年間持續採集那些在島上難以尋覓的,來自東南亞五國六城的作品。在花蓮的首次展出,傻瓜書日將田調期間所有相遇的攝影書,通通搬進好地下。 從書架上拿起一本書,可能關乎當下的心情,取決於個人好,或被陳列的方式影響,抑或是被書名或封面吸引;或者沒來由地,這本剛剛好的書就這麼剛剛好的出現在你的眼前。翻開一本書,可以是一場既私密又直接的事件。相較於看一場展覽的 |
被動,在翻頁、停留及開闔之中,打開一本書往往是更主動的觀看經驗。
在「Re: 熱帶島讀——地下圖書室」,我們將提供東南亞與攝影書的五種檢索方式,涵括書籍裝幀、印刷方法、地緣關係、作品關鍵字到書名字詞。觀者可以隨心挑選,按圖索驥,展開一條只屬於你的觀看路徑。每一次檢索、每一疊書、每一個由你決定的閱讀次序,都將成為新的一次打開展覽的方法。 一個分類就像是一張新的地圖,讓我們以檢索作為觀看的另一種取徑,想從哪裡打開東南亞,只要你伸手去取。 展覽評論|閱讀的歧徑花園-我們在第幾層真實 媒體報導|「RE: 熱帶島讀~地下圖書室」展出65冊東南亞攝影書 |
65 photobooks coming from 6 cities of Southeast Asia with 5 ways to unfold your journey of this exhibition.
When it comes to Southeast Asia, which part of Asia comes to your mind exactly? Situated south of southern Taiwan, in fact, the first use of the term "Southeast Asia '' was pretty close to now. In the realm of different politics during different periods of time, Taiwan as well as Hong Kong were once included as Southeast Asia. However, the name “Southeast Asia” in the contemporary period was actually the U.S.' strategic planning post World War II. That’s why the term “Southeast Asia” is not just a geographic concept. Fotobook DUMMIES Day has begun their field research about the photobook and self-publishing scene in Southeast Asia since 2019. Bangkok, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Yangon were places they have been to. After two consecutive years of gathering stories from five countries and six cities among the islands in Southeast Asia, Fotobook DUMMIES Day finally announces their first exhibit in Hualien. At Goodunderground Art Space, they will present all the photobooks they’ve encountered during their field research visits. |
What makes you pick up a book from the bookshelf might have something to do with your feelings at the moment, your personal preference, or being influenced by purchase displays, or its cover. Sometimes, there’s just no reason for us to pick that book. It just comes along. Reading is intimate as well as straightforward when compared to walking in a gallery and receiving images passively. You turn to pages you want to read, stay there, and absorb. Reading is a relatively active experience.
At “Re: Tropical Reading: Underground Reading Room,” users can enter five search field options of how to start reading one of the Southeast Asian photobooks. Readers can choose those ranging from book binding, printing techniques, interrelationships in geography, hashtags, to the naming of the books to set out on your own journey. Every access, every pile of books, every sequence you take will become a new path of unfolding this exhibit. A category is like a new map which lets us use search field options as another way of viewing. Wanna set off for Southeast Asia? Just reach for it! |
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Curator/ Fotobook DUMMIES Day
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Founded in May, 2018 by Liu Chao-tze and Lin Junye, Fotobook DUMMIES Day is a publishing project which mainly focuses on photographic publications in a manner of “self-publishing”, within the understanding the nature of the concept of “dummy.” Fotobook DUMMIES Day curates self-titled photobook fairs, exhibits, and serial lectures that feature all kinds of unique photobooks across the globe. We want to share what we’ve collected with readers/viewers on the island or abroad.
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圖書室開幕——打包你的獨立捲( ft. 趙永寧 Anas Chao) |
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