Publishing as Method: Ways of Working Together in Asia
Publishing as Method: Ways of Working Together in Asia
This book explores art publishing today, in particular, the practices of small-scale publishing in Asia. Focusing on “Asia” and “small-scale publishing,” it attempts to contextualize and read together the increasingly important publishing practices in contemporary art within historical and regional contexts. The book features a diverse range of interviews and essays contributed by various actors and entities in the field, such as publishers, artists, curators, collectives, distribution spaces, and designers. Especially, the interviews conducted since 2020 shed light on the complexities and possibilities of artistic practices in the post-pandemic era. Publishing as Method is a research project on Asian small-scale publishing that mediabus, a publishing collective based in Seoul, has been conducting since 2020. It has been realized as an exhibition (October 30–December 20, 2020, Art Sonje Center), publication, and documentary film (mediabus).
Featured Publishers:
Asia Art Archive
Art Book in China
Art and Culture Outreach
Adocs
Ágrafa Society
Audio Visual Pavillion
Bananafish Books
Bangkok CityCity Gallery
Institute of Barbarian Books
Chang Wen-Hsuan
da-in-print
Display Distribute
Fotobook DUMMIES Day
Further Reading
Grey Projects
Hardworking Goodlooking
Helicopter Records
Irregular Rythm Asylum
Kayfa Ta
Kim Nuiyeon & Jeon Yongwan
Min Guhong Manufacturing
NANG
Seendosi
Sharjah Art Foundation
Singapore Art Book Fair
Slow Burn Books
soi
Temporary Press
the shop
Tokyo Zinesters Gathering
White Fungus
Yellow Pages
Yellow Pen Club
Zine Coop