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Space on Paper - Jimei x Arles Chinese Contemporary Photo Book Exhibition
As an important medium for presentation and creation, photobooks have long been a popular form of creation among photographic artists. Stacks of paper constitute a space with infinite possibilities, presenting the photos and unfolding the narrative between pages. Though digitization seems to be the unstoppable trend, photo books have been a reminder of the materiality of photography, as well as the warmth of paper and ink, contrary to the icy texture of digital screen.
As art books have experienced rapid development in China in recent years, photo books have also received increasing attention. This year’s Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival introduces the “Space on Paper - Jimei x Arles Chinese Contemporary Photo Book Exhibition”, which began with an open call for art works using photo book as the medium from Chinese artists. Among over 100 submissions, around 50 handmade books and publications from artists and art institutions have been selected as exhibits. By bringing these excellent pieces and their authors to the spotlight, the exhibition aims at showcasing the current development of Chinese contemporary photo books, and establishing a platform for display and dialogue of photobooks.
By Li Zijian
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LIST：
Leisure, for Sure
Author: Liu Jialu
MIE MIE: My Life as a Cat
Author: Ge Yaqi
Ever Complete, Never Whole
Author: HAO Mengya
60 Years of Machine Repair
Author: Liao Xiong
Between Mountains
Author: Liao Zekai
If the Floor is a Table, the Trash Can is a Big Vase
Author: Mi Jiebin
35092
Author: Pan En
Finding Lubo
Author: Wang Hanlin
Wave Overture
Author: Wang Xuehan
Mother’s
Author: Wei Xianwen
Sensitive Set
Author: Xia Wenzheng
His Wild Growth
Author: Xu Shengzhe
Beijing Youth
Author: Yang Zhazha
Birthplace
Author: Ye Sheng
Explosions, Rainbows and the Rest
Author: Jeff Yeh
The Shadows of the Temples
Author: Zhang Beichen
Daily Ritual
Author: Zhang Xin
The Grand Temple
Author: Zhou Yulong
A Star Shines on the Hour of Our Meeting
Author: Zhou Yang
4765 Miles of Shit
Author: Colin
Seven
Author: Zhuang Zhe
Monologue
Author: Bai Shan
Walked and walking
Author: Li Wei
Collection of Poems in Alleys
Author: Liu Bin
Fluorescence Forest
Author: Luo Yangxin
Drowning by Moonlight
Author: Luo Rui
Mountain-Fog
Author: Lu Yanpeng
Publisher: Seisodo
To Nietzsche
Author: Adou, Liu Ke & Huang Huang
Publisher: Zen Photo Gallery
SHAOSHAO
Author: Wang Xueya
A Life of Fen and Fang
Author: Wu Wei
Wenzhou Merchant
Author: Zheng Gangfeng
Eat a Chili
Author: Weng Wei
I'll Always be Here for You
Author: Crystal Sim
The Queen, The Chairman and I
Author: Kurt Tong
Publisher: Lianzhou Museum of Photography & DEWI LEWIS
Land of Ambition
Author: Chen Ronghui
Publisher: Three Shadows +3 Gallery
SHUO
Author: Fang Muxuan
Give Me One Minute
Author: Joy Island
Yellow Dust
Author: Yuan Bo
The Melancholy of Spiders
Author: Liu Yuchen
Linmo
Author: HONG Shu-ying
Going to the Zoo is Serious Business
Author: Wei Zihan
Misplaced Time and Space
Author: Zhang Shunan
Undercurrent
Author: Zhou Ge
Mist in Summer Morning
Author: Wang Ruixin
Lapse
Author: Shen Jingjing
Yu Yo Shyo Ko
Author: Ying Chi Hsueh
Valery Katsuba: Russian Romantic Realism
Publisher: Shanghai Center of Photography，Anna Nova Gallery，Sarah Vinitz Foundation
A Tale of Two Cites Chengdu & Chongqing
Publisher: Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum
Face to Face
Author: Zhong Weixing
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group LLC.
Bernard Faucon 2020
Publisher：Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum
Rooms within in China
Publisher: Tofu collective