Space on Paper

  • Space on Paper - Jimei x Arles Chinese Contemporary Photo Book Exhibition As an important medium for presentation and creation,...

    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

  • 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