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The book contains images of the cow just before it passed away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConceived by The Institute of Critical Zoologists between 2014 and 2019, this book features images of cows in Singapore from the 1890s to 2016 from ICZ's archive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtist Book by Robert Zhao Renhui\u003cbr\u003eDesigned by H55\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Institute of Critical Zoologists\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOLOPHON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover, 72 pages, 48 Images\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 201 x 145 x 15 mm\u003cbr\u003eEdition: First Edition\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9789810983109\u003cbr\u003eFull Title: New Forest 1, A History of Cows\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Institute of Critical Zoologists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41272879087773,"sku":"SBID0113","price":68.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8313\/4365\/products\/NF1AHOC.png?v=1634863631"},{"product_id":"south-ho-good-day-good-night","title":"South Ho: Good Day Good Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood Day Good Night\u003c\/em\u003e is a photobook by Hong Kong photographer, South Ho.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraversing through the days and nights of the two months of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong in 2014, the photographic works of South Ho intentionally avoid scenes of howling protests; instead he reverts to the quotidian perspective of the occupier, documenting another kind of landscape which is quiet and calm. These images constitute also the artist’s own confession in regards to the movement – where passion and loss interweave into a tangled sense of paradox and futility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARTIST STATEMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Good day good night,” coming from strangers, who are also fellows. It is a simple yet strong sentence, which makes me still feel warm about this city. — South Ho\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCOLOPHON\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished by Brownie Publishing\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLanguage: Bilingual (English, Chinese)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Softcover (with slipcase), 120 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDimensions: 194 x 267 mm\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition: First\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date: 2015\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brownie Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059661475997,"sku":"SBID0046","price":66.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8313\/4365\/products\/GDGNSH_alt.png?v=1681111301"},{"product_id":"sim-chang-luminophore","title":"Sim Chang: Luminophore","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuminophore\u003c\/i\u003e is a photobook by Taiwanese artist, Sim Chang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhile Sim Chang’s incredible series photobook \u003cem\u003eLuminophone\u003c\/em\u003e can be outlined in relatively simple terms — models, immersed into the surrounding scenery, hide their faces behind portable screens — the results are astonishing. Roughly split into several parts, the book first offers a series of portrait-like situations using anime-characters’ faces to move on to wider shots of Taiwan’s landscapes and models with less expressive poses (incidentally using completely blank screens).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARTIST STATEMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo a generation raised under the flicker of computer monitors, the screen reflects the transformations of one’s state of mind. 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Using the forest structure to express the idea of emotional layers, his photographs are a reflection on memory and transformation, and present the dualities of isolation and the unknown. Beyond Wilderness charts the artistic and spiritual journeys of the photographer, and is as much one man’s personal encounter with nature as it is a social commentary about the fast-changing landscape of a modern society.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCOLOPHON\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Epigram Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Softcover, 200 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDimensions: 170 x 235 mm\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition: First\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN-13: 9789814655316\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date: 2016\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Chua Chye Teck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059665571997,"sku":"SBID0112","price":68.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8313\/4365\/products\/BWCCT.png?v=1680078556"},{"product_id":"xyza-cruz-bacani-we-are-like-air","title":"Xyza Cruz Bacani: We Are Like Air","description":"\u003cem\u003eWe Are Like Air\u003c\/em\u003e is a photobook by Filipina author and photographer, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/xyzacruzbacani\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eXyza Cruz Bacani\u003c\/a\u003e.","brand":"WE Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059665834141,"sku":"SBID0103","price":88.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8313\/4365\/products\/WALA.png?v=1647244311"},{"product_id":"dustin-shum-blocks","title":"Dustin Shum: BLOCKS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBLOCKS\u003c\/em\u003e is a photobook by Hong Kong photographer, Dustin Shum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARTIST STATEMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBLOCKS is perhaps my Ancient Rome, through which I look back at my past and watch, rather helplessly, people being forced to invest feelings of ‘home’ in these buildings. 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The resettlement project was an immediate response to the need for temporary relief as a result of the massive fire that destroyed the Shek Kip Mei squatter area on Christmas Eve 1953, when over 53,000 Chinese immigrants lost their makeshift homes overnight. However, it was also hailed as a new era for Government public housing programmes and the need to accommodate the rapidly growing population of the 1960s and 70s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany Hong Kong citizens share the experience of growing up witnessing the territory's rapid transformation from a series of rural villages into the present international metropolis. Life on the Shek Kip Mei Estate can, in many ways, be interpreted as a microcosm of wider society. The estate buildings were essentially concrete bunkers lacking the basics of doors and windows, let alone the relative luxury of electricity and running water. 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After the birth of Tenko, Hanayo has documented her daughter’s growing up between Tokyo and Berlin, in her double capacity as mother and artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the first and second books \u003cem\u003eTenko\u003c\/em\u003e came into contact with during her childhood was “Shojo Arisu (Alice)” (1973) by Hajime Sawatari, In Hanayo’s photos, Tenko can be seen squatting over the photo book, reading in it as if it were a picture book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 15, \u003cem\u003eTenko\u003c\/em\u003e met the creator of this favourite book of hers, photographer Hajime Sawatari. After their initial encounter, Tenko went on to become one of Sawatari’s most important photographic subjects. 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