10 March– Prepared a batch of books donated to Gerai OA as contribution back to the Indigenous community through the sale of the books. All proceeds from the sale of the book from them will be donated to the cause of this organisation. At the same time, I managed to get this book registered with ISBN number required for sale at certain bookstore chains. Unfortunately until the pandemic lifts and international post system reinstated, this book will not be available overseas.
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10 December– Just delivered! Hot off the press, Kanta Manuscript 20, brief writing and reflection of the project, 20 portraits, 48 pages, 128 x 186 mm (B6 size), 4 colour Black & White print, higher res print at 200 line screen, on FSC Certified- Symbol Tatami White paper, open sewn binding, printed 500+ books. To be released starting this Saturday at @tropicalspicegarden event in Penang. Available from next week onwards! (Born during lockdown)
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7 December– Kanta Manuscript 20 book is going to print! Should be ready by next week i hope! Book Cover– Kanta Manuscript 20 book, with frame marks for the sizes of prints I've made. Image- seeing through my box camera, view of the insides
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| offset print run |
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| first signature done |
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| four colour black & white print |
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| press check for colour |
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4 December– New batch is out ! (UPDATE: run out of copies, but offset print edition will be available in a few weeks). Kanta Manuscript 20 photobook mockup, printed and hand-stitched another 10 copies of the book. Additional 4 are uncut versions.
A selection of 20 portrait prints made during the Kanta Portraits project between 2015 and 2019. The prints were initial prepared for submissions to photo festival for year 2020. This publication compiles all the entries into a manuscript as an introduction to the project.
Digital print on FSC paper. Available please enquire if you’d like a copy. Cover is pasted with random failed silverprints from the project. An offset printrun is scheduled this month! the book is going to print.
It’s RM60, shipping throughout Malaysia (RM8 + RM3 box), Singapore and Brunei only (RM20 + RM11 tracking). I can hand deliver within KL City and surrounding suburbs, or self-pickup at Brickfields. (mockup for submission to @lightbox_lib #invisiblefuturevisiblepast #periodicwaysofseeing)
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| 20 maquette books ready, new stitch method |
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| special cover design |
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| trimmed edition, black thread |
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| uncut edition, orange thread |
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17 November– Kanta Manuscript 20 photobook mockup (mockup for submission to @lightbox_lib #invisiblefuturevisiblepast #periodicwaysofseeing). A selection of 20 portrait prints made during the Kanta Portraits project between 2015 and 2019. The prints were initial prepared for submissions to photo festival for year 2020. This publication compiles all the entries into a manuscript as an introduction to the project. #kantamanuscript20
I only made and hand-stitch 11 books, of which only six are as close to the colour I wanted. Digital print on FSC paper. Available please enquire if you'd like a copy. Cover is pasted with random silverprints from the project. Highly likely I will do a limited offset print run, preorder with me.
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| maquette, hand stitch |
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| with silverprint cover |
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| publication notes |
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| project introduction |
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| Amai portrait writeup |
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| Jeliah portrait writeup |
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| Dave Diaman portrait |
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| Amran portrait writeup |
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| silverprints |
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| black & white versions |
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24 September– Kanta Manuscript 2020– limited run—Photobook maquette / mockup. Managed to squeeze in a little booklet printout for #KantaPortraits (limited run, will release some proper pics after i hand mockup the book). The last few weeks have been choc-o-block mentoring and putting together 4 commissioned photobooks of local photographers to be sent to Taipei as part of the exhibition I'm curating, working title #periodicwaysofseeing
