Kanta Manuscript 20– Jeffrey Lim (December 2020)
Photobook showcasing a selection of 20 portrait prints made during the Kanta Portraits project between 2015 and 2019. They are of indigenous people from Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Taiwan, and Japan, mainly of two major language groups, Austroasiatic and Austronesian. Together with the project description & artist statement, each portrait is accompanied with Jeffrey Lim's understanding of the sitter, on indigeneity and citizenship, of spirituality and alter-narratives . This manuscript is intended as an introduction to the collection of portraits and studies made over the span of the project. *Traditional Chinese script translation available (on bookmark), via QR code online site with purchase.
±B6 booklet size 128 x 186 mm, 48 pages, open sewn binding with black thread, offset print 4 colour black & white at higher resolution of 200 line screen, printed on Symbol Tatami White 150 gsm FSC-certified paper. Produced as a book block, that can be combined with other future series. Packed in a resealable bag 16 x 24cm. Book weighs 95 grams. Published by Studio 25, 2020, offset print edition.
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Selection of 20 portrait prints made during the Kanta Portraits project between 2015 and 2019. A manuscript as an introduction to the collection of portraits and studies. ±B6 booklet size mm, 6 photo maquette, 48 pages, hand-stitched section bind, digital print on FSC paper, 140gsm V-silk. Silver-gelatin photo paper print on covers, black background version.
Kanta Manuscript 20– Jeffrey Lim / studio 25 / 2020 / white version
Selection of 20 portrait prints made during the Kanta Portraits project between 2015 and 2019. A manuscript as an introduction to the collection of portraits and studies. ±B6 booklet size mm, 6 photo maquette, 48 pages, hand-stitched section bind, digital print on FSC paper, 140gsm V-silk. Silver-gelatin photo paper print on covers, white background version.
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Born in Malaysia– Portraits of Kuala Lumpur an exhibition showcasing a selection of portraits by Kenny Loh & Jeffrey Lim. This is Kanta’s exhibition booklet featuring selected 20 portraits taken that year (2017) in Kuala Lumpur (and Greater KL). A short writeup from interviews and their message written behind their print.
A6 booklet, 30 pieces, folded booklet from single sheet, opens to A3 poster, 10 pages, digital print on simili 100gsm paper.
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Awarded the CENDANA Mobility Funding Programme 2019 for the production of Luminous Shadow by Wang Pei-yao, Taiwan International Festival of the Arts (TIFA) 20 / 2021. Documentation of the creative process, travelogue, timeline, budget and prints. A4 booklet, 32 pages
Final grant report for Cultural Economic Development Agency (CENDANA) on Kanta Portraits project on the awarded fund for Emerging Artist Incubation Funding Programme 2018-2019. Showcasing timeline, documentation and quantitative outcome of the project, between Malaysia, Taiwan and Japan. A4 booklet, 5 books, 52 pages, stapled saddle stitch bind, digital print on 150gsm art coated paper.
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| milestone report 1 |
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