A Chinese Romance between Artists’ book and Independent Publishing
Two books System
Book 1: magazine about Chinese art publishing
Pages: 200 pages
Dimensions: 170×240mm
Binding: Swen Bound
Edition: The 1st Edition, 500copies
Language: CN/ENPublished by Dreamer FTY
Organized by Abc art book in China, P Pal profiles some of China’s most interesting independent publishers to create “a book lover’s guide to China and its self-publishing.” Plus this issue includes a spiral bound supplement collecting artists’ visual responses to lockdown across China.
Author: art book in China
Before deciding to make such a magazine about Chinese art publishing, we spent time looking back at the history of self-publishing and artists’ books that happened and are happening in China. This phase of history can be long, can be short, or hasn’t even really started yet. Following the memory of our growth, we tried to salvage the early Chinese art publications from the ocean of the Internet, revealing the history of freedom and romance, and dive into China’s most vibrant independent music scene.
In the first issue of P_PAL, the professional role and publishing process involved in art publishing serves as the clue of the magazine, and a book is technically disassembled. The cover story of the inaugural issue was filmed in the childhood home of the artist Wen Ling. It talks about the changes in his creation and life and the myths that have influenced the millennium to this day. The cover conception of the designer Ji Yang is also extracted from Wen Ling’s exploration of machine vision in his recent “Camouflage” series. We hope that, like the artist, we can forget our personal experience to observe the world objectively. In this magazine, you can read the art book news on the map of Hong Kong; Guides on the production, distribution, and printing of books, especially Risograph, screen printing, and other art printing methods; An chronological research report on Chinese art publishing, etc.
From the first-person experience sharing to the discussion of “real stuff” technology, to the yellow pages of the latest global art bookstore, and documentary industry observations, these topics may make this magazine look like a scientific publication. But before starting the journey with our book-lover friends, let us enjoy the required courses on art publishing.
Book 2: An Apple A Day SupplementOn February 3, 2020, as we didn’t know how long we would be stuck at home, abC launched a one-month online creative relay under the name #An Apple a Day# to mobilize friends to record this special period. In the end, we received a total of 84 “apples” including readers’ contributions, and 32 of them were selected as a supplement in the first issue:
Pages：64p
Dimensions：124x240mm
Binding：Spiral Bound
Technique：Cover – Spot-Color Printing
Paper：Cover – Cai Ning Paper；Inside Page – Brisk Pure White Paper
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