{"product_id":"dayanita-singh-book-building-9783958299085","title":"Dayanita Singh: Book Building","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoth a short history and a deep dive, this is Dayanita Singh's manifesto for the photobook\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it a book, an exhibition, a catalog of the exhibition? Is it mass-produced? Is it unique? Dayanita Singh (born 1961) is a book artist who stretches the imagination of what a book can be, transcending the spaces between publishing and art. \u003ci\u003eBook Building\u003c\/i\u003e traces the journeys of Singh's books, from the first, \u003ci\u003eZakir Hussain\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), to her latest, \u003ci\u003eZakir Hussain Maquette\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), showing the spectrum of her book-building process from idea to material object, and how she inventively circulates them in the art world and beyond. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking those books she has made with Steidl as a basis, we witness the transformation of books into book-objects which open up new interpretative spaces: \u003ci\u003eMuseum of Chance\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), for example, first became a book-object, then a diptych, a bookcase, a suitcase museum and a book museum, before finally becoming the ongoing museum in Singh's \u003ci\u003eMuseum Bhavan\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). \u003ci\u003eBook Building\u003c\/i\u003e documents Singh's 13 books in images and short texts, along with several DIYs Singh has created with detailed instructions on how to display her books as exhibitions--making us the curators--as well as various performative interventions, from book carts and happenings to installations and tours. At the heart of \u003ci\u003eBook Building\u003c\/i\u003e is the collaborative process that Dayanita Singh and Gerhard Steidl have established over 20 years: the belief that a book is always in a process of becoming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783958299085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136","brand":"Dayanita Singh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325172420789,"sku":"9783958299085","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3309a57f-07b4-4948-bfa1-c763714969ed.jpg?v=1660016965","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dayanita-singh-book-building-9783958299085","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}