{"product_id":"dayanita-singh-book-building-hardcover","title":"Dayanita Singh: Book Building - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDayanita Singh\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eSimrat Dugal\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eGerhard Steidl\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 11.4 x 8.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42161629364359,"sku":"9783958299085","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6588a881ada1f985be02ccfaf2beb225.webp?v=1733282696","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dayanita-singh-book-building-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}