{"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","brand":"Steidl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482441978130,"sku":"9783958299085","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d77c53a9-15b6-441c-8967-e55b68b6e3ef.jpg?v=1730345558","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dayanita-singh-book-building-9783958299085","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}