Author: Lim Kyung-yong
Source: Artistic and Intellectual Practices in Contemporary China
Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-8815-0_14
Abstract
This essay delves into the growing culture of small-scale art publishing in Asia and its implications related to the concept of “Asia” for seeking universality while recognizing differences within particularity. By giving detailed examples of varied practices in small-scale art publishing, the author examines how these practices have allowed Asian people to communicate via information exchange, to engage in political activities in alternative ways, and how they have helped us reimagine localness of small cultural or ethnical communities against the backdrop of a globalized homogeneity.
The author also sees the production and distribution of small-scale art publishing as technological innovation with possibilities to build a cross-regional network. Additionally, the essay sheds light on the transformative potential of small-scale publishing in the Asian region, for the in-person connection and community-building experience it offers.