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small release / 2020

Kanta Manuscript 20


Jeffrey Lim / studio 25
RRP RM 55.00
Photobook showcasing a selection of 20 portrait prints made during the Kanta Portraits project between 2015 and 2019. They are of indigenous people from Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Taiwan, and Japan, mainly of two major language groups, Austroasiatic and Austronesian. Together with the project description & artist statement, each portrait is accompanied with Jeffrey Lim's understanding of the sitter, on indigeneity and citizenship, of spirituality and  alter-narratives . This manuscript is intended as an introduction to the collection of portraits and studies made over the span of the project.
*Traditional Chinese script translation available (on bookmark), via QR code online site with purchase.
±B6 booklet size 128 x 186 mm, 48 pages, open sewn binding with black thread, offset print 4 colour black & white at higher resolution of 200 line screen, printed on Symbol Tatami White 150 gsm FSC-certified paper. Produced as a book block, that can be combined with other future series. Packed in a resealable bag 16 x 24cm. Book weighs 95 grams. Published by Studio 25, 2020, offset print edition.
> offset print edition– 
  • 1st print edition- available
  • 1st print edition, uncut, 10 copies- available

Direct order or consignment: email  jclim.studio25@gmail.com