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A year after our first MABF — we’re back, a little different. We began with grassroots self-publishing from South China. This year, we reach toward Sinophone voices across the Asia-Pacific - with more than 30 new books from the region, and other Sino-diasporic and transnational contexts. Join us for a talk at NGV Federation Court @ngvmelbourne , 11:30am on 18 May, where I’ll be in dialogue with art historian Genevieve Trial @genevieveetrail , as we reflect on the thinking behind this new Sinophone collection, and the frictions it opens up. We’ll also be tabling all weekend at NGV Great Hall @ngvmelbourne - 10am to 5pm, Friday to Sunday. Come along, browse the books, and say hi.

Day 1 at #melbourneartbookfair #ngv ✨

#新書推薦 #MelbourneArtBookFair 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆：社群共造和共享空間 @otter_is_reading 何謂commons？這個概念或許陌生，卻一直默默以不同型態扎根在我們身處的社區，述說着深邃而多元的「香港故事」。 本書視commons為一種理念，是嶺南大學文化研究系師生共同努力的結晶。透徹嚴肅的學術文章介紹commons在香港的歷史脈絡，以及它如何能成為改變社會經濟、文化和永續生活的方法；淺白扼要的案例紀錄介紹在「合作」、「環境」和「空間」三個範疇中具代表性的案例，整合在香港創建和實施commons的現況和挑戰。 以commons為據，我們用另一種方式想像共同享有的城市空間、用另一種方式觀看社會關係，探索共同建造社群的另類可能。 🌟 目錄 🌟 增潤版序／潘毅、周亮 前言：如果希望超越一種口號，抬起頭，讓我們看到香港的另外一些可能／周亮 導論：commoning作為文化研究的一種嵌入方法／潘毅、楊靜怡 💫第一部：合作 前言：另類生產和消費的無限可能／潘毅、孫敏 女工同路人：香港婦女勞工協會／孫敏、潘毅 合作社：另一種可能性的經濟實踐／孫敏、潘毅 公平點──公平貿易的commoning／鄧希雯 💫第二部：環境 前言：大家如何「Reconnect」？──以與自然、環境「Connect」為方法／何天驕、周亮 Mil Mill喵坊：轉廢為寶，實踐循環經濟／何天驕 聽天不由命：二澳，尋找主流之外的另一種可能／何天驕 多樣梅窩，多樣希望：土地教育基金梅窩「農業社區」營造／陳佩兒 💫第三部：空間 前言：（重新）發現失落的社區空間／溫浩賢 駐紥社區的commons空間實驗──半杯寮／溫浩賢 處於發展夾縫的喘息空間──Common Room 337／溫浩賢 另類書店的commoning可能性──七份一書店／周亮、何家樂 編輯︰潘毅、周亮 作者︰何天驕、何家樂、周亮、孫敏、楊靜怡、溫浩賢、潘毅、鄧希雯、陳佩兒 執行編輯︰譚以諾、謝莉娜 美術設計︰蘇麗平、許維倫（mmmmor studio） 美術建議︰何家樂、楊光 出版：手民出版社 版次︰2025年4月初版 ISBN︰978-988-70723-2-4 頁數：200，彩色印刷 語言：繁體中文

#NewZinesAvailable# at #MelbourneArtBookFair# this weekend: 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓-𝑨𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒖𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑽𝑰: 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒔 — 𝑭𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒖𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 亞際木刻圖繪 第六期 《她的木刻: 木刻實踐的女性視角》, published by @mapping_woodblock When speaking of woodcuts, people often first think of its vigorous lines, stark contrasts, and its critical tradition. As a result, this medium is often endowed with a masculine tone and rarely associated with “her” practice. Indeed, within the context of Modern Woodcut Movements across Asia, male artists have largely dominated, while women’s participation has long remained at the margins. Even today, as gender consciousness gradually advances, studies that revisit and reexamine this history from women’s perspectives or through a gender lens remain relatively rare. In light of this, this issue adopts “her perspectives” as a point of departure by tracing the practices and experiences of women artists and practitioners in various Asian social contexts. It aims to examine the obscured, diverse, and heterogeneous life trajectories veiled by mainstream narratives, and to further explore the alternative forms of self-organization and social practice. 談及木刻版畫，人們或許首先聯想到其剛勁的線條、強烈的對比，以及具批判性的傳統，也因此，這項媒介時常被賦予某種陽剛調性，或甚少將它與「她」的實踐聯繫起來。事實上，在亞洲現代木刻運動的脈絡中，男性藝術家的確較占據主導，女性的參與長期處於邊緣。即便在性別意識已逐步推進的今天，從女性視角或性別觀點回顧、重探這段歷史的研究，依然為數甚少。 有見及此，本期《亞際木刻圖繪》嘗試以「她的視角」作為切入，梳理亞洲不同社會脈絡下女性創作者的實踐，從而審視那些在主流敘事中被遮蔽、異質而多樣的生命經驗，以及探討另一種自我組織與社會實踐的可能。 目錄： ・她的木刻：木刻實踐的女性視角 | 編輯部 ・招瑞娟：戰後日本大眾木刻運動中的華僑女藝術家 | 町村悠香 ・1980年代女性藝術家們的民眾版畫：以「杜侖」為中心的民眾美術與版畫運動 | 稻葉真以 ・如蕨的相處與連結：點印社訪談 | 吳君儀、李俊峰 ・女性主義書店中的女性主義木刻小組：魔女版畫訪談｜狩野愛 ・刻作「她助之網」：木刻藝術家李平與里林的訪談｜林閱 ・耕作由女性主義者主導的安全空間：TkTk女性主義版畫者的個案研究｜蓋爾·維拉弗洛爾 ・印刻只爲看見：「刻木尋梅」的藝術行動實踐｜刻木尋梅

#NewBooksAvailable# at #MelbourneArtBookFair# this weekend: 𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒊𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 #2 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒐𝒎 @pubis_project Published in 2025, celebrates the life experience and creativity of Chinese fangirls The issue explores how fangirls play crucial roles in creating erotic knowledge, validating ESEA queer joy, accommodating the pains of cultural displacement, and addressing the needs for alternative expressions of feminism and queerness. The issue features 22 contributions from Chinese diasporic women and queer people worldwide. 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑵𝒗𝒘𝒂 @pubis_project FanGoddess Nvwa explores the connections between fangirls and the goddess Nvwa, the legendary human creator in Chinese mythology. The zine revisits the fan term “泥塑” (clay modding), relearns the genealogy of the myth of Nvwa from a fangirl’s perspective, and recreates the totem “FanGoddess Nvwa” as a fangirl icon. By doing so, the zine aims to reaffirm a fangirl as a radical identity of creativity for women and queers.

#NewZinesAvailable# at #MelbourneArtBookFair# this weekend: 𝑴𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒔, 𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔: 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄-𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒔, published by @portaleditions MMM is a zine series about the exploration of independent publishing by Asian practitioners, particularly under transcultural experience shaped by international migration. Maintenance, Methods, Moves – these three elements calibrate our perspective into the sites and relations of knowledge production and examine issues like survival tactics, operation, care, relearning, sociopolitical engagement, and activism. It is a contextual adaptation of Hannah Arendt’s definition of *vita activa* – labour, work, and action. As a means of knowledge and aesthetic production, publishing is both about making publication (artefacts) and making the public (relations). In this understanding, vol. 1️⃣ of MMM features artists behind three resilient self-publishing projects – Prickly Paper, Nomad Papaya Books, and Reading My Panties / Not Just A Collective; vol. 2️⃣ features organisers behind three distinctive publishing events and spaces – Outland Publishing Fair, encounters, and Limestone Books. Together, they offer us a close look into how they navigate the Western cultural systems to build soft infrastructures for the incredibly diverse practices related to the Asian context.

It’s that time of the year again~ betweenia project is back at Melbourne Art Book Fair in two weeks’ time, mark your calendar ☺️ We’ll be bringing a selection of new titles from late last year and earlier this year, along with familiar betweenia favourites. Come by, have a browse, or just hang around our table for a while :)) 🕰️ 10am–5pm 📅 15–17 May (Fri–Sun) 📍 NGV Great Hall @ngvmelbourne artbookfair.melbourne Melbourne Art Book Fair is presented as part of Melbourne Design Week, an initiative of the Victorian Government #MelbourneArtBookFair #NGV @ngvmelbourne

Protest rights for visa holders/non citizens (English): bit.ly/3YBuNqH Protest rights for citizens (English): bit.ly/49xn95C Invasion Day Rally Melbourne Monday 26th Jan 11AM at Parliament House Steps @war_collectivevic “January 26 is not a day to celebrate. It is a day of invasion and a day of survival, resistance, and mourning. It is a day we come together to tell the truth and demand justice. On Invasion Day, we rally to stand with First Nations peoples across this continent and demand: -Freedom for our peoples, lands and waters -Treaty and truth for our old people and for future generations -Justice for babies and kids so they can grow up safe, loved, and free An end to deaths in custody, forced removals, and ongoing violence from systems built on invasion Join us on our annual day of protest for First Nations peoples across this continent. What to bring: -Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander flags -A deadly banner (we see them and love them btw) -Invite 5 friends and family to come with you”

A very brief trip back to East Asia somehow felt like a month—being surrounded again by long-time friends who have believed in and supported us since day one, and by the generosity, enthusiasm, and kindness we felt both inside and outside the fair. Thank you to everyone who came by our table and joined the talk! Even though we didn’t manage to walk around much during those hectic three days, the best books still somehow found their way to us—through amazing afterparties, neighboring booths, chance encounters at bus stops, and new friends who kindly brought their books to our table. Huge thanks to @tokyoartbookfair for pulling off such a massive event with such care and clarity. All those “meant-to-be” moments wouldn’t have happened without the immense work behind the scenes 🫶✨ Battery recharged, mind refreshed—now it’s time to catch up on reading 📖 (and writing ✍️), and get ready to see you again at all tomorrow’s parties, somewhere in the world 🌍 Big love!

With a few of us old friends—now scattered across the world after leaving China—all happening to be in Tokyo at the same time, it felt like the perfect moment to finally sit down and talk about the things we’ve long wanted to discuss but never quite get to when we’re just hanging out. Join us for our talk event at Tokyo Art Book fair ‘𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕: 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔, 𝑶𝒏 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒔, 𝑨𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝑩𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔’, where we’ll share our inspirations and struggles of carving out new spaces within and beyond the independent/art publishing system when crossing borders into different contexts. 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨 — 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. Date & Time: Friday, December 19, 17:30-18:30 (Reception opens at 17:15) Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo @mot_museum_art_tokyo / EVENT SPACE (1F / next to the museum shop) Language: 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆, 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 (𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏) [Interpreter: Li Jia @js123217170 ] Speakers: Kaiqi Li (founder of betweenia project) @laundrydayte × Chen Yifei (editor of Prickly Paper, hand-puppeteer) @tan_if_bur × Yo (artist) @sayogi_yechenyi × RA3 (PICNIC MEETING / 野餐集會) @durdenriver Talk Event「移ろいの中で空間をつくる──出版とフェアを通して、そして国境を越えて──」 概念的であれ物理的であれ、“空間をつくること”は、登壇者4組が展開するあらゆる実践の根底に流れています。木版を彫ることからブースを設けること、知られざるコレクションをキュレーションすることから、移民としてコミュニティスペースを運営することまで──いずれの活動にも共通する要素です。 メルボルンに拠点に置き、華語圏で活動する出版・流通プラットフォームbetweenia projectが企画する本トークでは、広州のセルフパブリッシング・コミュニティを通じて出会い、現在はメルボルン、ベルリン、東京といった異なる地域で活動する4人の友人が集まり、ディスカッションを行います。インディペンデント／アート出版のシステムの内と外で新しい空間を切り拓いてきた彼ら。特に異なる文脈へと踏み込む中で得たインスピレーションや直面した困難を振り返ります。 アートブックやフェアという“空間”をそれぞれどう活用してきたのでしょうか。これから必要とされる空間やシステムとはどのようなものでしょうか。そして出版は、変化し続ける状況の中でローカルな場を築きながら、国境をまたいだネットワークを支え、持続的な交流や新たな可能性を共に描く繋がりの手段としてあり続けることができるのでしょうか。 日時：12月19日（金）17:30-18:30（受付開始時間17:15） 会場：東京都現代美術館 EVENT SPACE（1F ミュージアムショップ横） 言語：日本語／中国語（マンダリン）［通訳者：Li Jia］ 登壇者：Kaiqi Li（betweenia project設立者） × Chen Yifei（ 『刺纸（Prickly Paper）』編集者、人形劇師） × Yo（アーティスト） × RA3（PICNIC MEETING、野餐集會）

Our last book fair of the year - back in Asia to wrap up 2025~ betweenia is excited to join TKABF @tokyoartbookfair for the first time in 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟐 (𝟏𝟗–𝟐𝟏 𝐃𝐞𝐜) at @mot_museum_art_tokyo . Come find us in the 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚, 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝟏𝟓 :) We’ll also be hosting a talk with @tan_if_bur @sayogi_yechenyi @durdenriver and interpreter Li Jia @js123217170 on 𝟏𝟗 𝐃𝐞𝐜, 𝟏𝟕:𝟑𝟎–𝟏𝟖:𝟑𝟎 at the 𝟏𝐅 𝐅𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐫. More details and registration via the link in bio!

Always nice to be with friends~ Thank you @irlinfoshop 🔥