The Naming of a River (signed)
by Cheng Xinhao
Photographs: Cheng Xinhao
Publisher: Jiazazhi Press
128 pages
Year: 2016
ISBN: 978-988-14574-7-9
Comments: Hardcover, fold-over page, first edition of 500, 16 × 25 cm
In the beginning of 2014, the photographer went back to his hometown Kunming and found a "Pictures of Six Rivers in Yunnan's Provincial Capital" drawn by Huang Shijie, an official in Qing Dynasty. Inspired by the book he started to take sampling photos for Panlong River and tried to identify it again with old memories. At the same time he was researching the relationship between time and space beyond the river.
The book was made as a long gatefold in two sides. In the front side scattered perspectives of riverside sceneries, showing every section of the river originally, while in the back side there are picture related to the river in different times: humans met in a time in a place, rocks showing huge changes in millions of years, or eucalyptus leaves renewing every year. The two-side design shows the artist's practice of seeking for relations between external scenery and inner logic behind it. In the end of the book, a picture of sedimentary rocks gives a imagery expression for the issue the artist was discussing: time must be characterized in a space, and space must be shaped in a time. Their intertwining relationship will not be changed forever.
More books by Cheng Xinhao
more books tagged »China« | >> see all
-
April (signed - last copy)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
Ficciones (signed)
by Sun Yanchu
sold out -
Aeronautics in the Backyard (signed)
by Xiaoxiao Xu
sold out -
Shanghai Visitors (last copy)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
Bees & The Bearable (signed - last copy)
by Chen Zhe
sold out -
Qu Jing (signed - last two copies)
by Lin Shu
Euro 55
more books tagged »documentary« | >> see all
-
3DPRK (signed)
by Matjaž Tančič
Euro 44 -
Chapter 2 - The Conflict of Images
by Raphaël Dallaporta, Giorgio Di Noto, Monica Haller
sold out -
Golden days before they end (signed - German) - used copy
by Klaus Pichler
Euro 58 40.60 -
BORDER – A journey along the edges of Russia
by Maria Gruzdeva
Euro 43 38.70 -
Instant Tomorrow
by Dmitry Lookianov
Euro 35 -
Japan Sea
by Shunji Dodo
sold out
more books tagged »Chinese« | >> see all
-
June (last copy)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
May (signed)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
Koan
by Chen Xiaoyi
sold out -
Tragédie, Coïncidence et La Double Vie de L.L.D.M (signed)
by Zhen SHI
Euro 62 -
Room (signed - last copy)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
Seafood Party
by Ren Hang
sold out
more books tagged »river« | >> see all
-
The Danube River Project
by Andreas Müller-Pohle
sold out -
Along the Hackney Canal (Photo Book 11)
by Freya Najade
sold out -
El libro de la selva (last copy)
by Yann Gross
sold out -
Quer zum Strom (signed)
by Jo Röttger
sold out -
The Yellow River (signed)
by Zhang Kechun
sold out -
Sleeping by the Mississippi (signed - last copies)
by Alec Soth
Euro 65
more books tagged »time« | >> see all
-
The Present (last copy)
by Paul Graham
Euro 220 -
Art This Way
by Robert Zahornicky
Euro 40 -
Wolfsburg Diary
by Peter Bialobrzeski
sold out -
Santa Barbara Return Jobs back to US
by Alejandro Cartagena
sold out -
The Complete Essays 1973–1991
by Luigi Ghirri
Euro 21 -
Picture Summer on Kodak Film
by Jason Fulford
Euro 44
more books tagged »landscape« | >> see all
-
The house of the seven women
by Tito Mouraz
sold out -
InselWesen (signed + print)
by Mila Tshaieva
Euro 104.50 -
Buzzing at the Sill
by Peter van Agtmael
sold out -
ZZYZX (signed)
by Gregory Halpern
sold out -
Land ohne Mitte (signiert)
by Anne Morgenstern
Euro 44 -
Dreaming Leone (signed + numbered)
by Alvaro Deprit
Euro 33
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
The Naming of a River (signed)
by Cheng Xinhao
Photographs: Cheng Xinhao
Publisher: Jiazazhi Press
128 pages
Year: 2016
ISBN: 978-988-14574-7-9
Comments: Hardcover, fold-over page, first edition of 500, 16 × 25 cm
In the beginning of 2014, the photographer went back to his hometown Kunming and found a "Pictures of Six Rivers in Yunnan's Provincial Capital" drawn by Huang Shijie, an official in Qing Dynasty. Inspired by the book he started to take sampling photos for Panlong River and tried to identify it again with old memories. At the same time he was researching the relationship between time and space beyond the river.
The book was made as a long gatefold in two sides. In the front side scattered perspectives of riverside sceneries, showing every section of the river originally, while in the back side there are picture related to the river in different times: humans met in a time in a place, rocks showing huge changes in millions of years, or eucalyptus leaves renewing every year. The two-side design shows the artist's practice of seeking for relations between external scenery and inner logic behind it. In the end of the book, a picture of sedimentary rocks gives a imagery expression for the issue the artist was discussing: time must be characterized in a space, and space must be shaped in a time. Their intertwining relationship will not be changed forever.
More books by Cheng Xinhao
more books tagged »China« | >> see all
-
April (signed - last copy)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
Ficciones (signed)
by Sun Yanchu
sold out -
Aeronautics in the Backyard (signed)
by Xiaoxiao Xu
sold out -
Shanghai Visitors (last copy)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
Bees & The Bearable (signed - last copy)
by Chen Zhe
sold out -
Qu Jing (signed - last two copies)
by Lin Shu
Euro 55
more books tagged »documentary« | >> see all
-
3DPRK (signed)
by Matjaž Tančič
Euro 44 -
Chapter 2 - The Conflict of Images
by Raphaël Dallaporta, Giorgio Di Noto, Monica Haller
sold out -
Golden days before they end (signed - German) - used copy
by Klaus Pichler
Euro 58 40.60 -
BORDER – A journey along the edges of Russia
by Maria Gruzdeva
Euro 43 38.70 -
Instant Tomorrow
by Dmitry Lookianov
Euro 35 -
Japan Sea
by Shunji Dodo
sold out
more books tagged »Chinese« | >> see all
-
June (last copy)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
May (signed)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
Koan
by Chen Xiaoyi
sold out -
Tragédie, Coïncidence et La Double Vie de L.L.D.M (signed)
by Zhen SHI
Euro 62 -
Room (signed - last copy)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
Seafood Party
by Ren Hang
sold out
more books tagged »river« | >> see all
-
The Danube River Project
by Andreas Müller-Pohle
sold out -
Along the Hackney Canal (Photo Book 11)
by Freya Najade
sold out -
El libro de la selva (last copy)
by Yann Gross
sold out -
Quer zum Strom (signed)
by Jo Röttger
sold out -
The Yellow River (signed)
by Zhang Kechun
sold out -
Sleeping by the Mississippi (signed - last copies)
by Alec Soth
Euro 65
more books tagged »time« | >> see all
-
The Present (last copy)
by Paul Graham
Euro 220 -
Art This Way
by Robert Zahornicky
Euro 40 -
Wolfsburg Diary
by Peter Bialobrzeski
sold out -
Santa Barbara Return Jobs back to US
by Alejandro Cartagena
sold out -
The Complete Essays 1973–1991
by Luigi Ghirri
Euro 21 -
Picture Summer on Kodak Film
by Jason Fulford
Euro 44
more books tagged »landscape« | >> see all
-
The house of the seven women
by Tito Mouraz
sold out -
InselWesen (signed + print)
by Mila Tshaieva
Euro 104.50 -
Buzzing at the Sill
by Peter van Agtmael
sold out -
ZZYZX (signed)
by Gregory Halpern
sold out -
Land ohne Mitte (signiert)
by Anne Morgenstern
Euro 44 -
Dreaming Leone (signed + numbered)
by Alvaro Deprit
Euro 33
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
The Naming of a River (signed)
by Cheng Xinhao
Photographs: Cheng Xinhao
Publisher: Jiazazhi Press
128 pages
Year: 2016
ISBN: 978-988-14574-7-9
Comments: Hardcover, fold-over page, first edition of 500, 16 × 25 cm
In the beginning of 2014, the photographer went back to his hometown Kunming and found a "Pictures of Six Rivers in Yunnan's Provincial Capital" drawn by Huang Shijie, an official in Qing Dynasty. Inspired by the book he started to take sampling photos for Panlong River and tried to identify it again with old memories. At the same time he was researching the relationship between time and space beyond the river.
The book was made as a long gatefold in two sides. In the front side scattered perspectives of riverside sceneries, showing every section of the river originally, while in the back side there are picture related to the river in different times: humans met in a time in a place, rocks showing huge changes in millions of years, or eucalyptus leaves renewing every year. The two-side design shows the artist's practice of seeking for relations between external scenery and inner logic behind it. In the end of the book, a picture of sedimentary rocks gives a imagery expression for the issue the artist was discussing: time must be characterized in a space, and space must be shaped in a time. Their intertwining relationship will not be changed forever.
More books by Cheng Xinhao
more books tagged »China« | >> see all
-
April (signed - last copy)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
Ficciones (signed)
by Sun Yanchu
sold out -
Aeronautics in the Backyard (signed)
by Xiaoxiao Xu
sold out -
Shanghai Visitors (last copy)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
Bees & The Bearable (signed - last copy)
by Chen Zhe
sold out -
Qu Jing (signed - last two copies)
by Lin Shu
Euro 55
more books tagged »documentary« | >> see all
-
3DPRK (signed)
by Matjaž Tančič
Euro 44 -
Chapter 2 - The Conflict of Images
by Raphaël Dallaporta, Giorgio Di Noto, Monica Haller
sold out -
Golden days before they end (signed - German) - used copy
by Klaus Pichler
Euro 58 40.60 -
BORDER – A journey along the edges of Russia
by Maria Gruzdeva
Euro 43 38.70 -
Instant Tomorrow
by Dmitry Lookianov
Euro 35 -
Japan Sea
by Shunji Dodo
sold out
more books tagged »Chinese« | >> see all
-
June (last copy)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
May (signed)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
Koan
by Chen Xiaoyi
sold out -
Tragédie, Coïncidence et La Double Vie de L.L.D.M (signed)
by Zhen SHI
Euro 62 -
Room (signed - last copy)
by Ren Hang
sold out -
Seafood Party
by Ren Hang
sold out
more books tagged »river« | >> see all
-
The Danube River Project
by Andreas Müller-Pohle
sold out -
Along the Hackney Canal (Photo Book 11)
by Freya Najade
sold out -
El libro de la selva (last copy)
by Yann Gross
sold out -
Quer zum Strom (signed)
by Jo Röttger
sold out -
The Yellow River (signed)
by Zhang Kechun
sold out -
Sleeping by the Mississippi (signed - last copies)
by Alec Soth
Euro 65
more books tagged »time« | >> see all
-
The Present (last copy)
by Paul Graham
Euro 220 -
Art This Way
by Robert Zahornicky
Euro 40 -
Wolfsburg Diary
by Peter Bialobrzeski
sold out -
Santa Barbara Return Jobs back to US
by Alejandro Cartagena
sold out -
The Complete Essays 1973–1991
by Luigi Ghirri
Euro 21 -
Picture Summer on Kodak Film
by Jason Fulford
Euro 44
more books tagged »landscape« | >> see all
-
The house of the seven women
by Tito Mouraz
sold out -
InselWesen (signed + print)
by Mila Tshaieva
Euro 104.50 -
Buzzing at the Sill
by Peter van Agtmael
sold out -
ZZYZX (signed)
by Gregory Halpern
sold out -
Land ohne Mitte (signiert)
by Anne Morgenstern
Euro 44 -
Dreaming Leone (signed + numbered)
by Alvaro Deprit
Euro 33
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com