BOABF – Miss Read

BOABF

We are an art book fair organization based in Taichung, Taiwan. This project now has been working for five years. In past five years, we had many overseas artist who join to our book fair, lectures and workshops.In 2019, First group exhibition of Taiwan artists that we curated in Tokyo. We also started to host an International Poster Expo since two years ago. Our goal is to be a bridge between foreign artist and Taiwan artist.
ZODIAC SIGNS
TENG YUNG HAN, ZODIAC SIGNS, CHU;JUN, 2023 © TENG YUNG HAN

The publication project in collaboration with @naked_chujun - they proposed seven challenging questions, and I made an effort to answer or not answer yet still answer them in various forms, resulting in an image-based Q&A collection. This time, I secretly sneaked some embarrassing secrets into it, unrelated to astrology or fortune-telling, but striving to explore the meaning of being human.

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Graphite Heaven
Xue, Graphite Heaven, Xue, 2023 © Xue

In a place where dreams materialize into a town, there are several enchanting locations: "Seaside," "Light Corridor," "Book Shop," "Media's Home," "Resting Place," "Three Flowers Club," and the intriguing "Fictional Badlands." This town's origin remains shrouded in mystery, and its boundaries are unknown. Media, a young boy who stumbled upon the unexpected talent of ventriloquism, roamed through these captivating spots, exploring realms untouched by both dreams and reality.

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2022 Poster Expo View
2022 Poster Expo View, Break Off, 2022

We had 85 artists who send their posters to participate International Poster Expo in 2022.

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