Est.Discipline

Est. Discipline is zine label by a visual artist Yuka Kobayashi based in Tokyo and Berlin. Born in Tokyo, Kobayashi studied women’s wear design at the Bunka Gakuen University, also located in Tokyo, Japan. As an artist, Kobayashi has developed a multimedia practice that runs the gamut from ink on paper to painting, watercolour, digital collage, and more. Her pursuit of different formats to express her visual narrative allows her to switch fluidly between many different mediums from digital to analogue and back again, constantly seeking out the most relevant combinations of material and method.

Yuka Kobayashi, Stainless Pain, Est.Discipline, 2026, © Yuka Kobayashi

- Soft cover + Japanese binding

- 30-45 pages

- A5 size, 148*210mm

- Laser color print

-Comes with 2Tracks in cassette tape by Nick Zhu

Stainless Pain is an art book that reconstitutes the video art work Stainless Pain (2026), released by interdisciplinary media artist Yuka Kobayashi, through still images extracted from the film and accompanying texts. The set also includes a cassette tape featuring two tracks of music composed for the video by Nick Zhu (bod [包家巷]).

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Yuka Kobayashi, OBJECT/OBJECTION, Est.Discipline, 2025, © Yuka Kobayashi

This art book will be available in two editions: a regular edition “OBJECT” and a limited edition featuring a risograph-printed dust-jacket “OBJECTION”.
Both editions contain identical content, differing only in their specifications.

- Soft cover
- 117 pages
- A5 size, 148*210mm
- Black and white images with laser print

OBJECT / OBJECTION draws from the painting archive created by interdisciplinary visual artist Yuka Kobayashi between 2020 and 2024. The title itself embodies the dual nature of the project; as object implies material substance, while objection suggests resistance. Together, they frame the artist’s work as both an archive and an argument; exploring painting not just as a surface, but as a site of meaning, memory, and critique.

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-hand binding

-18 Pages

-Black-and-White by ink-jet print

-Japanese & English

Reflecting the story of the film ‘The Fragment of the Raging Love’ that I produced in 2018,

it narrates my personal experiences with daily ‘amnesia,’ exploring ways to bridge the gaps in memory by reminiscence and discover hope amid my ‘personal blanks.’

The design features a unique mirrored layout: Japanese text is revealed when read from right to left, and English when read from left to right.

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