Studio SonSon
Melting Book redefines the book as a handcrafted porcelain object rather than a traditional form. Made at CIR pottery studio, each piece features flowing glazes, unique textures, and natural imperfections, embracing the beauty of the handmade. Unlike traditional mass production, every Melting Book is distinct, challenging uniformity and inviting personal interpretation. This sculptural collection explores analog experiences, memory, and time, urging viewers to rethink books beyond text. The paradox of melting—where form dissolves yet remains solid—symbolizes the tension between fragility and permanence. Melting Book is an invitation to embrace imperfection, expand perspectives, and celebrate the unexpected, questioning the very essence of what a book can be.
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Back In New York is an essay photo book in which the artist revisits photographs taken in New York in 2015, reassembling fragmented memories like a puzzle. Using a French fold binding, the book conceals text within its folds, allowing images to be pressed and viewed from different angles, creating an interactive reading experience. Hidden autobiographical text emerges from above, offering glimpses into personal narratives. As memories shift and fade over time, the book blurs the line between truth and fiction.
This concept extends into Collaborative Project: Reading Hands, a performative exploration of reading inspired by the book’s sculptural format. A dancer reinterpreted reading as movement, a composer created a score in response, and a video was produced. The project evolved into a participatory event where audiences engaged with the book through guided or improvised gestures.
At Miss Read 2025, will invite visitors to experience reading as an embodied act, challenging traditional notions of books and reading.
Reading Body: Performative Book is an artist’s book series that explores reading as a sensory act. Designed based on the proportions of my own hand and arm, these books challenge the standardized dimensions of mass-produced publications. Prioritizing the body’s interaction with the book, this project redefines reading as a tactile and spatial experience. Through handcrafted formats, it disrupts the mechanized book industry and highlights human uniqueness in design.
The featured book, Reading Body – Series 1: Read Me, Touch Me, is created for performance, scaled to the length of an arm. Here, reading becomes an act of movement and interaction rather than passive consumption. As part of the broader Reading Body project, this book is one of four in the series, each exploring reading through different proportions of the hand.