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a 100ft² experimental hub for books
to play, listen, create
via exhibition, reading room, workshop
curated by @little.rice; located inside @wurearea
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In July, I began making this little zine about 《1:1 studio》, a space that has evolved into its own identity over time 🌿. It started as an experimental project, stemming from a question I had been carrying: Can a book be read differently when it is placed within a space—when the objects, spatial elements, and mood we curate, together with the encounters arise there—become part of the reading? Later, it expanded to include “pop-up reading room”: a third space for slow encounters and attentive listening to books, and then “coaching creatives”—an offering of my time, curiosity, and presence for anyone who feels called to create, explore an idea, and move it towards a form; to be a sounding board and reflect back how a work might want to emerge. As I worked on the zine, I discovered it was really an exercise for me to discern what I fundamentally want to create and offer through this space. One day, I discovered a quote I had noted down: 「人人都有一雙藝術家的眼睛。不論你曾崇仰何人何物，並以誰為師，最後你必須回到你自己本身。藝術從未遠人，只是人遠離了他真正的自己。在都市中，我們先失去了我們的眼睛，然後我們失去了一切。」 “Everyone has a pair of artist’s eyes. No matter whom you have admired or taken as your teacher, in the end you must return to yourself. Art has never been distant from us; it is we who have drifted from our true selves. In the city, we first lose our eyes—and then we lose everything.” —史作檉 Shih Tsuo-cheng And then I felt: this is it. This awe that rings in my heart as I read the words again 🥹. I want to create a space for myself, as well as for others, to belong and return to ourselves amidst the noise of the world: to play, create, and experiment—nurturing the conditions for our uniquely beautiful souls to radiate and shine. I picture this space as a floating blob of water 🫧, nourishing myself and others through merging and releasing, while always returning to the source from which it began: ourselves. 📒 digital ver. @ link in bio *huge thanks to @gorbriel for helping me tease out the bits and pieces; to all collaborators and allies who have supported this space. Special thanks to @iwcpaint for allowing 1:1 studio to coexist alongside & within @wurearea. Look forward to all the possibilities, and to seeing what emerges! 🌱✨⚡️ by @121bookstudio
‘Sunny Side Back’ photobook exhibition by Ji Xiang  展覽活動 Exhibition Programmes 藝術家分享 Artist Talk  日期 Date：14.11.2026  時間 Time：15:00 - 16:00 地點 Location：Lam Wah Street Playground, Kowloon Bay 九龍灣臨華街游樂場 預約 Registration Link：link in bio In response to “Sunny Side Back”, a work that explores photography and urban space, we are hosting this artist talk at a public space near the exhibition venue. Photographer and architect Ji Xiang will join curator Michelle Chan for an in-depth conversation on public space and our perception of the city through photographic and architectural perspectives. Ji Xiang will also share the ideas and process behind translating the photobook into an exhibition space. Together, they will explore the multiple viewing relationships between subject and camera, between print and viewer, as well as the semantic shifts that occur between two and three dimensions during image-making. How do these transitions and exchanges of relations inform Ji Xiang’s artistic practice? 呼應《曬背》這探索攝影與公共空間的作品，我們將於展覽場地附近的公共空間舉行這次藝術家分享。 攝影師兼建築師紀翔將與策展人陳韻芝展開深入對談，從攝影與建築的視角，探討公共空間，以及我們對城市的感知。紀翔亦會分享將攝影書轉化為展覽空間背後的想法與過程。 兩人將共同探討拍攝對象與相機、印刷品與觀者之間的多重觀看關係，以及圖像在製作過程中於二維與三維之間產生的語義偏移。這些轉換與關係之間的流動，如何形塑紀翔的藝術實踐？ ‘Sunny Side Back’ photobook exhibition by Ji Xiang  展覽活動 Exhibition Programmes  ”曬背“及攝影散步 ‘Sunny Side Back’ experience and Photo Walk: 日期 Date：15.11.2026  時間 Time：13:00-14:00 地點 Location：Open space under The Center, 99 Queen’s Road 皇后大道中99號中環中心地下 預約 Registration Link：link in bio During this special event, artist Ji Xiang will invite the audiences to come back to the scene and experience the warmth of sunlight during noon. We will practice our way of noticing and rediscover the open space through photography and architecture. 是次活動藝術家紀翔邀請觀衆回到拍攝現場感受正午時分的陽光，透過攝影與建築的角度重新發現公共空間，感知身邊日常。 by @121bookstudio
‘Sunny Side Back’ photobook exhibition by Ji Xiang  Artist: Ji Xiang (@jason_x.j) Curator: Michelle Chan (@litte.rice)  Presented: at 1:1 Studio (@121bookstudio) During cold sunny days in Hong Kong, the public open space under an office tower in Central turns into a sun-bathing plaza at noon, where office workers stand silently with their backs to the sun. The Sunny Side Back, the photobook of the same title, is placed inside 1:1 studio, accompanied with elements translated from the public space in Central, transforming the studio into a constructed urban space. The installation explores the multiple viewing relationships between subject and camera, print and viewer, as well as semantic shifts between 2D and 3D during image making. It invites viewers to question their own perspective of looking: how we see, what we notice, and how our position shapes what becomes visible. 《曬背》記錄了在香港中環的一處公共空間，公衆在冬天的正午時分自發曬背的短暫現象。展覽將中環的公共空間於1:1 studio轉譯，邀請觀衆體驗攝影書内部的空間。圖像在平面與立體之間、正面與背面轉換，探討二維圖像在平面之外觀看的可能。展覽空間探討多重觀看關係，物體與相機之間，圖像與觀者之間，以及圖像在實體化的過程中二維與三維之間的語義偏移。展覽邀請觀衆思考觀看結果與個體的觀看方式及位置的關係。 展覽詳情 Exhibition details: 日期 Date：13 - 22.11.2026  時間 Time：13:00 - 18:00* (*Tue - Thu by appointment only, please DM @jason_x.j at least one day in advance 星期二至四期間如欲參觀須至少提前一日預約@jason_x.j) 地點 Venue：1:1 studio (inside @wurearea), Unit 707, 7/F, Block B Po Lung Centre 11 Wang Chiu Road Kowloon Bay 九龍灣宏照道11號寶隆中心B座7樓707室 WURE AREA內 1:1 studio  展覽活動 Exhibition Programmes (活動預約 registration link in bio)  開幕日及藝術家分享  Opening Reception & Artist Talk: 日期 Date：14.11.2026  時間 Time：13:00 (at 1:1 studio); 15:00 - 16:00 (at Lam Wah Street Playground 九龍灣臨華街游樂場) 攝影書簽售 Book Signing: 日期 Date：14.11.2026  時間 Time：16:00 ”曬背“及攝影散步 ‘Sunny Side Back’ experience and Photo Walk: 日期 Date：15.11.2026  時間 Time：13:00-14:00 地點 Location：Open space under The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central 皇后大道中99號中環中心地下 by @121bookstudio
storytelling through mono-screenprinting and bookbinding @marbleprintclay thoroughly enjoyed facilitating a space—or perhaps a field—for storytelling in book form: setting up conditions in which mono-screenprinting became a method for printing content, and bookmaking became a method for shaping and telling stories. Within this field, participants were invited to bring their own playfulness and creativity to their ideas, allowing each story to unfold uniquely in book form. I was also pleasantly surprised and happy to have @kithtsang join as a special participant, embodying “the artistic eye” (a concept shared by Shih Tsuo-cheng) in the ways we image books as forms. Thank you to everyone who came and made these stories 🫶🏻 很享受創造讓大家以書的形式進行說故事的空間或「場域」：以「單版絲網印刷為印製內容的方法；書籍製作為組織和述說故事的方式」為創作條件 。 在這空間，參與者可以帶著自己的玩心與創意，在這些創作條件中發展各自的想法，讓每一個故事以書的形式獨特展開。 我也很驚喜及開心有 @kithtsang 這位特別參加者，以史作檉所提的「藝術家之眼」的視角及創意，啟發我們如何想像書本作為一種形式。 謝謝每一位到來創作這些故事的人 🫶🏻 by @121bookstudio
We are hosting the 3rd iteration of our photozine workshop!!! Do you have ideas that want a book form to hold? Photographs that want to be organised into a story? Join our photozine workshop — a guided journey from ideation to print, where you’ll explore a story you want to tell and shape it into a handmade zine. Over four weeks, we’ll move together through sequencing, materials, binding, and printing, transforming your images and ideas into zine form. You’ll receive practical support and creative exchange in a small, welcoming group, and the journey concludes with a group showcase + public sharing at 1:1 studio (@121bookstudio) — a space devoted to listening, reading, and making through books — celebrating your work through exhibition, conversation, and community. For this round, we’re keeping the group small and intimate, and introducing a custom photozine workbook to help you start working with your materials right away. There will also be a hands-on session on materials — exploring paper and binding choices — and a public sharing segment on showcase day to practise articulating your work to others. 📍 BOAF, Prince Edward 🗓 03/11–24/11 (Tues) + 12/12 (Sat) showcase + sharing ⏰ 7–10pm 💬 Cantonese (with English support) 💰 $2,600 | 10 spots only 👉🏻 Register here: (link in Phoboko Bio) Workshop Facilitators: Michelle Chan (@little.rice) Jimi Tsang (@jimitsang) Jethro Chan (@printingroomhk) 我們即將舉辦第三屆攝影小誌工作坊！！！ 你是否有一些想法，渴望以書的形式承載？有一些照片，等待被組織成一個故事？歡迎加入我們的攝影小誌工作坊——一段從發想到印製的引導旅程，幫助你發掘想訴說的故事，並將它化為一本手作小誌。 在四週的時間裡，我們將一起探索編輯排序、材料選擇、裝訂與印製，將你的影像與想法轉化為小誌的形態。在小組中，你會獲得實作的支援及創意的交流。旅程的最後，我們將於《1：1工作室》 (@121bookstudio) 舉辦小組展覽與公開分享——這是一個致力於透過書籍形式來聆聽、閱讀與創作的空間——以展覽、對話與社群，分享你的作品。 這一屆，我們將維持小而親密的小組，並推出來自我們的經驗而自創的攝影小誌實踐手冊，協助你與自己的素材對話。工作坊亦設有材料實作環節，帶領你認識紙張與裝訂的選擇；並在展覽日加入公開分享時段，練習向他人表達你的創作。 📍 BOAF, 太子 🗓 03/11–24/11（星期二） + 12/12（星期六）成果展 + 公眾分享 ⏰ 7–10pm 💬 主要以廣東話進行，輔以英語 💰 $2,600 | 名額 10 位 👉🏻 報名 by @121bookstudio
🎨 Hide & Seek — Mono-Screenprinting & Japanese Stab Bookbinding A playful one-day workshop combining mono-screenprinting with traditional Japanese 4-hole stab binding (Yotsume Toji). Create layered, atmospheric prints using textures, transparent inks, patterns and marks — then transform your prints into an 8–10 page handmade artist book. Some images will be revealed, others hidden within the folds, creating your own little visual story as the book unfolds. ✨ 📅 One-day weekend course
🕚 11:00–18:00
📍 Marble Print Clay No previous experience needed. 🎟️ Book through our website — link in bio. #MonoScreenprinting #Screenprinting #Bookbinding #JapaneseBookbinding #YotsumeToji ArtistBook ArtistsBook Printmaking PrintmakingWorkshop BookArts ExperimentalPrintmaking MPCPrintmaking by @121bookstudio
This showcase brings together the work of nine participants from the five-week Realise Your Zine! Workshop which took place @printingroomhk, where each person explored concepts, sequencing, printing, and binding in developing their own zine form. Along the way, their work opened into many directions — from stories of a vanishing village and the textures of New York street life, to the quiet intimacies of human encounter, tensions with childhood memories, and even the making of a zine about unfinished zines. Together, these zines form a collection that reflects their creative processes, personal stories, and efforts at @121bookstudio as a pop-up showcase. Date: 13 June 2026, Saturday Time: 1-7pm Location: 1:1 studio Participating creators include: Lydia Tsang @Lydiatsang_ Lena Ng @Lenarashi Deep Chan @deep_photo.graphy William Yung @wyungfilms Shek Po Kwan @shekarino.rockyoubaby Ray Tang @capture.aura Nicola Ho @nicolaho_ Ines Chu @nesschui Thien @thientyly Many thanks to facilitators: Michelle Chan @little.rice Jimi Tsang @jimitsang Jethro Chan @printingroomhk Charis Poon @lessandslowandother by @121bookstudio
Super excited to be part of Bopomofo’s Spring Meet Up Festival in Ningbo, organised by @jiazazhi @jizzbooks ✨ Grateful to the organisers for accommodating me at the last minute, and to @jason_x.j @lenscapelab for sharing the booth. This edition’s theme — “rest” — feels so timely and resonant. I’ll be bringing a few personal works: • 《A Way to the Moon》 (2020 dummy) — with a performance reading on Friday night • 《Mandarin and Her Route 41》 (pre-order) — a recent work made with @cheungheiman via WMA BookLab • 《books of qi》 (work-in-progress) — an ongoing work exploring breath and meditation through book forms; audience engagement welcome at the booth Also carrying books by artists I’ve worked with through @121bookstudio: • 《不滅》 by @thememmac • 《迷/失——山手線》 by @rambler15 • 《Origin》 by @exposurencontrast And of course — can’t wait to lose (and find) myself in jiazazhi’s photobook library 🤩 See you there!! Dates: 15–17 May 2026 Times: 15:00–18:30 (Fri); 11:30–18:30 (Sat–Sun) Location: Demo Terra Block C, Booth B2 by @121bookstudio
Transform your stories into print, one page at a time. 🌿 We all hold stories within us — photographs, fragments, and everyday moments that reflect how we see ourselves, our city, and the connections that shape our lives. Over five weeks, our photozine workshop will guide you from concept to print — exploring editing, sequencing, and storytelling to bring your ideas to life in zine form. Whether you’re an emerging maker or simply curious about photo-based publishing, you’ll find hands-on support and creative exchange in a small, welcoming group. The journey concludes with a group showcase at 1:1 Studio (@121bookstudio), a space devoted to listening, reading, and making through book forms — celebrating your work through exhibition, conversation, and community. 📍 Printing Room, Kwun Tong 🗓 13/05–10/06 (Wed) + 13/06 (Sat) showcase ⏰ 7:30–10:30pm 💬 Cantonese (with English support) 💰 $2,400 | 12 spots only 👉🏻 Register here: https://forms.gle/qHhMjLm9KNwzxb4YA (link in Phoboko Bio) *Bonus: enjoy 15% off printing your final zine at Printing Room! Workshop Facilitators: Michelle Chan @little.rice Jimi Tsang @jimitsang Jethro Chan @printingroomhk Charis Poon @lessandslowandother 將你的故事化為小誌，一頁一頁展開。 🌿 我們都有一些珍藏的故事——那些記憶、片刻與影像，展現著我們是誰、如何看待這座城市，以及我們所過的生活。 在為期五週的攝影小誌工作坊裡，我們將帶領你從概念到印刷，探索編輯、排版與敘事的可能，讓你的想法以紙本小誌的形式呈現。無論你是剛起步的創作者，或只是對影像出版感到好奇，都能在這個小組中獲得實作支持與創意交流。 最後，我們將在 1:1 Studio (@121bookstudio) 舉行成果展——這是一個專注於聆聽、閱讀與製作書本的空間，透過展覽、閱讀與交流，共同慶祝你的創作。 📍 Printing Room, 觀塘 🗓 13/05–10/06（星期三） + 13/06（星期六）成果展 ⏰ 7:30–10:30pm 💬 主要以廣東話進行，輔以英語 💰 $2,400 | 名額 12 位 👉🏻 報名 https://forms.gle/qHhMjLm9KNwzxb4YA *加碼優惠：於 Printing Room 印製你的最終小誌，可享 85 折優惠！ by @121bookstudio
The Final Impression: A Duo Studio Walk-through Experience risograph up close — and take home a small print!! On the final day of the showcase, alex from the memory machine (@thememmac) invites you to step into the inner workings of his studio for an intimate look at the risograph printing craft, and witness a live demonstration of photo colour separation and the rhythmic soul of the duplicator in action, with a small print as a gift to take home. After exploring the studio, we’ll take a short stroll to 1:1 Studio for a personal guided tour to discover the “layered” philosophy behind the showcase and the tactile stories bound within the books. 最終印像：工作室與展場導賞 走進印刷現場，帶回一張手製小作！ 展覽最後一天，the memory machine 主理人 alex 誠邀你走進他的工作室，細味孔版油印（risograph）的工藝魅力。你將親睹影像分色示範，感受複印機的運作節奏，並可獲贈一張由現場印製的小作帶回家。隨後我們將一同步行至 1:1 Studio，由 alex 親自導賞，帶領大家發掘展覽背後的「層疊」思考與裝訂在書頁間的故事。 日期 Date： 19.04.2026 (Sun) 時間 Time： 16:30 - 19:00 費用 Fee： $100/pp 人數 Max： 8 people 地點 Venue： Artist Studio → 1:1 studio, Inside WURE AREA 預約 Registration Link： https://forms.gle/xkvcmoWxHXe74gBy7 *Exact artist studio location will be shared upon registration. by @121bookstudio
Connecting two photographic showcases — “To Tibet” at @wurearea and “Between grain, ink, and pages”, a pop-up reading room at @121bookstudio —> a Conversation on The Poetics of Printing: with Wu Chi-long from @photospectrum_hk and alexlau from @thememmac Moderated by Michelle Chan . Join us for a conversation on the creative space of darkroom and risograph printing in photography. This talk brings together two photographic showcases — “To Tibet” at @wurearea and “Between grain, ink, and pages”, a pop-up reading room at @121bookstudio — to explore printing as more than a technical process. Through darkroom and risograph methods, Wu Chi-Long from Photospectrum and alex from the memory machine will discuss how image-making, colour, paper, layering, and chance shape the final work. Moderated by Michelle Chan, founder of 1:1 studio, the conversation will also consider how printing influences the form and reading of photographs in exhibitions, photobooks, and zines, while opening up questions around materiality, control, and creative freedom. 印刷的詩意空間 誠邀你參與一場有關影像再現的對談，分別從黑房沖製與孔版油印兩個技術切入。本次座談將連結兩個展示計劃——@wurearea 的 《To Tibet》，以及 @121bookstudio 的《探尋顆粒、油墨與紙頁的軌跡》臨時閱讀室——一起探索印刷不只是把影像轉化為實體的過程，更是一種創作與感知的延伸。來自 @photospectrum_hk 的鄔子塱 @misshaped_grain 及 the memory machine 的劉奕東 @thememmac，將分享影像製作、色彩、紙張、層次與偶然的經驗，如何慢慢形成作品的最終面貌。由 1:1 工作室主理人陳韻芝 ＠little.rice 主持，對談亦會延伸至印刷如何影響攝影作品在展覽、攝影書與小誌中的呈現與閱讀方式，並進一步思考物質性、控制及創作自由。 日期 Date：11.04.2026 (Sat) 時間 Time：16:00-18:00 語言 Language: Chinese 中文 預約 Registration Link：https://forms.gle/tkpEmRG4yAebgVPJ6 by @121bookstudio
Between grain, ink, and pages a pop-up reading room on risograph photobooks co-curated by alexlau (@thememmac) and Michelle Chan (@little.rice) Every photobook is an act of layering. In risograph printing, an image emerges through a vertical stacking of ink—an accumulation of distinct tonal passes. From the logic of colour separation to the physical order of the press, each decision reshapes the visual narrative. This pop-up reading room explores the “layered” philosophy of book-making. We invite you to deconstruct the assembled risograph photobooks and discover how the organic printing grains and the unique character of the duplicator elevate the art of visual storytelling. 探尋顆粒、油墨與紙頁的軌跡 一場以「孔版油印」為焦點的臨時閱讀室 共同策展人：劉奕東與陳韻芝 每本攝影書都是一種層疊的行動。在孔版油印（risograph）世界，影像經由油墨垂直堆疊而顯影；從分色邏輯到油墨印刷次序，每個決策都在重塑敘事。這次臨時閱覽室旨在探索孔版油印攝影書的「層疊」思考，誠邀你發掘顆粒質感如何構築視覺敘事的厚度。 閱讀室詳情 Reading Room details: 日期 Date：10.04.2026 - 19.04.2026 時間 Time：Friday to Monday 13:00 - 19:00 地點 Venue：1:1 studio, Inside WURE AREA, Unit 707, 7/F, Block B Po Lung Centre 11 Wang Chiu Road Kowloon Bay 九龍灣宏照道11號寶隆中心B座7樓707室 WURE AREA內 1:1 studio *DM @121bookstudio to visit on Tuesdays to Thursdays; 星期二至四到訪請先聯絡 @121bookstudio 開幕日及分享會 Opening & A Conversation on The Poetics of Printing: with alex from the memory machine and Wu Chi-long from photospectrum 日期 Date：11.04.2026 (Sat) 時間 Time：16:00-18:00 語言 Language: Chinese 中文 預約 Registration Link：https://forms.gle/tkpEmRG4yAebgVPJ6 工作室與展場導賞 Artist Studio Visit + Showcase Guided Tour 日期 Date：19.04.2026 (Sun) 時間 Time：16:30 - 19:00 費用 Fee: $100/pp 人數 Max: 8 people 預約 Registration Link：https://forms.gle/xkvcmoWxHXe74gBy7 by @121bookstudio

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