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new name card. finally feel like this is mine, integrating my eclectic background in systems thinking, behavioural psychology, and traditional Chinese literati thoughts, alongside self-taught practices in photography and bookmaking. there are things that I’ve loved for a long time - one would be typography - how texts appear visually on a canvas. I wanted to study Graphic Design in university but ended up doing Computer Science (let’s not guess why); there was that one module where we could code to make graphics. years and years went by, and text would not leave me alone, no matter how much I wanted it to. I would have the urges to write, and I would resent my writing. I would try out one format of writing, and I would rebel the structure of that form. I would take what I write apart and I would look back at what I once wrote and be surprised by it. I sit in front of my desk every morning and somehow, I just start typing, yet I’ve never told anyone about it. texts, are like music notes, I hear the music of them, singing in my brain, like summer cicadas whispering to my eardrums, asking me to note their beats on pages. maybe after all this time, I will once again, face all my writings. I will face the anxiety of not making sense, the fear of being judged by the way I articulate, the moments when they come rushing to me as though I’m being possessed by some spirit, and maybe, eventually, I can be brave enough to accept my very own way of telling stories. by @little.rice
‘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 @little.rice
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 @little.rice
📸德文攝影書大獎 - 特別活動📸 藝術家分享 - 《萬達寧41號》- 自資攝影書出版之旅 《萬達寧41號》書中所有風景及地景照片由陳韻芝於41號巴士路線沿途徒步並以過期菲林攝影，作為路線的存證；而其中從巴士路線途中尋覓得來的舊物的照片，皆由陳韻芝在一家位於41號路線範圍中的傳統影樓拍攝。而文本為一篇連貫、共有41章的虛構故事，由張希雯圍繞41張舊物攝影作品為引所虛構而成。 作為展覽「德文攝影書大獎」的特別活動，香港歌德學院特別請來陳韻芝和張希雯將跟大家分享這本獨特攝影書的出版之旅。 📍日期：2026年11月6日 📍時間：晚上7時至8時半 📍地點：香港歌德學院 (灣仔藝術中心14樓) 📍英文進行，免費入場，敬請登記 詳情：https://www.goethe.de/ins/hon/cn/ver.cfm?event_id=27355672 📸Accompanying Programme to the Exhibition German Photo Book Award📸 - Artists' Sharing - Mandarin and Her Route 41 - A Journey of Self Publishing A collaborative creation by image-based artist Michelle Chan and writer Clementine Hei-man Cheung, Mandarin and Her Route 41 is an artist’s book that presents a delicate dance between photography and fictional text, choreographed around an anchoring motif of Hong Kong’s bus Route 41. As an accompanying programme to the exhibition German Photo Book Award, we are glad to invite Michelle Chan and Clementine Cheung to share with us their journey of self publishing a photo book in Hong Kong. 📍Date: Friday, 6th November 2026 📍Time: 7pm - 8:30pm 📍Venue: Goethe-Institut Hongkong (14F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wanchai) 📍Conducted in English. Free Admission. Please register. Detail: https://www.goethe.de/ins/hon/en/ver.cfm?event_id=27355672 by @little.rice
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 @little.rice
Hong Kong Photozine & Photobook Award World Tour — Taiwan Chapter 4: Taichung 📖✨ The journey continues south. Shortlisted works now settle into two spaces in Taichung — SpringBao and Green Hotel — each holding its own rhythm for the books to be seen, held, and read. Alongside the exhibition, join us for two days of talks and one-on-one exchange. On 3 October, one of the jury members, Michelle Chan shares “The Judging Eye of the Photobook,” drawing from her practice of turning photography and text into bridges for connection. On 4 October, third-edition HKPBF awardees Ngan Kai Fung and Natia Ser open up the stories behind their winning works. For those ready to take their own project further, the Photobook Clinic offers 20-minute one-on-one sessions with our mentors — bring your work, in any form, and leave with direction. 🌿 《香港攝影小誌及樣本書獎》世界巡迴展覽 台灣篇 — 台中站 📖✨ 旅程繼續向南延伸。入圍作品這次落腳於台中兩個空間 - 白水與綠宿行旅，各自以不同的節奏，讓書本被看見、被翻閱、被閱讀。 展覽期間亦安排兩天講座，以及攝影書診療室的一對一交流。10月3日，書獎評審之一陳韻芝帶來〈攝影書的評判之眼〉專題講座，分享她如何將攝影、文字與書籍轉化為連結他人的橋樑。10月4日，第三屆香港攝影小誌獎（學生組）金獎得獎者顏啟峰，與（公開組）評審特別推薦得獎者佘沅珈將會一同分享得獎作品背後的故事。 若你正準備將自己的攝影計畫集結成書，攝影書診療室 Photobook Clinic提供20分鐘一對一諮詢，帶著你的作品前來，與導師一同尋找修改方向。🌿 — Exhibition Details 展覽詳情 — 📅 @springbaopress : 3 – 25 Oct, 2026 📅 綠宿行旅 : 2 – 12 Oct, 2026 — Sharing sessions 分享會— 📅 3 – 4 October, 2026 📍 @springbaopress Talk 1 — The Judging Eye of the Photobook 攝影書的評判之眼 📅 3 Oct （Sat 六） 🕚 11:00 – 12:00 👤Speaker: Michelle Chan 陳韻芝 📍 @springbaopress Talk 2 — Awardee Sharing Session 得獎作品分享會 📅 4 Oct （Sun 日） 🕚 11:00 – 12:00 👤 Speakers: Ngan Kai Fung 顏啟峰 , Natia Ser 佘沅珈 📍 @springbaopress — Photobook Clinic 攝影書診療室 — 📅 3 or 4 Oct 🕑 14:00 – 17:00 (schedule arranged by registration) 📍 @springbaopress 👤 Mentor: Michelle Chan 陳韻芝 20-min one-on-one sessions, limited to 16 participants Full Address 地址：SpringBao, No. 112, Minsheng N. Rd., West Dist., Taichung City 白水 台中市西區民生北路112號 Fees 報名費 💵 Full package：NT$2000 (includes 2-day talks + 1 Clinic session + 1 SpringBao issue ) [ Early bird NT$1600 until 21 Sep ] 💵 Talks only：NT$350 (includes 1 SpringBao issue) 📝 Registration ：https://forms.gle/fYD7kU22SGMCeqVk8 #hkpbf #hongkongphotobook #台中展覽 by @little.rice
感受好像永遠慢別人半拍 卻仍細味著那三天的餘溫 還記得當年第二屆被邀請參與Photobook Club Kuala Lumpur 眨眼之間，已是第五屆的bookery festival @bookeryfair 真心佩服 @photo_dialect @alan.ieon.photos @rusty_lappy 團隊的魄力、堅持及投入 今年有幸以工作坊導師的身份主持一場 zine marathon 邀請參加者以協作的方式接力 在有限時間內一同創作一本42頁的「萬里牆城藍印書」 也以藝術家及場域創作者身份 跟公眾分享自己近來的創作 以及 @121bookstudio 這實驗空間的理想 慶幸有 @cheungheiman 的陪同 過了這個充滿熱度的週末 認識了很多有趣的創作者 尤其是 @lostlostfind @misprint.press @somuchoc @dahlia_yizhu 當然還有早已熟悉的朋友們 而我 仍徘徊在這個輕浮的狀態中 就像書頁被風吹起在空氣中飄著 一種還未要落地的念頭🎐 many thanks to the beautiful photos taken by @pui__cheng by @little.rice
Quietude of June and July 🌬️🍃 do you listen, to the water vapour moving through the air? do you listen, to what the whispers of the leaves as they stretch towards the sun? do you listen, to the way the wind greets us—on our face, on our skin—on how it carries our salts, at the same time, adding dirt and dust? do you listen, to how our voice vibrates in our chest, travels up through our mouth, and projects out into the world in subtle collaborations with the birds, the people, the city? do you listen, to the spaces between words spoken to one another, the pauses, the longings, the hesitations, the excitement, the fears, the insecurities, the quiet vibrancy? what is essential is invisible to the eye, the quietude of listening 🎧 by @little.rice
Mandarin and Her Route 41 has slowly come into bloom—watered by time, care, and the generosity of many hands and hearts 💕✨ With deep gratitude to @wma_hk @claudiadelatorrea @artistsbooksworkshop, 陳昆泉先生, @photospectrum @thememmac (and many more) for nurturing and being part of this growing tree 🌲📖 . We are honoured to share that the special edition (handmade book), a limited 41 copies, is now open for pre-order. link in bio 🔗 * 2026年出版，限量41本特別手造版本， 自出版藝術書籍。印於香港。 2026, Special Edition (Hand-made book). Self-published. Limited 41 Copies. Printed in Hong Kong. 主書 Main Book
彩色印刷 Colour printed; 瑞士裝訂 Swiss Binding
尺寸 Dimension：105 x 235 mm
頁數 No. of pages：170pp
語言 Language：Traditional Chinese 每冊附有一張獨一無二、隨時間推移會逐漸褪色的暗房沖印作品。
Each edition has a colour darkroom print. 英文譯本 English translation booklet 
黑白印刷 Black and White printed; 騎馬裝訂 Saddle Binding
尺寸 Dimension：105 x 235 mm
頁數 No. of pages：36pp
語言 Language：English

英文譯本為中文內容的精選譯冊，收錄所有篇章之中的 段落摘記及節錄。
The English edition presents a curated selection of the original Traditional Chinese text, compiling key excerpts and passage notes from all chapters. 《萬達寧41號》（2026）——由陳韻芝及張希雯創作。 此書以香港一條巴士路線41號作為核心意象與創作主軸。書中所有風景及地景照片由陳韻芝於41號巴士路線沿途徒步並以過期菲林攝影，作為路線的存證；而其中從巴士路線途中尋覓得來的舊物的照片，皆由陳韻芝在一家位於41號路線範圍中的傳統影樓拍攝。而文本為一篇連貫、共有四十一章的虛構故事，由張希雯圍繞四十一張舊物攝影作品為引所虛構而成。散敘體的虛構小說以臨海的華富邨、上世紀六十至九十年代家庭、生活與生命的視野出發，並沿41號巴士路線進發。巴士作為承載虛幻記憶的容器；虛構之中亦有真實；已被着墨的或也已成真。 此特別版本限量41冊。每冊含精選英文譯本，並附有一張獨一無二、隨時間推移會逐漸褪色的暗房沖印作品。 Mandarin and Her Route 41 (2026) — Created by Michelle Chan and Clementine Hei-man Cheung. A collaborative creation by image-based artist Michelle Chan and writer Clementine Hei-man Cheung, Mandarin and Her Route 41 is an artist’s book that presents a delicate dance between photography and fictional text, choreographed around an anchoring motif of Hong Kong’s bus Route 41.  With Route 41 serving as both the muse and metaphor, Michelle’s realist documentations, including images of landscape and portraits of found artefacts along the now-defunct route are reinterpreted by Clementine. Michelle diarised her walks along the original route by photographing the landscapes with expired film, and elevated found objects into still-life portraits with by @little.rice
《萬達寧41號》因 @wma_hk 的 Book Lab 2.0契機得以成形，特別版本的手造書終於製作完畢，即將正式面世——我們將於2026年8月1日舉行「新書發布」等活動，好期待親身將我們的創作和書籍分享給你！ 如果有興趣預購書籍和登記參加我們於8月1日下午舉行的兩項活動，link in bio！ We are thrilled to share that we are self-publishing our book, which was birthed at the @wma_hk Book Lab 2.0, Mandarin and Her Route 41, and will be hosting a book launch on 1st August 2026! Come join us and celebrate this milestone with us! Link in bio for registration to the event and pre-ordering our book! 1.《萬達寧41號》「走走讀讀」戶外導賞活動 Mandarin and Her Route 41’s ‘Route Performance’ 日期 Date：01.08.2026 (星期六 Saturday) 時間 Time：14:30 - 16:30 (需預先登記 By reservation only) 集合地點 Meeting Point：香港仔漁業及海事分署 Aberdeen Fisheries and Marine Office (詳細地點位置在登記表格上 Details are on the registration form) 語言 Language：廣東話 Cantonese 備註 Remarks：費用全免 Free Event 2.《萬達寧41號》「新書發布及分享會」Mandarin and Her Route 41’s ‘Book Launch & Sharing’ 日期 Date：01.08.2026 (星期六 Saturday) 時間 Time：17:00 - 18:30 (需預先登記 By reservation only) 地點 Venue：Room B14, 6F, ADC Artspace, Landmark South, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong 語言 Language：廣東話 Cantonese 主持 Moderator：紀翔 Ji Xiang @jason_x.j @lenscaplab 講者 Speakers：陳韻芝 Michelle Chan @little.rice, 張希雯 Clementine Hei-man Cheung @cheungheiman 備註 Remarks：費用全免 Free Event by @little.rice
Thank you @hongkongphotobookfest and @pbb.lab for the invite to join the discussion on 書獎之謎：什麼是一本好的攝影書？(The Mystery of Book Awards: What Makes a Good Photobook?) @weimingmingwmm with @papermatter.aba. The moderated questions and generated conversations were truly inspiring, the afterthoughts and reflections have kept churning in my mind that wouldn’t leave me alone 🤯😵🥸. For a while, I’ve been gathering these observations, slowly connecting and mapping out the photobook ecosystem in Hong Kong and how it’s currently functioning. Here, finally, inspired by @yinchin2046’s presentation, I’ve articulated its first version with diagrams. I’m sure this isn’t complete and will need revising in many ways as it continues to evolve, but I felt an urge to process these mental components into something I can view, revise, and refine over time. Hopefully, sharing this will also bring us together to explore how each of us contributes to this ecosystem, so it can grow and become sustainable 🌱. 感謝 @hongkongphotobookfest 和 @pbb.lab 的邀請，讓我參與這場以 「書獎之謎：什麼是一本好的攝影書？」為題的對談，在 @weimingmingwmm 與 @papermatter.aba 一起交流。這次的提問與由此激發的對話都非常啟發人心，而對話之後的餘韻與反思一直在腦中翻騰，完全停不下來 🤯😵🥸。 這段時間以來，我一直在累積各種觀察，慢慢把它們連結起來，試著描繪出香港攝影書生態系的樣貌，以及它目前是如何運作的。這一次，終於在受到 @yinchin2046 的簡報啟發之後，我把這個生態系初步整理成圖表，畫出了第一個版本。 我很確定這還不完整，也會隨著時間持續被修訂、演變成不同的版本，但我有一種很強烈的衝動，想把腦海中的這些碎片，先轉化成一些可以被看見、被重新排列、被慢慢打磨的東西。 也希望透過分享這個過程，能讓我們一起探索各自在這個生態系裡可以如何參與、如何貢獻，讓它得以成長，並走向一個更可持續的狀態 🌱。 by @little.rice
May. 🌱✨🐶💥📘🪞💡 1: serendipitous encounter 2: book-making with @cheungheiman 3: doggo therapy @121bookstudio 4: A Way to the Moon Performance Reading @bo.p0.mofo Spring Festival (photo by @jason_x.j) 5: Topological Cities by Minao Iguchi @soundpocket 6: All in my backyard by @sami_yipcs and Mark Chung @wurearea 7: art in life @wurearea 8: current 💭 by @little.rice

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