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is happy to release 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐠ō𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐚 🐏 an accordion book printed in silver ink on black paper. Art by Zhu Gaocanyue @zhu_gaocanyue Design by Zuya Yang @miukiia

Tragōidia, a word that is commonly understood as the root of “tragedy,” is often translated as “goat song.” Its exact origin remains uncertain, yet the word is closely tied to ancient Greek performances and choral rituals connected to Dionysus, the god of wine, ecstasy, and collective intoxication. From these songs, ceremonies, and staged acts, tragedy gradually emerged as a dramatic form.

In 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐠ō𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐚, the artist creates a psychic sequence of black-and-white images: a bodily, ecstatic, almost animal departure from the order of ordinary life; an inner carnival hidden behind reality; a memory continuously rewritten, distorted, and beautified.

Following zug press’s sold-out handmade editions of Dreaming of Being a Butterfly 🕸️ which were made through risograph and several printmaking processes, 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐠ō𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐚 continues a related visual and emotional world as an offset-printed edition.

The goat and the butterfly appear as symbols of the artist’s mental transition during a particular period of time: a state of dreaming and imagining, accompanied by sadness and isolation. It is an in-between moment, suspended in transformation.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐠ō𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐚 Published by zug press, 2026. First edition of 200 copies.

Many thanks 🖤 to everyone who love and collect 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐠ō𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐚 during its release at LA Art Book Fair @printedmatter_artbookfairs in early May. It means so much to us!

zug press is now formally accepting 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 🖇️ of this book! Link in bio. Please feel free to explore more publications at zugpress.com and email us to check availability.

Stay tuned, consignment locations coming soon. You are also welcome to browse it at our upcoming events.

Sweet dreams, in daylight or at night 🌗 by @zug.press

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This past Saturday, zug press joined UNFOLD Shenzhen @shanghaiartbookfair with our most recent publications and prints (^^)～

1/2 of zug press, @zhu_gaocanyue gave a one-hour talk, After Images: Printed Matter, Exhibitions, and Public Programs. We got the chance to share more about each book we’ve worked on, as well as a more detailed introduction to the works of the artists featured in Tidal Issue 1: Shoreline.

Throughout the fair, we met many new and familiar faces and had conversations with artists, publishers, and readers from the local and many others: Guangzhou, Shanghai, Macau, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia... These exchanges, encounters, and the relationships that continue beyond the books themselves remain one of our favorite parts of every book fair.

Thank you all! And special thanks to our artist Baijun @_bye6__ and best supporter @joshuaboulos for surviving the deadline rush with us 🫶

Photos 1 & 4 by @cherylmyung
Photos 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 & 10 by the volunteers at @shanghaiartbookfair taken in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China by @zug.press

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zug press 将于 8 月 6–9 日首次在中国大陆参展，亮相 UNFOLD 深圳艺术设计节 @shanghaiartbookfair 桌号 D2

8 月 8 日周六 17:00，zug press 将带来一场分享：《影像之后：纸本、展览与公共活动》。½ 朱高灿月@zhu_gaocanyue将从近两年的艺术家书实践出发，分享我们如何通过纸张质感、印刷工艺、装订形式与阅读过程的设计，让影像以纸本的形式成为原作的延伸。

请来玩！欢迎提问，欢迎交流。

本次书展，zug press 将限定推出与艺术家 @_bye6__ 合作的贴纸和纹身贴，以及试样版2027 年日历《Okay 帐》，作为即将推出个人画册的预热。

除此以外，你可以在摊位找到：《山羊歌 Tragōidia 》、《潮汐第一辑：海岸线》、《解 Unknotting》 @gu_anqi 、《糖水 Sugar Water》@shaluo__ 、《Touch It: Where We Call Home》@sydneyyyhoward 和《我还没有摔断过腿》。以及一些 Risograph 海报、随《山羊歌》同步推出的限量明信片。

期待在深圳认识更多创作者，也交到更多好朋友！

📔 UNFOLD 深圳艺术设计节

📅 8月7日周五: 10:00 - 19:00
8月8日周六: 10:00 - 19:00
8月9日周日: 10:00 - 18:00

📍 1F 滨海展馆
深圳市南山区海上世界文化艺术中心

🎟️ 门票可通过 UNFOLD2026 公众号购买

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zug press will make our mainland China debut at UNFOLD Shenzhen Art Design Festival from August 6–9. Find us at Table D2.

On Saturday, August 8, 5:00 PM, zug press will present a talk:《After the Image: Printed Matter, Exhibitions, and Public Programs》

1/2 of zug press, Zhu Gaocanyue, will share our recent artist book practice and how we approach the transformation of images through paper texture, printing techniques, binding structures, and reading experiences—allowing images to continue their lives through printed matter as an extension of the original work.

Come say hello! We welcome questions, conversations, and exchanges.

For this fair, zug press will release limited stickers and temporary tattoos created in collaboration with artist Baijun Chen, as well as pre-orders for the 2027 calendar《Okay Calendar》, a preview of the artist’s upcoming book.

At our table, you can also find: Tragōidia 山羊歌; Tidal Issue 1: Shoreline; Unknotting 解; Sugar Water 糖水; Touch It: Where We Call Home; I Have Not Broken a Leg Yet. Along with Risograph posters and limited postcards released alongside Tragōidia 山羊歌.

Looking forward to meeting more artists, makers, and friends in Shenzhen!

📔 UNFOLD Shenzhen Art Design Festival

📅 August 7, Friday: 10:00 AM–7:00 PM
August 8, Saturday: 10:00 AM–7:00 PM
August 9, Sunday: 10:00 AM–6:00 PM

📍 1F Coastal Gallery
Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen

🎟️ Tickets are available through the UNFOLD WeChat official account. taken in 海上世界文化藝術中心 by @zug.press

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在 @lightbox_lib 的分享圆满结束。感谢每一位到场的朋友，感谢 Way @micro_way 和佳霖 @obenlinla 两位嘉宾在现场分享各自的实践与思考，也感谢知晴、王萱、良宾及所有工作人员细心的筹备与现场协助。

带着不同的经历、视角与兴趣，我们因书而相遇，一起分享关于影像、创作、出版，以及艺术工作者如何生活与工作的所知所感。这样的交流总是非常宝贵。

格外喜欢问答环节的最后，良宾反过来问现场听众：「为什么会来到这个活动？」听者与讲者的角色短暂互换，我们也因此了解到：有人原本就认识讲者或空间，也有人偶然发现活动，一时起意来到这里。相遇也许是偶然，但因为书籍与对话而知晓彼此，这样的记忆总是格外珍贵，也格外深刻。

这次分享的结束，也意味着《潮汐第一輯：海岸線》中的五位艺术家都至少参与了一次公开活动，与大家分享自己的艺术实践。书籍出版至今已经八个月，感谢每一位认真阅读、提问、交流和收藏它的朋友。

每一次活动都在提醒我们，zug press 的目标从来不只停留在制作书。我们希望通过书，让作品继续流动，让不同的人产生连接，也让我们能够真诚而热忱地与更多人分享和对话。希望书能够替我们去到更多地方，也希望未来还能带着更多的书，在更多地方与大家相遇。

感恩相遇相识～💙

照片由 Lightbox 攝影圖書室提供。

English translation in the next image caption 👉

‘s talk at Lightbox 攝影圖書室 has come to a close.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us. We are grateful to Way and Jialin for sharing their practices and thoughts with us in person, and to Zhiqing, Wang Xuan, Liangbin, and the entire Lightbox team for their thoughtful preparation and support throughout the event.

Coming from different backgrounds, perspectives, and interests, we came together through books to share thoughts and experiences around images, artistic practices, publishing, and what it means to build a life as artists. Conversations like these are always deeply meaningful.

One of our favorite moments came at the end of the Q&A, when Liangbin turned the question back to the audience: “What brought you to this event?” For a moment, the roles between listeners and speakers were exchanged, and we learned that some people came because they already knew the speakers or the space, while others discovered the event by chance and decided to join. Encounters may begin unexpectedly, but the connections formed through books and conversations often leave some of the most precious and lasting memories.

The conclusion of this talk also marks a small milestone for Tidal Issue 1: Shoreline: all five artists featured in the book have now participated in at least one public program, sharing more about their artistic practices with audiences. Eight months after its publication, we are deeply grateful to everyone who has read, asked questions about, discussed, and welcomed this book into their collections.

Every gathering reminds us that zug pres taken in Lightbox攝影圖書室 by @zug.press

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很榮幸將於台北 @lightbox_lib 圍繞《潮汐第一輯：海岸線》一書，以「影像作為證言」為題，與書中藝術家王淨薇 @micro_way ，以及嘉賓、獨立策展人／編輯李佳霖 @obenlinla 展開對話，討論攝影如何不僅作為事件的記錄，也在檔案、流通、制度框架與個人記憶之中，被不斷重新閱讀、重新理解。

✍️ 活動需事先報名，歡迎透過 zug press bio 連結或 Lightbox 網站登記參與。

當影像離開拍攝當下，它如何持續生成新的意義？我們又如何在「見證」、「再現」與「再想像」之間，重新理解攝影的角色？

藝術家王淨薇將分享她如何透過重複性的身體勞動啟動檔案與影像，使擦拭、摺疊、描摹、刺繡等動作，成為歷史、記憶與創傷得以被再次觸碰與承受的方式。

獨立策展人／編輯李佳霖將從「藝術作品如何出版」出發，分享與藝術家合作編書的經驗：從展覽空間的佈局，轉變成閱讀節奏的形塑，過程中有哪些體驗被收斂，又有什麼是唯有紙張才能表現的。

🌊 活動將透過分享、對談與觀眾問答，展開一場關於當代攝影實踐、影像流通，以及圖像如何在時間中被再次觀看與再度啟動的公共討論。

🌱 本場活動為現場與線上混合形式，王淨薇、李佳霖將於 Lightbox 攝影圖書室現場參與，zug press 的楊祖雅、朱高燦月將以線上方式參與。

📔《潮汐第一輯：海岸線》追溯陸地與海洋之間不斷變動的邊界，以此意象探討歷史、身份、記憶與再現的流動性。此期重新想像攝影作為一種抵抗與關懷的場域，聚集與檔案共工的藝術家們，追索那些漂流於歷史重量與日常瑣碎之間的痕跡。系 zug press 潮汐計畫的創刊號，致力於支持泛亞洲及其離散脈絡中從事攝影、影像、行為、裝置及其他實驗性創作方式的女性藝術家。以出版系列為起點，延伸至藝術家專集，並流動至共作、策展與論述實踐之中。

🔍 zug press 是一個專注於給圖像賦予物質性的藝術家組合。出於對影像藝術的熱衷，圍繞實驗性、跨學科與緊密合作，zug 將紙製品創作視為一個凝集情感、工藝與趣味性的過程，並將紙製品延伸至社區互動、編排組織以及策展等與人實際產生關係的實踐中。目前，zug press 的實踐主要聚焦於限量發行的圖像藝術家書，以及關注亞洲女性影像藝術的項目：潮汐計畫。

zug press 由朱高燦月和楊祖雅創立，常出現在紐約、上海和香港。

📍活動資訊
《潮汐第一輯：海岸線》，影像作為證言
時間：2026.7.31（五）19:00－20:30
18:30 開放入場
講者：王淨薇、李佳霖、楊祖雅、朱高燦月
地點：Lightbox 攝影圖書室
台北市大安區羅斯福路三段269巷19號

#zugpress #photobook #indiepublishing #asianartist #asianphotography by @zug.press

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【Meet Our New Friends from Miss Read 2026: zhaoyuefan, Lechen Zheng, & zug press】

Miss Read @missreadberlin opened yesterday amidst sweltering heat at silent green @silent.green. I braced the heat to meet old and new friends at the fair, three of whom will be sharing at the bookspace next Monday—come say hi!

Counterflows: Diaspora, Desire, and Publishing
2026.06.29 (Mon)
19:00–21:00
encounters bookspace
Prinzenallee 60, 13359 Berlin

Donation based admission

Join us for a sharing session with three Asian diasporic publishing practices, organised on the occasion of Miss Read 2026:

zhaoyuefan @fffanzy (Düsseldorf) will introduce her ongoing projects to suggest the potential of ephemera as a diasporic publishing strategy and discuss how publishing can take place beyond the form of ‘a book’. Starting from ‘why I am here’, her artistic practice moves between mediums, engaging playfully with different environments. She is co-founder of Mahjong Friends @mahjong_international and Nomad Papaya Books @nomadpapayabooks. She founded Little Business Press @littlebusinesspress in 2025.

Lechen Zheng @zhenglechen_617 (London) will reflect on the role of diaspora in her publishing practice and how queer & desire travels across cultures. Drawing on experiences of sexual repression, coded language, and censorship, she will discuss the possibilities that emerged after leaving the original cultural context, the challenges of working between languages, audiences, and value systems, considering what becomes visible, what remains untranslatable, and how culturally specific stories of desire create ripples across cultures.

Focusing on the Tidal Project, Zuya Yang @miukiia, co-founder of zug press @zug.press (New York/Hong Kong) will introduce their approach to photographic practices through publishing, and how these practices connect artists, communities and transregional contexts. Tidal engages with women artists working across photography, moving image, performance, installation, and other experimental approaches across Asia and beyond. Beginning with a publishing series, Tidal flows into artist monographs and extends to collective, curatorial, and discursive practices. taken in Berlin, Deutschland by @zug.press

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#MissRead2026 BIPOC Support Grantees & featured exhibitors.

Today: @zug.press

zug press is an artist collective focused on independent publishing. Driven by passion, experimentation, multidisciplinarity, and collaboration, zug press approaches publishing as a site of care, craft, and play, extending its practice into forms of community engagement, editorial work and curatorial research.zug press is founded by Zhu Gaocanyue and Zuya Yang and based in Brooklyn, NY, Providence, RI and Hong Kong.

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Miss Read Art Book Fair

Pre-fair
June 23–25, 2026
at Miss Read Space

Fair
June 26–28, 2026
at @silent.green

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Images:
1-3. Sugar Water, Sha Luo, zug press, 2025.
4-6. Touch It : Where We Call Home, Sydney Howard, zug press, 2024.

#missreadberlin #missread #artbookfair #berlinartbookfair by @zug.press

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【Event | Counterflows: Diaspora, Desire, and Publishing】

2026.06.29 (Mon)
19:00–21:00
encounters bookspace
Prinzenallee 60, 13359 Berlin

Donation based admission

Join us for a sharing session with 3 Asian diasporic publishing practices, held on the occasion of Miss Read 2026:

zhaoyuefan @fffanzy (Düsseldorf) will introduce her ongoing projects to suggest the potential of ephemera as a diasporic publishing strategy and discuss how publishing can take place beyond the form of ‘a book’. Starting from ‘why I am here’, her artistic practice moves between mediums, engaging playfully with different environments. She is co-founder of Mahjong Friends @mahjong_international and Nomad Papaya Books @nomadpapayabooks. She founded Little Business Press @littlebusinesspress in 2025.

Lechen Zheng @zhenglechen_617 (London) will reflect on the role of diaspora in her publishing practice and how queer & desire travels across cultures. Drawing on experiences of sexual repression, coded language, and censorship, she will discuss the possibilities that emerged after leaving the original cultural context, the challenges of working between languages, audiences, and value systems, considering what becomes visible, what remains untranslatable, and how culturally specific stories of desire create ripples across cultures.

Focusing on the Tidal Project, Zuya Yang @miukiia, co-founder of zug press @zug.press (New York/Hong Kong) will introduce their approach to photographic practices through publishing, and how these practices connect artists, communities and transregional contexts. Tidal engages with women artists working across photography, moving image, performance, installation, and other experimental approaches across Asia and beyond. Beginning with a publishing series, Tidal flows into artist monographs and extends to collective, curatorial, and discursive practices.

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encounters is a one-person, self-funded bookstore project. If you like this platform for cross-border encounters between books and people, you may, in addition to buying books or participating in our events and these encounters, consider Buy Me a Coffee (link in bio) as a tangible gesture of support. taken in Berlin, Deutschland by @zug.press

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’s European debut at @missreadberlin , June 26–28 at @silent.green 👉 Free and open to the public. Please come read books🏃‍➡️～

𝘇𝘂𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 and @shushushushu_books will host a talk on June 28, 2–2:45 PM, titled 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗹, as part of the Miss Read 2026 public programs. Please come join us and ask any questions 🙌

Zuya Yang @miukiia — 1/2 of zug press — will first introduce zug press’s artist-led publishing practice and share a selection of our books. Zuya will then introduce Tidal Project through 𝗧𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟭: 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, an ongoing project supporting women artists across Asia and beyond through publications, public programs, and collaborative projects.

Haishu Chen @haishu_chen will introduce shushushushu books, a Berlin-based platform and bookstore dedicated to photography, photobooks, and image-based artist publications. Haishu will also share a selection of Chinese photobooks and image-based publishing practices.

The sharing will be followed by an open conversation between Zuya and Haishu, expanding on their experiences in photography, independent publishing, and cross-cultural exchange.

Thank you to Miss Read team for having zug press and for selecting us as a BIPOC Grant recipient. We truly appreciate all the support 💙

📔Miss Read: The Berlin Art Book Fair & Festival

🎫 Friday, June 26, 5–9 PM
Saturday, June 27, 12–7 PM
Sunday, June 28, 12–7 PM

📍silent green Kulturquartier, Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

𝘇𝘂𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 is an artist-led collective working across independent publishing, design, curation, and art direction, based between Brooklyn and Hong Kong.

𝗭𝘂𝘆𝗮 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴 is a publisher, curator, and lens-based artist based between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. She is the co-founder of zug press.

𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗵𝘂 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 is a Berlin-based platform focused on photography, image-based artist books, magazines, and publications, dedicated to promoting the exchange of photobooks between China, Germany, and Europe.

𝗛𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗵𝘂 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗻 is a photo-artist and photobook maker based in Berlin, and the founder of shushushushu books. by @zug.press

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Thank you to everyone who joined us at @plooooooot last night for 𝘇𝘂𝗴 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝟯: 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 & 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 🙌

It was such a pleasure to hear everyone share their bookmaking and publishing experiences across lands, languages, and limitations. Thank you 💙 Alice and @lin.nil.lin for making this happen with us. We love Plot田 and highly recommend it to anyone interested in creative approaches to art making and community building, and of course, for reading and collecting art books!

📖 Please come visit us and all the publishers and artists at @printedmatter_artbookfairs, May 7–10, and spend time with the books we shared and talked about.

𝘇𝘂𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 @zug.press
G7, 2nd floor of 950 S. Raymond Ave

𝟱𝟭 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗲 @51personaeproject
K6, 2nd floor of 908 S. Raymond Ave

𝗚𝘂𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗶 @guearigaleri
H5, Courtyards

𝗡𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 @notranslation.wav
I11, 2nd floor of 908 S. Raymond Ave

𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿 @squeezesour
H6, Courtyards

𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 紙漿合作社 @unpressedpatch
K10, 2nd floor of 908 S. Raymond Ave

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 @specialspecial
B6, 1st floor of 950 S. Raymond Ave

Thank you all for coming, and looking forward to seeing you at the fair :) taken in 870 at Art Center South Campus by @zug.press

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