People of Design Showcase Series – READ: BOOK?

ABOUT

READ examines the intimacy and relationships between human beings and books through a first-person experience of observations through the context of reading.

“What does it mean to read a book?” As physical books continue to matter less and less in our everyday, what are we losing? Are we less aware of things, textures and space? Do we become oblivious to light hues and tonalities? Are we unable to keep our hands in a fixed position for long periods of time, of which it is not tedium that defines the duration but the gentle interaction with a book’s physical materiality…

In today’s era of artificial intelligence, we find ourselves once again questioning our own humanity. Amidst this uncertainty, Atelier HOKO has chosen the book as both subject and context to explore and interrogate the intrinsic human behaviours associated with reading. It raises the discussion of how the humble book will continue to resist the digitisation of our reading experience, not out of nostalgia or resistance to change, but as a necessity to understand what reading truly means.

This showcase is developed from the 16th edition of Atelier HOKO’s research publication series “Science of the Secondary”, where the subject of “BOOK” is thoroughly interrogated through a sense-based process of inquiry.

READ is presented at the National Library Building in partnership with the National Library Board and is one in a ten-part People of Design Showcase Series presented across the Bras Basah.Bugis Design District.

ORGANISER

Atelier HOKO

Atelier HOKO (2002) is an independent research lab that focuses on the study of the growing disengagement between people, things and space. The atelier hopes to cultivate in people, an open-ness and ability to un-know, bringing about a heightened curiosity towards all phenomena by taking a fresh look at reality. Founded by Alvin Ho and Clara Koh.

CO-ORGANISER

Hans Tan Studio

Hans is a designer maker, curator, and educator based in Singapore, whose work explores creativity through “deformative inquiry,” making use of utility as a pretext for provoking discourse. His work, infused with narratives and collective memory, examines design and its industry.

CONTACT

Name: Atelier HOKO
Email Address: info@atelierhoko.com

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