Each bookstore will act as a concierge, recommending "the book you should read now" to FASHION HEADLINE readers. Every Thursday, each branch of the art bookstore "NADiff" will introduce a book they recommend. This time, we will be introducing the book they recommend, located at the flagship store in Ebisu, Tokyo, NADiff Apartment (1-18-4 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 1st floor, NADiff A/P/A/R/T).
■ "Tempura: Annotating a Previously Published Diary into the Present" by Niwa Yoshinori
Artist Niwa Yoshinori creates works that intervene in society and history through actions centered around impossibility and exchange, set in public spaces and political venues both in Japan and abroad. His latest book, "Tempura: Annotating Past Diaries with Present Annotations," aims to dismantle a self-revisionist past by retroactively inserting new interpretations and intentionally incorrect annotations into the approximately 500 days of diary entries he published sporadically on his internet blog between 2008 and January 1, 2014, in the summer of 2015. By eliminating the authenticity and credibility of the diaries themselves, the author aims to dismantle a self-revisionist past. The reader is drawn into the fluctuations in Niwa's own thinking that occur between the past when the diaries were written and the present when he looks back on them. "Why tempura?" The answer lies in the colophon. This book was also published at the same time as "The Historical History of Communism," and Niwa Yoshinori's solo exhibition, "Declaration of Crime through Interpretation," is currently being held at NADiff Gallery.
【Book Information】
"Tempura: Annotating Previously Published Diaries into the Present"
Author: Niwa Yoshinori
Publisher: UMISHIBAURA
Language: Japanese
Codex binding / Two-color printing / 324 pages / 125mm x 210mm
Published: 2015
Price: 2,200 yen
【Exhibition Information】
"Niwa Yoshinori Solo Exhibition: 'A Crime Statement Through Interpretation'"
Venue: NADiff Gallery
Address: NADiff A/P/A/R/T B1F, 1-18-4 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Dates: September 18th - November 1st
Hours: 12:00 - 20:00
Closed: Mondays (or the following Tuesday if Monday is a public holiday)
Admission: Free
