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“Book as Space, Book as Time” (Edition 1)

 “Book as Space, Book as Time” (Edition 1)  was presented by 00123 from 23–25 January 2026 at Else, Kuala Lumpur. Bringing together a curated selection of art books across architecture, design, photography, and artist-led practices, the exhibition explored how space, time, and perception unfold through the act of reading, echoing Ulises Carrión’s assertion that “a book is a sequence of spaces… a book is also a sequence of moments” (1975).

Edition 1 focused on the structural conditions of reading, examining how the book operates as a system that shapes and directs the act of reading.

During the exhibition, the tables formed a reading path, labeled in progression as 0–0–1–2–3, drawing from Ulises Carrión’s understanding of the book as a sequential experience.

 0–0
0–0 focuses on practices that treat the book as a medium in itself, beginning from the book’s structure. It gathers artist books from different periods, shaped by sequence, structure, and time. Through pages, rhythm, and repetition, these works quietly set the conditions for reading to take place.
从结构出发，以书籍内部的空间作为切入点，关注书籍最本质的构成——概念与编排。围绕不同时期的艺术家书籍，页面的布局、顺序与留白共同构成书籍的空间结构，并由此生成最初的 Figure：一种由结构生成、在时间展开之前存在的初始形态。在这一层面上，书被视为一种兼具物质性与时间性的媒介，其结构本身为阅读的发生设定了条件。

1–2–3
1–2–3 unfolds through time as a medium, moving from structure toward experimental and cross-disciplinary practices. Here, the book is understood not only as a physical object, but as a medium through which meaning continues to evolve and be reinterpreted, as relationships and significance gradually emerge across different contexts.
以时间为媒介展开，从结构走向实验与跨学科实践。书在此成为方法与媒介交汇的场所。随着时间进入书中，最初的 Figure 在不同语境中不断被复制与转化，生成多维而复杂的 Figures。意义保持开放，在非线性的流动与反复阅读中不断延展。


The exhibition opened an ongoing exploration of the book as a medium, looking beyond its material form to examine how books are structured, inhabited, and revisited through time, inviting further inquiry into their role across different contexts and modes of engagement.


Exhibition Pdf