Why I Publish

• book
• 2020
• digital offset print, sewn in sections with exposed spine
• 125 x 200 mm, 672 pp

Commissioned for an exhibition about independent publishing, Why I Publish consists of two parts: a mural that looks like a book cover, and a book that reproduces the mural in actual size. By asking some unanswered question, this work suggests how we understand the form and content of the book, while exploring fundamental impulses behind our act of publishing.

• ISBN 978-89-93061-49-9 93600
• Text in English and Korean
• Edition: 3
• 1,000,000 won

• Project type:
• publication

• Authors:
• Sulki and Min

• Typefaces:
• custom letterform
• Jibaek
• MT Grotesque

• Paper:
• smooth uncoated paper

• Printer:
• Iiden Printing

• Commissioners:
• Art Sonje Center
• Lim Kyung Yong
• Mediabus
• Specter Press

• Exhibitions:
• BAAA: Books As Art As (OKNP, Busan, 2023)
• Publishing as Method (Art Sonje Center, Seoul, 2020)