Kairanban #1

An omnibus publication from Keijiban, an art project and publisher dedicated to producing edition works in collaboration with artists.

The inaugural issue, Kairanban #1, features new works by Futoshi Miyagi, Yukihito Kono, Hirofumi Isoya, Kenji Ide, Chan Cho Kiu Bunchi, Yui Usui, and Sawako Tanizawa. Limited to 300 copies, each edition is hand-stamped and numbered by the contributing artists.

A “kairanban” is a folder that circulates from one household to another within a neighbourhood, sharing useful information and local news. In using the same circulatory and communal pattern, Kairanban brings together the recent works of a series of Japan-based artists, each passing the baton onto a self-chosen neighbor. Kairanban intends to present a cartography of the Japanese art scene across several issues. A map conceived following an interplay of elective affinities rather than geographical, institutional, generational or other logics. A map drawn by the artists themselves.”— from the publisher's statement

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Title: Kairanban #1
Artists: Futoshi Miyagi, Yukihito Kono, Hirofumi Isoya, Kenji Ide, Chan Cho Kiu Bunchi, Yui Usui, Sawako Tanizawa
Editor: Hikotaro Kanehira & Olivier Mignon
Design: Toshimasa Kimura
Publisher: Keijiban, 2024
Format: 26 loose-leaf prints in a paper folder
Size: 303 × 220 mm
Language: Japanese / English
Edition: Limited edition of 300 copies + 50 APs, hand-stamped and numbered
Price: ¥4,800