208 x 298mm, 64 pages, full colour printing, folded but unbound, softcover, comes in a velum sleeve with drawn front, edition of 100, 2023

Realfasctan is a collaborative artist book by Yuri Iwamoto and Misa Asanuma. We attempt to follow those ‘likes’ that tend to drift away in the social media and news we see daily. Various topics surfaced in the repetition of life during our month-long residency in Toyama Prefecture. Why is it good? Which parts are good? Using each other’s tools (glass, snapshots, drawings, etc.), we tried to identify the touch of “like” as precisely as possible. A simple presence of a tree, colors, a vivid performance behind the screen, a firefly squid, an unconscious sculpture or mural seen on a journey, a kitchen, or a cup. Sometimes running side by side, sometimes throwing passes at each other, we relentlessly followed these sensations of comfort, curiosity, and awe. These ‘likes’ take shape with an imperfect reproduction rate of about 60%, with corners being skimmed off in the material’s limitations and the conversation’s flow. This book is a visual sketchbook of our mental images and sensations, including those uncontrollable spaces.

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