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A multi-disciplinary studio
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Urban
Assemblies
NARRATIVEFORMS’ FIRST OPEN CALL ZINE,
FEATURING 14 LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATORS.
A5 Sized Booklet, Digital Printing Technique
44 Pages, Full Colour Print
SADDLE Stitched by Hand with Cotton Thread ++ ASSEMBLED
Features an untrimmed book edge
Cover: 275gsm half cover and parchment sleeve.
Inner: 100gsm off white natural stock
The zine is divided into 5 primary segments, exploring different aspects of Urban Assemblies and its social infrastructures. Some comedic in nature, whilst other examples are prime examples of people built architecture that serves the community.
The various case uses showcases the importance of transient elements and ground up structures, occupying a crucial role in our urban environment.
Urban Assemblies aims to document and validate the ground up
structures littered around our highly policed urban infrastructures.
Going against the jurisdiction of the land, these subversive bricolage
reforms the experience of our monotonous outdoor public cadence.
Collecting the stories of individuals, documenting the anomalies
within their immediate surroundings, this zine displays photographs
and illustrations of the weird and wonderful bricolage morphologies.
The common threads of territorialisation and boundaries in our
cramped urban environment, is shown though this zine exploration.
The themes of guerilla defiance and the savviness ignites the
emergence of interesting assemblages, cutting against the grain of
social norms and enforced guidelines.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE COLLABORATORS OF
URBAN ASSEMBLIES.
Adam Yoon
Chen XingSheng
Chian Ying Xuan
D.
Danu Izra Mahendra
Darien Wu Junhan
Hisyam Hadi
Janelle Low Chia Yee
Jeremy Ng
José Enrique Montes Hernandez
Josephine Pun
Lim Lie Hao Jason
Matthew Goh XinZhi
Phoebe Natalie Fong
Other Images by Author, Shawn Lee.
Curated and Self Published by narrativeforms.