{"product_id":"artists-book-ground-sea-地浪","title":"Artist's Book Ground Sea 地浪","description":"\u003cp\u003eKanthy Peng’s debut artist book, Ground Sea,\u003cbr\u003eweaves a visual narrative exploring depres-\u003cbr\u003esion, memory, and loss through 73 photo-\u003cbr\u003egraphs.\u003cbr\u003eIn Ground Sea, Peng re-orchestrates photo-\u003cbr\u003egraphs spanning over a decade and multiple\u003cbr\u003eprojects into a new diptych-structured work.\u003cbr\u003eThe first part, Sunset Watchers, unfolds\u003cbr\u003ethrough black-and-white portraits of three\u003cbr\u003ewomen reenacting a phantom folktale fol-\u003cbr\u003elowing the 1896 tsunami in Japan—images\u003cbr\u003ethat also allude to the anxious premonition\u003cbr\u003eof those living with depression. Interspersed\u003cbr\u003ecolored photographs recall Peng’s bodily\u003cbr\u003ememory of being bedridden due to illness.\u003cbr\u003eThe second part, Kuāfù Chases The Sun, car-\u003cbr\u003eries stills from two video works about Peng’s\u003cbr\u003efather, who retired from the People’s Liber-\u003cbr\u003eation Army ten years after his daughter left\u003cbr\u003ehome. In these images, his body is constantly\u003cbr\u003epropelled forward by the cogs of a system,\u003cbr\u003ebreaking the stagnation of the first part, only\u003cbr\u003eto fall into nothingness ultimately.\u003cbr\u003ePeng likens the depressed body to a recep-\u003cbr\u003etor and amplifier of signals from the future,\u003cbr\u003emuch like the camera she holds in her hands.\u003cbr\u003eIn the tension between stillness and motion,\u003cbr\u003ewaiting and chasing, the book poses a ques-\u003cbr\u003etion: Are those paralyzed by the impending\u003cbr\u003ecatastrophe in need of treatment, or is it the\u003cbr\u003esociety—numbed by its relentless pursuit of\u003cbr\u003eprogress—that requires awakening?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"井井三一繪本書屋 Júbilo 31 Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54523391967554,"sku":"9798989017041","price":285.0,"currency_code":"MOP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/7113\/0690\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-09at6.23.53PM.png?v=1781000650","url":"https:\/\/jubilo31books.com\/products\/artists-book-ground-sea-%e5%9c%b0%e6%b5%aa","provider":"井井三一繪本書屋 Júbilo 31 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}