Concept of 'Deserted Buildings'

In general, we tend to look at the images and read words from the Manga. The book has been viewed only pictures and words, not the layout which a manga artist is considered and arranged, besides the narrative.

There are twenty three Mangas or Japanese cartoons in this show with a broad range of subjects: fantasy, horror, romance, sports, historical drama, business, science fiction, etc. The pictures of each Manga have been removed, making the book look like deserted buildings in both the appearance and the absence of characters. The layout of each manga is distinctive. The layout of action genre seems to be more dynamic, using frames with jagged edges. On the other hand, the business genre is using the grid of regular rectangular frames.

Since the work is displayed at the outer wall of the gallery, viewer can inspected the piece all the time beside the gallery hours. The risk of the work is being stolen, damaged or vandalized is part of the procedure. Some viewers flip through the work gently, while some viewers are more aggressive with the book. At the end of the exhibition, most books are damaged after one month of being display in the public.

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