Waterfall stockist - Ti Pi Tin Ti Pi Tin店裡以藝術創作相關與攝影為大宗,在Kat眼中每一本都是獨一無二的藝術作品,也所以她會採取親自與藝術家聯繫、溝通進書事項,時不時也會在店裡舉辦新書發行等活動聚會。關於經營一間獨立書店,Kat自承最初對一切一無所知,但她認為這也是個優勢,「因為我完全不知道開書店是怎麼一回事,所以也不知道要如何害怕,就讓自己放手去做就對了。」
independent magazine series | Introduction by YC Chen 雜誌出版是一項最古老的行業,卻也是最能夠隨著世代發展而不斷演化的專業。它是時代性的產物,反射當前環境運作的心理狀態:從外在條件來看,爆炸性的傳播發展方式排擠了紙類刊物的壽命,閱聽眾再也擠不出更多的紙上閱讀時間,但期刊類的出版品或許因為更新速度不如電子媒體,遂再也不必背負傳遞第一手消息的職責,轉而走向「什麼樣的內容更適合或更應該出現在雜誌裡」這類的思考。
independent magazine series | The Plant Journal by YC Chen The Plant Journal: We want people to enjoy reading it and not just open it, look at the photos and leave it on a shelve. It is definitely a lifestyle magazine. I see the same group of people that buy our magazine are also people who are interested in culture and are curious about what new stuff is going on, while never forgetting about old style habits and lifestyle.
independent magazine series | Correspondencia by YC Chen Correspondencia是一本充滿私人化生活態度的雜誌,來自於創辦者Juan Ignacio Moralejo。這本雜誌來自於阿根廷,只能在為數不多的各國獨立書店裡找到它的蹤跡,它並不特別強調個人主義,沒有人物專訪、也不將重點放在創作者的個人功勳之上。首期雜誌收錄了藝術家Wolfgang Tillmans和Mark Borthwick的影像。Moralejo曾在雜誌創刊號發行之初,表示自己非常仰慕Tillmans,直言這些藝術家在九〇年代改變了他理解雜誌和攝影的方式。
independent magazine series | The White Review by YC Chen 這本視覺乾淨極簡的雜誌則是本文字份量很扎實的刊物,幾乎像是一本書一樣,他們以提倡「好新聞(Good Journalism)」為職志,在當代藝術、文學的領域上提供了優美又深度的文章,有趣的是在目錄頁,每一篇文章的背後還有小括號註明這是哪一類別,A代表藝術(art),F代表小說(fiction),P代表詩(poetry)等。網站上的內容和平面不同;如同刊名的靈感來自上上一個世紀的巴黎老雜誌La Revue Blanche,The White Review可說是一本帶著經典風味的嶄新後起之秀。
independent magazine series | Kilimanjaro by YC Chen Image has always been of the utmost importance to me. I think, often, in art, that people are afraid to admit to an interest in beauty – beauty has always been an important part of Kilimanjaro, and I like to allow the images to speak for themselves. The approach with using a newsprint-style format for the text is sort of the same, but inverted...
independent magazine series | Art Book Fairs Watching by Shauba Chang 2010年四月我收到一封email,來自荷蘭的策展人Yannick說他將於十一月的巴黎舉辦首次的攝影藝術書展Offprint Paris,號稱會以攝影書類作為主力,希望可以邀請到瀑布參加。當時我人還在倫敦,如果選搭歐洲之星,巴黎與倫敦只是兩小時之遙,連絡在巴黎的朋友確定住宿也沒有困難後,我回信說好。
independent magazine series | Milliennium Magazines at MoMA by YC Chen 身為三人藝術組織General Idea的成員,獨立藝術出版先驅、藝術家AA Bronson曾引述著名媒介學者麥克魯漢的話:「當一個媒介死去,它就成為一種藝術型式(When a medium dies, it becomes an art form)。」