NEWSONG PUBLISHING
Hello my name is Shoko Hachiya. I have been making an international art journal called "NEWSONG" since 2021. I made the 4th issue this year with 24 contributors under the theme "somehow." The idea is to make a physical book that displays the works by the people who inspire me artistically and intellectually and share it with wider audience. I am a bilingual of Japanese and English so all the text works are presented with 2 languages. This idea was born after having worked as a journalist, practiced art over a decade and also chronically missed creative talented friends outside of Japan. This journal isn't dedicated to a single genre so participants are musicians, writers, poets, painters, photographers etc.
Also, I made my own art book "what was I doing?" which displays the art works I made between 2009-2023. I make this one available through this campaign as well.
Both books are 2000yen. You can choose to support 1 of the books or both. I will mail you the printed copy in August. NEWSONG is 240 pages, full-colour, size A5. "what was I doing?" is 160 pages, full-color, size A5.
If you contribute to this campaign you will help me to cover the cost of printing and international shipping as well as spreading and sharing the works of the artists I feature.
Participants of NEWSONG 4th issue: Shoko Hachiya/ Positioner/ Emma & Marc Merza/ Telesonic 9000/ The Color Fortynine/ Seth Combs/ Jason Noble/ Miles Woodruff/ Amanda Moy/ Fenner Merlick/ Keiko Takahashi/ Kunihiro Suzuki/ Sarah Jane Lambert/ Rebekka Deubner/ Kyoko Yamamoto/ Robert Khasho/ Naoto Hosaka/ Matt Volpe/ Marina Lisa Komiya/ Andhika Faisal/ Koohan Paik-Mander/ Eriko Minayoshi/ Norihiko Yamakita