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Date & Time: Friday, December 19, 2025 17:30-18:30 (Reception opens at 17:15)
\nVenue: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo \/ EVENT SPACE (1F \/ next to the museum shop)
\nAdmission: Free (a TABF admission ticket valid on the day of the event is required)<\/p>\n
Language: Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin) [Interpreter: Li Jia]<\/p>\n
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Speakers: Kaiqi Li (founder of betweenia project) \u00d7 Chen Yifei (editor of Prickly Paper, hand-puppeteer) \u00d7 Yo (artist) \u00d7 RA3 (PICNIC MEETING \/ \u91ce\u9910\u96c6\u6703)<\/p>\n
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Spacemaking\u2014whether conceptual or physical\u2014remains a thread that runs through all of our practices: from carving woodblocks to setting up booths, from curating obscure collections to running community spaces as immigrants.
\nInitiated by betweenia project\u2014a publishing and distribution platform based in Melbourne and active in the Sinophone world\u2014this panel brings together four friends who first met through Guangzhou\u2019s self-publishing community and are now dispersed across Melbourne, Berlin and Tokyo. We will reflect on both the inspirations and the struggles of carving out new spaces within and beyond the independent\/art publishing system, especially when crossing borders into different contexts.
\nHow have we each used the space of art books and fairs differently? What kinds of spaces or systems do we need next? And how can publishing continue to serve as a mode of connection\u2014making space locally in shifting contexts, while also sustaining liminal networks across borders that allow for persistent exchange and collective reimagining?<\/p>\n
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Event reservation: https:\/\/peatix.com\/event\/4637014\/view<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kaiqi Li Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/betweeniaproject\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chen Yifei Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tobidadan\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yo
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\n*As seating is limited, we recommend making a reservation in advance.
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\nKaiqi Li is the founder of betweenia project, an emerging publishing and distribution platform based in Melbourne while working across the Sinophone world. Trained in cultural studies, his background in inter-Asia critique shapes his practice in independent and art publishing, where he explores alternative forms of knowledge production beyond institutional and disciplinary boundaries.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tokyoartbookfair.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/portrait_Chen-Yifei-724x1024.jpg\")
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\nChen Yifei is a roaming hand-puppet storyteller, and one of the editors of \u523a\u7eb8 (Prickly Paper). Starting from zine-making as a DIY and self-organizing practice, his recent work traces the interconnected paths of activists across boundaries, exploring the forgotten history of solidarity.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tokyoartbookfair.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/portrait_Yo-826x1024.jpeg\")
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\nYo graduated from art universities in both China and Japan, and recently opened her own tattoo studio in Suginami, Tokyo. The space also offers selected goods and publications, and occasionally hosts events as a semi-open art space. Through books and activities, Yo hopes to share her cross-border experiences and connect with more friends.<\/p>\n
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