Shanzhai Lyric: Endless Garment

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Author: Lyric, ShanzaiDrawn from a decade-long archival project by the artist collective Shanzhai Lyric, this book revels in and reveals the readymade lyricism of fast fashion, tra nsforming the language of T-shirts into poetry. Transcribing hundreds of mass-produced garments manufactured in China and circulating around the world, 'Endless Garment' stitches together the many aphorisms, mistranslations, marketing slogans and textual fragments that adorn garments into a single unfolding poem.'Shanzhai' is the Chinese word for counterfeit or copy. The term, literally meaning “mountain hamlet,” derives from a Song Dynasty tale about rebel bandits who stockpile goods stolen from the imperial centre to share with people on its margins, finding new ways to relate to property, authorship and each other. ISBN 9781945711244. Pioneer Works Press. pb. 152 pages. 17.8 x 12.7 cm.available Show more