Nostalgia...Dejavu

Zine

《Nostalgia...Dejavu》

Printed and made in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
with the Old Toko Japan offset printing machine
First Edition : 54 copies（Two covers）
A copy of 28 pages in black and blue colours

「那些日子裏天氣是變幻無常的，卻又是有趣之處。然後，我們只能臣服於自然力量，順其而行，從中獲得啟示。
坐上友人的摩托車，四周風景映入眼簾、陽光、瑣碎的聲響、身旁移動的汽車、矮房子、異國文字的招牌、人們的背影和臉龐，彷似一切的一切都在做夢。我很少做夢，最真實的夢境也是在真實中感受到。回想起柏林的結構性與整潔，日惹的魅力便是處於硬幣的另一面，將這枚硬幣拋高向光處正是朝向它，永遠的太陽，日照良好。」

The weather in those days was capricious, yet that was precisely what made it interesting. We could only surrender to the power of nature, go with its flow, and find insight within it.
Riding on a friend’s motorcycle, the scenery unfolded around me—the sunlight, the scattered noises, passing cars, low houses, signboards with foreign scripts, the faces and backs of people—all of it felt like a dream. I rarely dream, yet the most vivid dreams are those I experience in waking life. Thinking back on Berlin’s structured order, Yogyakarta’s charm lies on the other side of that same coin; to toss this coin into the light is to turn toward the sun—the eternal one, shining bright and generous.

The first complete zine - from writing, photography, design, layout, to printing - was all done in Indonesia. One day , while sorting through things for my move, a friend asked me where I want to base myself. I couldn't give a definite answer. It feels as if home is far away, yet at the same time, anywhere could be a place of belonging as long as there's a sense of home. Dogs mark their territory by urinating in the wild; at this moment, I feel that my act of creation is also a kind of marking - a graffiti that inscribes the fleeting pulse of life.

Very Special thanks : Kanosena, Abi & my dear friends in Jogja