on things fugitive by Angelica Ong

on things fugitive《如朝露暮霭》「果敢無い物事」«sur les choses fugitives is a zine/artist book consisting of laser prints on vellum and newsprint. This is Angelica’s first series of zines and every copy in this edition of 100 was bound personally by hand. The images speak to Angelica’s fascination with time and its indexes (the traces/evidence of time’s passing), such as dust, snow, ice, and smoke. Layers of dust indicate the absence of presence, piling snow marks the change of the seasons, melting ice tracks the passing of time, and burning incense (which releases smoke) measures duration. This publication captures things that evade the naked eye, that are in constant flux, that stroke the human inclination to immortalise; it is a publication on things fugitive.