The Emperor of Gladness - Ocean Vuong 176 x 110mm

176 x 110mm

explores its role as a literary device for the likes of Joan Didion

A scarce piece of ephemera that illustrates the dynamic platform given to artist books in London during the 1980s

and restates Saborami as a central example of artistic engagement in material and revolutionary resistance

ORCHID sprung from a personal project during which photographer Ottilie Landmark met the zine’s muse

The Emperor of Gladness - Ocean Vuong 176 x 110mmOne summer evening in the town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen year old Hai stands on a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life altering bond. The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which our lives are changed by the most unexpected of people. When Hai takes a job at a