àn: A Summer of Annamese Craftsmen and French Colonial Administrative Clerk H.J. Oger / [汗頁]——安南手藝人和法屬參辦奧格的同一個夏天

One hundred years ago, Henri J. Oger, a low-ranking colonial administrative clerk in French Indochina, initiated and produced a collection of woodcuts in what is now Vietnam that observed and documented the lives of local workers. A century later, we have encountered this pioneering self-publishing volume, while Oger's passion and the energy of the painters, carvers, and printers of Annam have almost faded into history. Echoing the originals, we created this book through collective reading and a method of "interventionist remastering." Adhering to the principle of making semi-handmade books in small batches, this production appropriates and transforms a large number of ready-made objects and existing papers. The name of the book "àn" is meant to express the specific "physical sense" that allows us to resonate with the hearts and minds of the people who made the book one hundred years ago. 100年前法属印度支那低等文官Henri J. Oger在当时的越南发起和制作了一套观察和记录当地劳动者生活劳作场景的木刻画集。100年后的我们邂逅了这套堪称自出版先驱的画册，在Oger的热情