EPISODE 11: BOOK OF LIFE

2027Text: Kurando Furuya, Hitoshi Odajima, Tomoki Kurokawa

2027 - Book of Life
Illustration: Tomoki Kurokawa

I started my book collection when I was 15. My old nickname was “creaker”.
No matter how much I collect, I don’t feel right. It is miles away from perfection. Information, pictures, drawings and graphics which were deleted from the internet now survive only on those printings.

Look at the texture of the printings. monitors tuck everything in a flat surface, but books have a rough texture and smell. Blinding bright printing and aged degradation are also beautiful.

Well, let me show my collection.

Text: Kurando Furuya, Hitoshi Odajima, Tomoki Kurokawa
Translation: Yurie Hatano
Photos: Kurando Furuya, Hitoshi Odajima, Tomoki Kurokawa

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