{"product_id":"undercurrent","title":"Undercurrent 惊涛骇浪","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUNDERCURRENTS 惊涛骇浪\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot all turbulence announces itself on the surface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUNDERCURRENTS 惊涛骇浪\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a photographic project by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zhumoooo\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZhu Mo 朱墨\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, developed over nine years between 2014 and 2023. Driving aimlessly along China's national highways, Zhu photographs the country's changing landscapes and the quiet fragments of life encountered along the way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe photobook brings together roadside encounters, small towns, dwindling northern cities, abandoned forestry farms, rural life, and fleeting moments observed along the road. Through these seemingly ordinary scenes, a larger picture emerges of a country undergoing profound economic, environmental, and social change, currents of transformation moving beneath a seemingly calm surface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe photobook translates this extended journey into an unconventional reading experience. Across nearly 400 pages, rough-cut edges and bright-blue pagination establish a continuous sense of time and movement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than 60 colour photographs appear as loose sheets of coated paper, individually hand-collated into the book. Removable and rearrangeable, these images allow the sequence to shift with each reading, echoing the unpredictability of landscapes encountered along the road.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith no captions or explanatory texts beyond a single opening epigraph, each photograph is left to speak for itself. Readers are invited to linger, make connections, and discover meaning without a prescribed narrative.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough its considered design and open-ended structure, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUNDERCURRENTS 惊涛骇浪\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e becomes more than a record of a changing landscape. It is an exploration of time, observation, and the forces that remain largely unseen, a reminder that the most profound transformations often happen beneath the surface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUndercurrent 惊涛骇浪\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e has been officially shortlisted in the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotoBook of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e category at the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2026 Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, recognising its contribution to contemporary photobook publishing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook concept \u0026amp; design: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sunxiaoxi_xiaoxisun\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@sunxiaoxi_xiaoxisun\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/supermodified_\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@supermodified_\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English \u0026amp; Chinese \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Softcover | 390 pages\u003cbr\u003eDimension: 210 x 270mm | 1550g\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: First Edition | 2026\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-988-71352-6-5\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"DULIMBAI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50674311332002,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/8521\/files\/Undercurrent.png?v=1792652090","url":"https:\/\/zontiga.com\/products\/undercurrent","provider":"Zontiga","version":"1.0","type":"link"}