THE LOOSE SCHOOL OF KUNG-FU by Arthur Yu
How can we be loose?
This large-format risograph-printed publication is one attempt at answer, by way of leaping to and fro from the physics of Chinese Martial Arts, and the physics of how we encounter it’s images.
Three dozen oil-pastel drawings and three dozen sentences becomes a series of loose associations, trailing from the smoking habits of the storied actor-choreographer Sammo Hung, to the optical illusions of fishnet stockings, and a slice of Roots Manuva’s carrot cake.
Drawing from the golden age and not-so-golden age of Kung-fu cinema, instructional DVDs, provincial news, the Tufnell Park Shao-lin temple, and more than one bottle of pain-relief oil, the real question might be: “Is it worth it to be loose?”
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Title
The Loose School of Kung-Fu
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Author / Editor
Arthur Yu
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Publisher
Self-published
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Dimensions
280 x 400mm
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Year
2025
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