{"title":"Susie Zhu （煦 \/ 9）","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9, 煦 or Susie Zhu is a practitioner of fragility and a multi-hyphenated multi-media artist-poet who works with language, sound, rematerialized technology, time, obscurity, printed and ephemeral matters in many forms, including but not limited to installation, performance and poetry in its utmost counter-disambiguation. Born in China and raised by the internet, she currently works nomadically around the world and mostly between LA and Tokyo. She received her dual Bachelor degrees at Brown University (BA Literary Arts Hons.) and RISD (BFA Printmaking Hons.) and dual MFA degrees in Creative Writing and Art+Technology with the concentration in Integrated Media at California Institute of the Arts as a Truman Capote Literary Fellowship Award recipient. She runs butter*rabbit *press and is the author of 9 books of poetry\/artist’s books. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English \u0026amp; Literary Arts at the University of Denver.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebutter*rabbit*press is an enigmatic press potentially ran by 9 (煦) or no one. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"初潮","title":"煦 (Susie Zhu): 初潮 The First Tide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eYear: 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by: butter*rabbit*press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 201\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding: Sewn Bound\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted Edition Size: 200 Stock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe First Tide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a shimmering spiral of language, or a confused collection of bilingual (English\/Chinese) experimental writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book was typeset and designed by 煦 (Susie Zhu) under an Aquarius full moon at the end of August 2021 in Beijing, China—to where she escaped for a 10-month-healing and her first reincarnation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eis an extremely timid and intimate book. Yet it daringly attempts at assimilating obscure contemplations and traumatic emotions in a liminal literary space between genres: it is not a neat compilation of prose and poems in two languages, but a poetic organism consists of prose, poem, [pseudo-]manifesto, translation or [un]translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is an introspective (sometimes hallucinatory) study and record of time, of the process of lost and found or death and rebirth; a delicate, dreamlike flow of consciousness ruminating over this endless quest, rather than the cause or the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The First Tide”, taken from the direct translation of 初潮 (Chu-Chao), the euphemism of menarche in Chinese, is a phrase seldom voiced, a phrase so oddly beautiful and evocative. is a poetic iteration of this undergoing of maturation, bleeding, and growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e煦 (Susie Zhu) is a multi-hyphenated poet-artist from China, based in Providence, RI, USA; most profoundly confused by everything including her own works, which confuse genres. She consider “book-making” as her main expressive medium, in which “book” refers to its most extensive, abstract and even obscure signification, including but not limited to: text, self-publication, artist’s book, sound\/music composition, printmaking, multimedia installation, performance and video. Her “books” are encapsulated timespace for meditative and contemplative experiences, where she explores the alternatives for perception and expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe sees her artworks as poems and her poems exosomatic organs or flooded rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt seems that 煦’s works are always enwrapped in a poetic air of quiet pensiveness, yet the audience find themselves catching a glimpse of some greater matters in their subtle breathing and trembling. 煦 sits down tenderly and thoughtfully in her works, ruminates, embraces all forms of confusion toward rigidity and “reality” and preserves them like how a dreamer records their dream. She lets her contemplations on time, being and many other obscure motifs into her “rites” (works) and have them dance mesmerizingly to the musicality of her works, spiritual but not religious. People are invited to pass by them, enter them, dream of them, forget or renounce their contour the way one who walks into the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AccentSisters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41059414376500,"sku":null,"price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/3395\/5892\/products\/5EDCDCDC-3E64-40C3-810A-615798E973D0.jpg?v=1737580539"},{"product_id":"amphi-by-susie-zhu","title":"煦 (Susie Zhu): Amphitheater","description":"\u003cp\u003eYear: 2023-03\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAtmosphere Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 74\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: ‎9781639887989\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can lie down and dream of another time in Amphitheater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is it like to be trapped (or emancipated) between the mirrors of text?\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when a girl\/a reader\/a writing enters a theater space hidden in a book operated by the generative mechanism of a Fibonacci sequence, consistently unraveling and escaping their comprehension?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDive into the quicksand of this hybrid prose-poem—an experimental attempt at embodying dramatic stasis and bedazzlement of undulating imagery within a narrow poetic space that challenges the capacity of language and questions the rigidity of narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 煦’s Amphitheater, we find ourselves both in the center of the stage and below. Swept into the elliptical motion of the language, we explore this dreamlike landscape of meditation and contemplation on time, identity, and many more obscure matters without being unsettled by getting lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe light’s out. It is time to close our eyes and start seeing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e煦 (Susie Zhu) is a multi-hyphenated poet-artist from China, based in Providence, RI, USA; most profoundly confused by everything including her own works, which confuse genres. She consider “book-making” as her main expressive medium, in which “book” refers to its most extensive, abstract and even obscure signification, including but not limited to: text, self-publication, artist’s book, sound\/music composition, printmaking, multimedia installation, performance and video. Her “books” are encapsulated timespace for meditative and contemplative experiences, where she explores the alternatives for perception and expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe sees her artworks as poems and her poems exosomatic organs or flooded rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt seems that 煦’s works are always enwrapped in a poetic air of quiet pensiveness, yet the audience find themselves catching a glimpse of some greater matters in their subtle breathing and trembling. 煦 sits down tenderly and thoughtfully in her works, ruminates, embraces all forms of confusion toward rigidity and “reality” and preserves them like how a dreamer records their dream. She lets her contemplations on time, being and many other obscure motifs into her “rites” (works) and have them dance mesmerizingly to the musicality of her works, spiritual but not religious. People are invited to pass by them, enter them, dream of them, forget or renounce their contour the way one who walks into the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AccentSisters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45811379732532,"sku":"","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/3395\/5892\/files\/Zhu-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?v=1737604401"},{"product_id":"shadow-by-susie-zhu","title":"on (being) shadow-, 煦 (Susie Zhu)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e出版年\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e: 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e出版\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e: Butter*Rabbit*Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e页数\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e: 100\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e简介\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e《\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eon (being) shadow-\u003c\/span\u003e》是煦的又一次跨体裁写作尝试，也是一本手工装订的艺术家书。书以散文和诗歌为主体，又埋有一条若隐若现的类元小说叙事线。装帧设计也呼应文本，在透明光泽与灰度时而相互模糊时而分割的层层书体间，大胆\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e寄生\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e了一本明显异质的它者。这个柔软且暴力的白色小小入侵者可以被取出，作为一本诗集独立存在。\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e在书中自称作者的男人\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e是一位\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e影\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e学家\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e” \u003c\/span\u003e，在前两年察觉到一种\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e如同影子般多变，永远次从与他者，自无实体却无处不在且不可或缺的状态\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e并以\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e影\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e- (shadow-)”\u003c\/span\u003e为其命名后，他陆续建立了\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e影\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e研究小组\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e，以散文，笔记，图谱等形式记录了关于\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e影\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e-”\u003c\/span\u003e的种种假说与论述。这些内容后日被\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e整理成书，定题《\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eon (being) shadow- \u003c\/span\u003e》\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e 。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e然而一切都从在黄油兔出版社撞见那本被错置的\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e特别的诗集\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e时真正开始\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e——\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e正是这从形式到内容都略显的古怪诗歌小册让他确信了自己假象的研究对象之存在。\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e于是在他著作出版前的最后成稿中冒着被谴责学术盗用的风险追加了那似乎除他所持的一本再无他版的小册子内收录的全部的诗。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e《\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eon (being) shadow- \u003c\/span\u003e》是男人\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI \u003c\/span\u003e的非正经学术著书，也是煦的严肃实验作品；那些\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e I \u003c\/span\u003e找到并命名\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e影\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e诗\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e (shadow-poems)”\u003c\/span\u003e的诗，是\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e影\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e-”\u003c\/span\u003e写的诗，也是煦写的诗；在这里，书内书外的真实与时间弯折相互矛盾又自洽\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e——\u003c\/span\u003e它是一本笼罩在影似的朦朦胧非黑非白之中的不确定的书，也是恰好是一本关于活在这种不确定性中，游离流动的模糊之中的书，关于作为\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e影\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e-”\u003c\/span\u003e感知存在的书。\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e你阅读这本书，也像走进困意一样走进浑浊的意识，但感官愈发清晰。你感到自己也可以是\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e影\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e-”\u003c\/span\u003e，随日月的转移升入云间，在水雾与寒冷的致盲中，曾经占据你的偌大现实世界坍缩成可以从任何一个句号中漏出的奇点。\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e我们（\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e影\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e-”\u003c\/span\u003e的第一人称永远是复数的）试问：如何作为\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e影\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e-”\u003c\/span\u003e存在，拥抱存在？如何用被动的梦想统治真实？\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e关于作者\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e煦（\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSusie Zhu\u003c\/span\u003e），尝试用任何物质写诗的跨媒介艺术家\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e诗人，暂居美国罗德岛。她通过做最反消歧义的，广义上的\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e书\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e”——\u003c\/span\u003e包括但不限于艺术家书，装置，行为，影像，声音等\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e——\u003c\/span\u003e搭建供人沉思与疗愈的朦胧空间。她思考当代人们如何重新信仰，如何提问而不回答，如何拥抱精神性与感性，寻找言说，交流与感知的另一种可能。\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e月籍，持续高烧的流浪者。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e煦是\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e9\u003c\/span\u003e本艺术家书和\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e5\u003c\/span\u003e本自出版物的作者，\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e2022\u003c\/span\u003e年重音国际诗歌奖新声音奖首奖，\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e2020\u003c\/span\u003e及\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e2023\u003c\/span\u003e年\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFrances Mason Harris’26 Prize for creative book-length manuscripts\u003c\/span\u003e的获奖者，\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e2023\u003c\/span\u003e年\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eKim Ann Arstark Memorial Reward\u003c\/span\u003e的获奖者，文学艺术期刊\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eClerestory Journal of the Arts\u003c\/span\u003e的主编以及\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ebutter*rabbit*press(\u003c\/span\u003e黄油兔独立出版\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e的主理人。\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp 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