{"product_id":"play-white","title":"Play–White","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e☼\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.biancabaldi.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBianca Baldi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesigner: Wolfgang Hückel \u0026amp; Katharina Tauer with K Verlag\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePublisher: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kverlag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eK Verlag\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e140 x 210 x 13 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 152pp\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethread-sewn, debossing and image embossing, iridescent dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePrinted in: Lithuania\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe racist term \"play-white\" comes from the apartheid era, when it connoted a black or \"mixed race\" person who lived as a white person: “So and so is a play-white.” South African artist Bianca Baldi draws from studies of biomimicry and her own family history, as well as literary precedents — such as Nella Larsen’s novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePassing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1929) — to reflect on racial passing and the instability of racial identities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlay-White\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealternates between layers of visualization and moments of discretion in order to explore questions of presence and evasion beyond their representation in black and white.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bianca Baldi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59237919916113,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/6107\/8353\/files\/DSC01992.jpg?v=1774429287","url":"https:\/\/thingbooks.co\/products\/play-white","provider":"Thing Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}