Chando Ao: Warm Machine and Other Mirrorless Reflections

Year: 2024 Co-Publishers: YveYang and Divine Hammer Designed by: Studio Pianpian He and Max Harvey Size: 155 × 230 mm Pages: 308 First edition: 600 copies ISBN 979-8-89238-501-5   Description “Warm Machine and Other Mirrorless Reflections” is Chando Ao’s first monograph published and distributed internationally. The book is a proper representation of his mental state that he describes as a navigation between two extremes: “on the one hand, (he focuses on) his solo endeavors in paintings and drawings; on the other hand, he builds a complex and open system, which needs to be accomplished in conjunction with the external world, which includes robots, flora and fauna, software, food, machinery, exceptionally unique materials, and everyday consumer goods.” There is a dissonance between some of the (big) tech he wishes to use in his work and the concept sketches he makes that put these technologies up to use (in very playful ways). The book delves deeper through an interview featuring interw