InOtherWords - Yung Lean: 256GB

256GB is Yung Lean’s first book, tracing the artist’s evolution and continual reinvention.  Yung Lean has generated a mass following as a cult icon. Poised between influence and infamy, his outsider status emerged from the internet-based culture of the early 2010s, characterized by its vaporwave aesthetic of nostalgia, surrealism and melancholia.  Fusing sincere introspection with humour, his practice continues to resonate with audiences around the world. Collating 574 images shot across iPhone’s 6, 8, X & SE, the book exemplifies Yung Lean’s autonomous artistic production. Intimate, extemporary images stored in a personal photo library are reformulated into a classical book form.  The book’s material construction draws upon the 500-year-old tradition of bible-making at Legatoria Industriale Artigianale’s premises in Cava de’ Tirreni. Red hot-foil typography graces a melanged green substrate. The spine paired with a red silk ribbon furthers the book’s aesthetic resonance.  Each cop