Ch'An Press ~ Washington D.C.
(Irene Chan)

Asian American ? Project
By Irene Chan
Washington, DC: Ch'An Press, 2007. Open Edition.

3.5 x 2"; 35 loose and unnumbered cards, much like business cards. Print media on paper. Housed in a red, white, and blue paper case with slip-in envelope closure.

Irene Chan: "Business cards with text that respond to comments and questions that strangers ask Asian Americans. Every week since age 12, I am asked one to ten of the same questions. Since these questions and comments are common to other Asian Americans as well, I created a set of business cards to flash or hand out for the appropriate moment."
$45

The Book of the World
By Irene Chan
Washington DC: Ch'An Press, 2000. Edition of 100.

1 x 1 x 1"; 8 pages. Miniature accordion book, with text from Dalton's
Atomic Theory, 1808, and images from the Science Museum Photo Library,
London, England. Housed in a transparent lidded magnifier box.

Irene Chan: "In his 1808 Atomic Theory, the English scientist John Dalton
described the world as composed of molecules and atoms much like a book is
composed of letters and words. The text is on silver paper and the images
are on transparent paper in magnifier boxes. This is a series of 100
miniature books with images of Dalton's elastic fluids drawings that look
like the eye."
$55