{"product_id":"walking-in-place-3-tokyo-mike-slack","title":"WALKING IN PLACE 3: TOKYO Mike Slack","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned copy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-description textNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"textBookTitle\"\u003eWALKING IN PLACE 3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"textBookTitle\"\u003e:\u003cspan class=\"subtitle\"\u003e TOKYO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"textNormal\"\u003eMike Slack\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCo-published by Ice Plant and Perimeter Editions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e84 pages \/ 4.25 x 7.5 in. \/ Paperback + jacket\u003cbr\u003e53 color photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalking in Place 3: Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e extends the path of Tucson-based artist Mike Slack’s previous two volumes (on New Orleans and Berlin, both newly republished) into the gently sunlit corners and cul-de-sacs of Japan’s largest city — an incomprehensibly vast megalopolis teeming with unexpected zones of quietude, sensuality, and humor. Along Slack’s seemingly aimless trajectory we detect transcendental order within the flux of a chaotic megacity. Calm amidst density, the relief of nothingness in an endless sea of things. Our gaze tilts upward to survey vast architectures; spans outward to note unlikely curvatures, stairwells, and domestically scaled structures; hones downward at oblique tile-work, odd human flourishes, cats, shadowplay, the fine grain of the city. In this playful yet exacting sequence, Tokyo folds in on itself to reflect its curious, utterly unique ambience. The underpinnings of Metabolism – the mid-century Japanese avant-garde movement – seem relevant here: the way Slack renders it, the city is an organism in constant flow, decay, and renewal; where the jewels of perception and life can reveal themselves, if only we can free the mind’s eye to amplify — and simplify — the world. As with the first two books in Slack’s ongoing serial project, \u003ci\u003eWalking in Place 3: Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e is less a city guide than a pocket-sized psychic map, an open proposition for gentle collisions of mind, body, and urban space. In \u003ci\u003eTokyo\u003c\/i\u003e, we consider the liminal space between contemplation and nonchalance, and the fruit that such a state can bear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"about-author textNormalSmall\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"textNormalSmall\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMike Slack\u003c\/span\u003e is based in Tucson, AZ. The author of \u003cem\u003eThe Transverse Path,\u003c\/em\u003e the Polaroid trilogy \u003cem\u003eOK OK OK\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScorpio\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePyramids\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eHigh Tide\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShrubs of Death\u003c\/em\u003e, his work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGOOD\u003c\/em\u003e, the New York \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e, the Los Angeles \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e. His photographs are in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Park Life Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41496132976698,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7069\/files\/IMG_6520_89aa696d-466e-4f4b-8b34-2f4bcdd88ccd.jpg?v=1782860236","url":"https:\/\/www.parklifestore.com\/products\/walking-in-place-3-tokyo-mike-slack","provider":"Park Life Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}