Rin Kim
Hunters Follow Harpy Shadows
New York City, USA: Printed Matter Inc., 2021
108 pp., 24.5 x 17 cm., hardcover
Edition of 1000
Last month Printed Matter announced the publication of this new book by designer and artist Rin Kim, as part of their Emerging Artists Publication Series. The title takes the form of an extended poetic sequence in the high fantasy style, set in a world built from reimagined Korean folklore, biblical storytelling, and queer mythologies.
"Across twenty-five chapters, Rin Kim’s text recounts the tangled, cosmic history of shapeshifting goddexes intermixed with an otherworldly cast of demis, dryads, wraiths, satyrs, tieflings and sirens. Taking cues from the Old Testament and the depths of fanfiction forums online, the project alternates between narrative storytelling in the direct mode of epic religious texts and a series of Psalmic interventions spoken in the voice of the gods. Like a series of connected visions, Hunters Follow Harpy Shadows hands down the origin stories of distant worlds — of clashing immortals, species dying out, and deities fading from power. It is both a fantasy saga beset by violence, warfare and blood sacrifice, and a lovers’ song of longing and transcendence."
- Printed Matter
Hunters Follow Harpy Shadows is available from the publisher, here, for $25.00 US.
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