{"title":"Marina Chao","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarina Chao\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate layers of human experience through a lens that intertwines art, culture, and personal narratives. Her works invite readers to reflect on the intersections between the public and the private, unveiling hidden stories that resonate with emotional depth and cultural insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a thoughtful and evocative style, Chao's writing captures the nuances of identity and secrecy, encouraging a deeper understanding of the unseen forces shaping our lives. Ideal for those drawn to contemplative and culturally rich literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"public-private-secret-by-marina-chao-9781597114387","title":"Public, Private, Secret","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic, Private, Secret\u003c\/i\u003e explores the roles that photography and video play in the crafting of identity, and the reconfiguration of social conventions that define our public and private selves. Consciously framed by our present era, this collection of essays, interviews, and reflections assesses how our image-making and consumption patterns are embedded and implicated in a wider matrix of online behaviour and social codes, which in turn give images a life of their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin this context, our visual creations and online activities blur and remove conventional delineations between public and private (and sometimes secret) expression; in fact, they multiply and expand the number of potential selves in the contemporary image-centric world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe writings address the various disruptions, resistances, and subversions that artists propose to the limited versions of race, gender, sexuality, and autonomy that populate mainstream popular culture. In so doing, they anticipate a future for our image-world rich with diversity and alterity, one that can be shaped and influenced by the agency of self-representation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597545423084,"sku":"9781597114387","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781597114387-public-private-secret.jpg?v=1777957005"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/marina-chao.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}