Juxtapoz Magazine – Fumino Ishino’s New Handmade Book “Index of Fillers”

Composed of found images of Japanese culture from the late 1980s and 1990s along with his own photographs, Index of Fillers is a recreation of artist Fumi Ishino elusive memory of growing up during this era in Japan. Referencing the traditional format of Japanese comic strips, each image panel contains its own nostalgic narrative—from a cartoon Clearasil commercial to a video game rendering of a neighborhood to the interior of a love hotel. With a machine-embroidered felt cover housed inside a woven pencil case, each handmade book is unique and also includes a CD with a video piece made in Ishino’s childhood room.