Edited by Antonia Marsh
Design by Robert Milne
Text by Bruce Hainley
July 2024, English
88 pages, 30 ×21.6 cm, foil stamp hardcover, Japanese binding
Edition of 500
Published by Soft Opening

Designed by Robert Milne, the book has been published on the
occasion of Dean Sameshima’s recent solo exhibition at Soft Opening,
London and features a newly commissioned essay from American
writer, critic and poet Bruce Hainley.

Designed to protect its occupants from judgement and persecution,
the artist enshrines these private rooms, continuing his documentation
of the architecture and physical characteristics of queer spaces.
While Sameshima atypically retains the presence of bodies in these
images, with no identifying features revealed, his focus locates more
deliberately on the anonymity of these individuals alongside the
emptiness that surrounds them.