Weapons of the Weak

This 26-meter‑long scroll comprises an uninterrupted abstract drawing of interwoven lines symbolizing the movement of time and history and also social movements associated with the countries of Southeast Asia in the second half of the twentieth century, which is the subject of many of Novikov’s projects.

The scroll is made on rice and bamboo paper using Chinese ink and Japanese acrylic and is kept in a handmade tube. The publication also includes several A4 sheets imitating bureaucratic documents written in an imaginary language.

The book was created as part of the Garage Library project Single Copy.