Nagisa Makino & Mayu Kamisaku – Bread Poem | Naarm/Melbourne Book Launch
Perimeter is delighted to present the Melbourne launch of Nagisa Makino & Mayu Kamisaku – Bread Poem in store on Friday September 18, from 6pm to 8pm. The launch will include a conversation between the artists Nagisa and Mayu, with a casual celebration with light refreshments to follow. All are welcome – we hope to see you there!
EVENT DETAILS
Perimeter Books
734 High St, Thornbury VIC
Saturday July 4, 2026
From 3pm–5pm
This is a free event, with no reservations required.
Please note that while children are welcome in the space, we are unfortunately unable to offer a 'kid-friendly' zone where kids can entertain themselves, and we require close supervision by parents or guardians while in the store.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Bread Poem is a visual exploration of the fragile relationship between Japanese researcher Nagisa Makino and photographer Mayu Kamisaku. Questioning sameness, they approach bliss, pain, and hope through memory of which the body holds. Once queerness was understood as an ongoing transcendence between labels, identities, and individuals, a complex dialogue emerged, intertwining personal voices.
Life histories unfold through a 9 piece sequence. Exploring a perspective so intimate yet distant, it discovers ways of embracing the crave to touch, but never grasping. The soft silhouettes provide a curious and playful view of bodily movements which evoke recollection, inviting the reader to resurrect moments of their own.
Published to commemorate the exhibition Bread Poem, held in August 2025 at platform3/loneliness books in Tokyo, this book was presented at Tokyo Art Book Fair 2025 as an edition of 40.
68 pages, 21 x 29.7 cm, hardcover, Japanese language, Nagisa Makino & Mayu Kamisaku (Tokyo).