Air Conditioned Hours

The new artist book features photographs by Ju Young Kim that capture her personal perspective as a transcontinental traveler. They document both the peculiar and the exceptional moments during the hours of travel between different time zones, the standardized meals, the views of cloudscapes, sunrises, and runways through the small round windows. In this way, Kim gives a unique and universally recognizable expression to states of transition and transit zones. The photographs are accompanied by collaborative short stories by Guilherme Vilhena Martins and the artist. In an exchange of journal entries, which are based on thoughts and conversations during the flights or personal travel routines and observations of other passengers, Vilhena Martins assembled the passages into a travelogue.