It also houses an integrated audio speaker module and electronic ink display within a 3D printed steel-infused PLA spine and cover. Inspired by one of Ray Bradbury’s short stories, “YLLA” (from his science-fiction fix-up classic, The Martian Chronicles), METALLY contains the entire text of the short story—particularly a description of a Martian interacting with a book object in detail: “[Y]ou could see Mr K himself in his room, reading from a metal book with raised hieroglyphs over which he brushed his hand, as one might play a harp. And from the book, as his fingers stroked, a voice sang, a soft ancient voice, which told tales of when the sea was red steam on the shore and ancient men had carried clouds of metal insects and electric spiders into battle.”

(Credits — Curator: Rafi Abdullah; Exhibition design: Amirul Nazree, set up w/ Nghia Phung; Website design and build: w/ Bảo Anh Bùi; Exhibition Photography: Jonathan Tan)