Optometry

<h1 class=ql-align-center>Xiang Yata's <strong><em>OPTOMETRY</em></strong><em> </em>is a kaleidoscopic skydive through the many ways we perceive ourselves told in full color and through a myriad of different styles.</h1><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Optometry</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> a girl goes to an optical shop for a pair of glasses. As the eye doctor calibrates the optometry machine to investigate the faults and fractures in her eyes she is transported to a </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>new world</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> a place full of overlapping </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>images</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> dots curves houses and light reflections. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The girl must navigate through the various unique planes within optometry world confronting endless </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>labyrinths</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> exploding worlds and multiple versions of herself to find her way back to </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>reality </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>before she becomes lost forever in a </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>daze</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. </span></p><p></p><p>This work also features a <strong>bespoke interview </strong>with the writer at then end of the book delving deeper into the <strong>craft</strong> <strong>influences</strong> and <strong>life </strong>behind their work.</p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Artist Xiang Yata takes readers on an unforgettable graphic journey showing how thought patterns branch out through </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>multiple art forms</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> including </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>sketching</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>photography</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>graphic design</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> to investigate the myriad ways we </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>perceive </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>ourselves.</span></p><p></p><p>This hefty graphic novel is <strong><em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong>for a a new generation that is inundated with art and imagery asking themselves where they fit into the <strong>visual landscape</strong> of the world.</p>