The Invention of the Dragon
Publication Design
︎The text interacts with transparent layers, blocking and revealing different parts as the pages turn. This dynamic interplay creates new meanings, illustrating how layers can obscure information and fabricate narratives—much like the concept of a nation, an imagined community that is not an everlasting existence but one constantly pieced together.
History, fragments, and people who once lived on this land are gradually incorporated, woven into the fabric of national identity as if they have always belonged. Yet, in reality, they are absorbed into a constructed past that serves present ideologies, reinforcing misconceptions and fabrications.
︎By exploring these layered interactions, the publication becomes a vessel for analyzing and dissecting mainstream narratives. It allows for a more specific, in-depth examination that demystifies these carefully constructed illusions, showing how layers interact to fabricate truths and shape perceptions.
