rīvus – A Glossary of Water
From the Biennale of Sydney website:
A Glossary of Water is a substantial publication presented as an artist book, a scholarly reference and a beautiful object. Edited by José Roca and Juan Francisco Salazar, A Glossary of Water is a limited edition aquatic artefact, a companion to the 23rd Biennale of Sydney, titled rīvus. The principal working themes – weaving and rivers – naturally expand towards topics like rights of nature, sustainability, food security, consumption, pollution, biodiversity, extinction and ancestral technologies.
This publication sheds light on an important and urgent subject and highlights the deep connections that Australia has to its waterways and bodies of water. The book follows the logic of a glossary, using approximately 80 terms as headings and “definitions” such as creek, dam, estuary, flood, weave and weft. A Glossary of Water has been printed sustainably on excess paper stock of different types and weights from previous book projects, rather than recycled paper, giving the profile of the publication the look and feel of the sediment of the river.
The publication was designed using DaVinci (Virgile Flores) and Atlas Grotesk (Commercial Type). Editorial coordination by Cherie Schweitzer and Sebastian Henry-Jones. Creative direction and design by Zolo Press; design development by Fumi Congan; production coordination by Paul Murphy with the support of Base Melbourne.
