Description
*a field guide to the beautiful, dank and the stunningly diverse.
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*a wet body of contemporary art and literature
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00-01 WATERis the first book of thePLATYPUSEssentialsseries. Each book will explore the 5 essentials – Water, Energy, Food, Shelter and Waste – through an unconventional research project (Queer Field Guide) and a curated book of emerging and prominent artists and writers.[thirsty] is the firstQueer Field Guide located in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), a colonial settlement in the central desert that also happens to be thequeer capital of Australia…Its counterpart[swallow]is a collection of talented artists and writers from across the continent expressing water as more-than-a-resource.
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Water as a motionless realm is unimaginable – a dead, oppressive waste. Water gives life, but how does water affect life? How does it hold you? It is common, precious, and transmutable. It is the link and the obstacle. It isinnate yet it must be contained in order to quench thethirst. Water is beyond a tangible resource. How do we make closer connections to it?
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Contributors:
\nShirley Kngwarraye TurnerMargaret Pengarte ScobieSharon Ampetyane AliceCarmelina Purrurle MarshallMike GilliamEllanor WebbEmma FranklinStephanie CochraneBec StewartMolly LeonardsCamille Coory\n \n\nSaar Amptmeijer\n\nAmelia Hine
Anna RenDylin HardcastleEva PhilipsJordan AzcuneKata SzaszLionel FogartyLoki GrovesMandy QuandrioNat BriggsRunning Water Community PressSarah PoulgrainTay HaggartyYaseera Moosa\n
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