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‘Ways of Writing in Art and Design II’ Part 1
  • ISSN: 1753-5190
  • E-ISSN: 1753-5204

Abstract

‘A slice of fluid ground’ aims to write-with water; a methodology that is resistant to its instrumentalization under anthropocentric thinking and the Capitalocene. ‘A slice’ recognizes writing as providing a set of relations; a map for interacting with the world. It opens with a ‘Key’, which acts as a navigational tool for traversing the topography of the text. ‘A slice’ attempts to construct a set of sited waters in a way that does not reduce the substance to a line (cartography) or a consistent quantity (hydrological cycle). ‘A slice’ begins with the section ‘Earthrise: The ascent’ and then descends into watery accounts and locations; a counter-operation to the notion that humans can transcend the landscape. ‘A slice’ dives into the nuances and depths of water, situating humans as a species amongst multiple planetary actors. Writing-with water traverses personal and fictional narratives, hydrological theories, and fluid topographies.

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Keyword(s): aqueous alliances; autotheory; decentering hydrology; hydro-mapping; open sea topography; Pelagic descent; queer ecologies; writing-with water

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