00-01 WATER by Marilena Hewitt
*a field guide to the beautiful, dank and the stunningly diverse.
*a wet body of contemporary art and literature
00-01 WATER is the first book of the PLATYPUS Essentials series. 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 first Queer Field Guide located in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), a colonial settlement in the central desert that also happens to be the queer 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.
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 the thirst. Water is beyond a tangible resource. How do we make closer connections to it?
Contributors:
Margaret Pengarte Scobie
Sharon Ampetyane Alice
Carmelina Purrurle Marshall
Mike Gilliam
Ellanor Webb
Emma Franklin
Stephanie Cochrane
Bec Stewart
Molly Leonards
Camille Coory
Anna Ren
Dylin Hardcastle
Eva Philips
Jordan Azcune
Kata Szasz
Lionel Fogarty
Loki Groves
Mandy Quandrio
Nat Briggs
Running Water Community Press
Sarah Poulgrain
Tay Haggarty
Yaseera Moosa