Follow Y/Our River Lea-minal Edges: monographic exhibition
paula roush, tamara stoll and hḗrā santos
msdm publications + road less travelled press
Borough Road Gallery, London, 2023

The monographic exhibition brings together the publishing practices of three artists, paula roush, tamara stoll,
and hḗrā santos. In the Fall of 2022 they followed the River Lea to explore its liminal conditions. The resulting publication "Follow Y/our River" explores the entanglement of human and non-human bodies of water, using walking, photography, and field notes to explore their liminal conditions.

The book launch and exhibition at Borough Road Gallery in May 2023 staged an editorial lab for readers to ‘follow y/our river,’ with an invitation to create their constellation of printed matter and activate prompts for transitory states of being in the gallery space.

The exhibition included a new large photographic installation developed by paula for héra's performance, which stems from their collaboration for the book. The stage design consists of hanging sculptural wearables that were incorporated into héra's performance of the book during the opening night.

1. MAP

At the entrance to the gallery, readers received a map
to guide them around the working stations.
The map includes a visual index, editorial text
and colophon.
One poster duplex print,
42 x 59,4 cm, colour,
to fold into four pages
that create a cover.

2- THREE WAYS

Three posters related to three walks along the Lea
Walk One — Leamouth to Three Mills
Walk Two — Back Rivers to Filter Beds
Walk Three — Wick to Haleduplex print

42 x 59,4 cm, doube-side prints, colour,
with instructions to fold them into pocketbooks
and space-thinking prompts

3- RITUAL LANDSCAPES

Collaborative Portrait in 38 pages to select from the wall installation and assemble in 5 sections:
Landscape-scale ecology
Archive of the Transitory State of Being
Art therapy for a trans body
Body scans
Wet vortex

Nineteen spreads, duplex print,
29.7 x 42 cm, colour + b & w
to fold into A4 folios