TITLE: Follow Y/Our River Lea-minal Edges: monographic exhibition
AUTHORS: paula roush, tamara stoll and hḗrā santos
msdm publications + road less travelled press
GALLERY: Borough Road Gallery, London
DATE: 11 May 2023
DISPLAY: one-day event for the book launch of 'Follow Y/Our River Lea-minal Edges.' The collective book was displayed in a live editorial lab installation. Readers were invited to follow their own river,’ by selecting from the unbound sections – including pamphlets, posters, cards and photographs – and compiling their customised photobook, an individual constellation of printed matter from the exhibition installation, registering the edition number and signing their own “original copy.”
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 Lea-minal Edges: Prompts for Transitory States of Being 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 the Borough Road Gallery 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.
contact
paula roush ::: paularoush@gmail.com
msdm studio ::: msdm@msdm.org.uk