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Bodies of Water
- Artist
- Eunice Luk
- Date
- 2024
- Publisher
- Eunice Luk
- Format
- Artists' Books
- Size
- 46 × 65 × 19 cm
- Genre
- Social Practice, Environment
Bodies of Water is inspired by the delicate and timeless relationship between freshwater mussels and the health of our waterways. Often referred to as ‘living rocks,’ freshwater mussels play an essential role in quietly filtering our rivers. Today, nearly half of the world’s freshwater mussels are listed as imperilled. This rapid population decline reflects habitat alteration, pollution and the loss of fish hosts. The book, a small object with ceramic shell-like covers, is held together by intricate butterfly-shaped accordion folds. Within these pages, plankton, algae, and detritus flow against the backdrop of moving waters, around and through the bivalve. Through its nonlinear form, the accordion bookwork illustrates all bodies of water as a connected entity. It emphasizes the impact of water health on the ecology that freshwater mussels depend on to survive.
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