Many Rivers to Cross Conflict Zones, Boundaries and Shared Waters
Artwork date(s): 2011
Keith Dietrich
- (artist)
Lize van Robbroeck
- (essay by)
Heléne van Aswegen
- (bookbinding by)
Description: A box containing white gloves and four individually bound books in white laminated paper on hard cover boards, conventionally stitch-bound in signatures and glue-bound onto the cover boards.
Medium: Digital print on Innova Smooth Cotton High White paper Measurements: 290mm (box) 259mm (books) Edition: #1/10
Type: South African Artists Book
Place publication: Stellenbosch, RSA Publisher: The Strange Press ISBN: 978-0-620-48240-0 Pages: 30p
Reference note: Book one contains the following essays: 'Memory is a river' - by Lize van Robbroeck; 'Many rivers to cross' - by Keith Dietrich; 'Conflict zones' - by KD; 'Shared waters' - by KD.
The Gariep River (Book # 2)
The Vaal River (Book # 3)
Great Fish River (Book # 4)
The four books are accordion-bound with the first page glued onto the front cover board. The last page fits into a card slot glued onto the inside back cover board so as to facilitate a full display of all the pages.
Pages show images of dry river beds and engravings of human organs with additional visual graphic elements including dots, geometric patterns and red string-like lines which can be read as river lines representing 'blood lines'.
Ref: GB/14592
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 Book # 1 Conflict Zones, Boundaries and Shared Waters
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 Book # 1 Conflict Zones, Boundaries and Shared Waters
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 Book # 2 The Gariep River
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 Book # 2 The Gariep River
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 Book # 2 The Gariep River
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 Book # 3 The Vaal River
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 Book # 3 The Vaal River
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 Book # 3 The Vaal River
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 Book # 4 Great Fish River
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 Book # 4 Great Fish River
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 Book # 4 Great Fish River
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Total images: 13
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