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Water Works - Ecosocial Design = out now!
Water is a central concern in the ecological and social issues that we are faced with, and technical solutions do not suffice. We need a radically diverse approach that stages and cultivates relations. Without promising grandiose schemes to save the environment, ecosocial design fosters curiosity about the ways in which people draw on their experience and shared commitment to landscapes and ecologies.
Through a collection of essays and case studies, Water Works shows over sixty careful responses to flooding, draught, pollution, extraction and other issues around freshwater. Divided into seven themes: Purity, Wild, Scale, Representation, Violence, Infrastructure and Commerce, Water Works allows us to learn from places and makers that build on the intricate relationships between people and other life forms, materials and (infra)structures.
Critically blending knowledge derived from craft, art, science and ecology, these works ask: what are sensible ways to embrace and connect with water? Through wading, floating, testing and tasting, how can we generate more desirable ecosocial relations? In facing large-scale engineering, climate change, privatization and other forms of water violence, these works are an invitation to design together with water as a site and medium for ecosocial renewal.
Editors:
Henriëtte Waal & Clemens Driessen
Design: Bart de Baets
Available now via Valiz publishers https://valiz.nl/en/publications/water-workshttps://valiz.nl/en/publications/water-works
Contributors: Mari Bastashevski, Janna Bystrykh, Center for Genomic Gastronomy, Ştefan Constantinescu, Carolina Dominguez-Guzmán, Brecht Duijf, Shahnoor Hasan, Clara Sika Helbo, Ils Huygens, Mahmoud Khattab, Sjoerd Knibbeler, Sophie Krier, Klarenbeek & Dros, designers of the unusual, Yi-Fei Chen, Francesca Masoero (QANAT Collective), Coltrane McDowell, Mariana & Joana Pestana, Benedetta Pompili, Esha Shah, Mihnea Tanasescu, Serina Tarkhanian, John Thackara, Daniela Tokashiki, Moniek van de Vall & Kees van der Vooren, Jennifer Veilleux, Ph.D., Ria Waal.
Interviews with: Jon Ardern & Anab Jain RDI (Superflux), Atelier LUMA, John van Boxel & Rutger Schrijer (Vislift), Natsai Audrey Chieza (Faber Futures), Ahmed Salem Dabah, Julien F. Fargetton, Eva Pfannes & Sylvain Hartenberg (OOZE Architects), Zairah Khan, Rebecca Lave, Mary Maggic, Kent O. Miller, mirko nikolić, Roric Paulman, Marjetica Potrč, Fernando Felipe Pérez Riojas, Sandrine Rozier, Susan Schuppli, Moreno Schweikle, Veronika Sedlmair, Islam Shabana, Brynjar Sigurðarson, Billy Tiller, Heidi Vogels, Daniel Wetzel (Rimini Protokoll), Thijs de Zeeuw.
Many thanks to Valiz, Eli Witteman, Astrid Vorstermans, Dennis ter Wal, Jean Tee and Pia Pol