Kingdom Aqueous by Gail Wight
Gail Wight: "Photographed in the tide pools at Salt Point State Park in northern California over a period of twelve years, ‘Kingdom Aqueous’ is an ode to the creatures who live in this wild interstitial zone at the brink of the sixth mass extinction. Printed full bleed, these images disclose the intense vibrancy and other-worldly architecture of life beneath these cold and stormy northern waters. "
Colophon: “The form of the book is based on Kikuji Kawata’s book ‘Chizu’ (‘The Map’; 1965), with its rhythmic gatefolds and immersive photographic abstraction. As with ‘Chizu’, ‘Kingdom Aqueous’ pays homage to an apocalypse and alludes to an abstract terror while focusing on the beauty that survives catastrophe and destruction.”
Processes, Dimensions, and Edition Information
San Francisco, California: Salt Point Press, 2024. Edition of 24.
7.25” x 5” x 1”; 104 pages comprised of 12 double gatefolds and 1 concertina foldout. Twelve folios, each an eight-page gatefold. Full-bleed archival pigment prints on Hiromi asuka papers. Separate eight-page concertina fold with the colophon. Concertina bound in a hardcover of dubletta and asuka with gilded edges. Signed and numbered by the artist.