Ostracod Rising by Gail Wight
"’Ostracod Rising’ tells the story of Earth’s past from 104 million years in the future. Beginning with the formation of Earth in the Hadean Eon, each page factually describes a distinct period of time throughout the ages. It then moves from our current Holocene into an imaginary yet highly plausible future consisting of the Anthropocene, Benthoscene, Silerecene, and finally the Ostracocene.
“Each page’s timeline covers the emergence and extinction of species, changes in atmosphere and climate, geologic and oceanic events, and the occasional asteroid collision. Large watercolor images of small creatures dominate each page, alongside other elements including day length, atmospheric content, continental drift, and the distance to our slowly receding moon.” - Gail Wight
Processes, Dimensions, and Edition Information
San Francisco, California: Salt Point Press, 2024. Edition of 26.
21.75” x 16.25” x 1”; 26 pages. Archival pigment prints on Hiromi asuka papers. Text is in Broadway and Cochin. Accordion bound with printed washi. Housed in a portfolio with inner wrapper. Portfolio bound in Asahi bookcloth, and lined with lokta. Wrapper Hiromi asuka with drawings of single-celled organisms. Conceived, created, and bound by G. Wight.