Published by Rooftop Press, this book grew out of a two-year research project carried out as reading and discussion sessions dreaming of more just aquatic conditions and relations.
The publication combines artistic and scholarly methods of critical inquiry to open up the concept of hydrofeminism in the contexts of contemporary art practices, ecofeminism and feminist new materialisms. It challenges normative Western conceptions of waters and bodies we inhabit, while allying with concrete bodies of water. As a glossary, Aquatic Encounters provides a practical tool for accessing and implementing hydrofeminist thought across a wide range of creative practices.
Hannah Pezzack's chapter, 'The Whip and the Wave', employs the methodology of a list to analyse Anne Imhof's video work ONE. By attending to the sensuality of crashing waves and the undulating, unruly ocean portrayed in the film, Pezzack's eco-erotic reading challenges both human domination over nature and the subject/object dualism.
Editors: Anastasia (A) Khodyreva & Elina Suoyrjö
Design: Arja Karhumaa
Proofreading: Katie Lenanton