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LAUREN ROSENTHAL McMANUS

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  • Projects
    • rock drawings
    • installations
    • hydrologies
    • topographies
    • river atlas
  • Documents
    • statement
    • manifesto
    • cv
    • time-lapse video
    • talks
  • Thoughts & Observations
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Political/Hydrological is a river-centered atlas that proposes a new socio-political structure for the United States based on freshwater systems. In this eco-centric vision, state boundaries are defined by watershed divides. Rivers move from margin to center, positioned at the heart of each political entity. In this way, water is given priority, not as a resource to be exploited, but as the defining element of social and biological systems.

Originally produced as a limited run of four bound artist books, this project now resides in the permanent collections of Bank of America and the Joseph C. Sloane Art Library Collection of Artists’ Books and Zines, as well as in private collections.

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  • Political/Hydrological: A Watershed Remapping of the United States, 2006 / 24″ x 36″ open / limited edition artist book
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  • Political/Hydrological: A Watershed Remapping of the United States, 2006 / 24″ x 36″ open / limited edition artist book
  • United States / 18″ x 24″ / book plate
  • Alabama / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Arkansas / 18″ x 24″ / book plate
  • Arizona / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • California / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Colorado / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Connecticut / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Delaware / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Florida / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Georgia / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Idaho / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Illinois / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Indiana / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Iowa / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Kansas / 18″ x 24″ / book plate
  • Kentucky / 18″ x 24″ / book plate
  • Louisiana / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Maine / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Maryland / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Massachusetts / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Michigan / 18″ x 24″ / book plate
  • Minnesota / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Mississippi / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Missouri / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Montana / 18″ x 24″ / book plate
  • Nebraska / 18″ x 24″ / book plate
  • Nevada / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • New Hampshire / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • New Jersey / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • New Mexico / 24″ x 18″/ book plate
  • North Carolina / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • North Dakota / 18″ x 24″ / book plate
  • New York / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Ohio / 18″ x 24″ / book plate
  • Oklahoma / 18″ x 24″ / book plate
  • Oregon / 18″ x 24″ / book plate
  • Pennsylvania / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
  • Rhode Island / 24″ x 18″ / book plate
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