Terra
Two-color Risograph
40 pages
First edition of 100
$12
Terra is a story of upheaval, abandonment, and invasion. Set in the Hudson Valley, Terra explores what it’s like to inhabit the ruins of former empires. Stone walls, barbed wire, and wolf trees set the scene for the characters of Terra as they navigate an era of flux and imbalance. The United Nations has declared this decade the ‘Decade of Ecosystem Restoration,’ but what will this mean for our characters who transcend the boundaries of native and nonnative, productive and destructive, civilized and wild. Regardless of their classifications, all three of our characters have made their homes in the Hudson Valley and they have become entangled in the history of this place.
The story of the Randall Lineback is one of industry, conquest, and now abandonment, forgotten as much for their contributions to the land as by the agricultural industry. The Gypsy Moth on the other hand is one of the fore figures of conservation and control, the main target of pheromone traps and mass pesticide spraying; but at what cost? Finally, the Red Worm, perhaps the least considered animal in our landscape, plays the role of architect in warming forest floors. All three tell a story about changes in the land, one that highlights a history in which flora and fauna have never been passive. Telling their stories means learning how to read presences and absences that reveal changes past and those yet to come.
To purchase please email me at: carolinexpowell [at] gmail [dot] com
or, find Terra at Topos Bookstore in Ridgewood, Queens.
