Sensuous and fluid yet powerful, raging and unforgiving – from Styx to bottled water, from great lake to babbling brook, from poetic vessel to trade route, water exists in a myriad of states and is characterized by its many forms and expressions, its imaginative potential and raw impact upon life on earth. Its changeable nature and ability to hold contradictions (it is both life-sustainer, provider of food and abundance yet bearer of disease and destruction) has leant water to art, metaphor, songs, philosophy, literature, science and a myriad of other disciplines. Revered in religious and cultural practice, yet continually degraded by industry and human activities, water has a symbiotic relationship with cities, politics and of course, pirates.
Freerange thought it was time to pay tribute to the most
abundant substance on earth, the universal solvent. Water shapes landscape; it
creates and reflects history. And now with rising sea levels, pollution,
increasing reports of natural disasters, water criminals, water degradation and
privatisation, water is set to be the definitive resource of time to come.
So we are calling for
submissions on the big issue for our next issue: Freerange Vol. 9: The Wet Issue. We
want to hear your thoughts, experiences and artistic expressions on water: from
holy water to mythical flood, from ice cap to desert, from Moby Dick to naiads,
from Atlantis to Venice, from resource to privatisation.
For the full call out please
visit: http://www.projectfreerange.com/project/call-for-submissions-for-freerange-vol-9-the-wet-issue/
Please send your abstract of 100-200 words toemma@projectfreerange.com by
April 1 .
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