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ArtdataRon Dirven - The Infinite Tree
Eriskay Connection 2025 ISBN 9789493363229 Acqn 37339
Pb 24x31cm 172pp col ills £42
For more than 16 years on his free Mondays, Ron Dirven (NL) studied twigs, roots, trunks,
blossoms, leaves, more trunks, and trees. Endless trees. He did not often go out into nature, as
you would expect from someone so focussed on it, but used his studio to wander among the
trees and try to fathom them. He improvises and searches for his own soul and identity in his
paintings, but only through trees. They stand firm and strong and move their leaves flexibly in the
wind. The metaphorical power of nature is evident in his work: the tree as a metaphor for life.
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Aaron Rothman - The Sierra
Eriskay Connection 2025 ISBN 9789493363311 Acqn 37385
Pb 24x29cm 112pp col ills £47.25
'The Sierra' revisits the Sierra Nevada mountains through the context of today's climate crisis, a
landscape that has long shaped American ideas of wilderness. Aaron Rothman (US) seeks to
evoke the physical experience of being in the mountains while registering the environmental
changes reshaping the region. His personal connection to the region is marked by a growing
sense of dread and loss as signs of climate change become increasingly visible. Drawing
inspiration from historical landscape painters, Rothman prompts reflection on how traditional
representations have shaped our perception of wilderness, and how idealising it as pristine may
have contributed to its present vulnerability.
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Oriane Thomasson – Atlantis
Eriskay Connection 2025 ISBN 9789493363298 Acqn 37386
Pb 20x29cm 80pp col ills £33.75
'Atlantis' is an eclectic collection of photographic fiction about the legend of Atlantis by Oriane
Thomasson. As recounted by Plato, Atlantis describes a magnificent island blessed with
abundant natural resources. Its inhabitants, descendants of Poseidon, lived in a society
organised in harmony with nature. Over time, their ambition drove them to expand their empire
and exploit new resources, provoking the wrath of Zeus. As punishment, he unleashed a
devastating cataclysm that submerged the island beneath the waves. Together with an original
science fiction short story titled 'The Meteors', Atlantis traces a before-and-after, the allure of a
'lost paradise' and the marks of its collapse, revealing how evidence and invention together shape
the writing of history.
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