With Noor Ahmed, Lynhan Balatbat-Helbock, Sara Blanco, Eduardo Castillo-Vinuesa, Sonia Mehra Chawla, iLiana Fokianaki, Silvia Franceschini, Natasha Ginwala, Johannes Hedinger, Mira Hirtz, Martina Huber, Nusrat Khawaja, Kim de l'Horizon, Margarida Mendes, Anushka Rajendran.

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We often think of water as belonging to the land it borders; River Landscapes: A New Glossary centers rivers as life systems that have enabled land and communities to flourish. The project is a transdisciplinary initiative between Europe and South Asia, focused on living with rivers. It questions the extractive ways in which water bodies are framed and governed, proposing a bottom-up approach in which glossary entries are co-created by local communities, artists, and scientists through field research and workshops, oral history archives, commissioned exhibitions, and publications.

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The co-created glossary began in 2023 and is being launched as an open-source, digital format, through three River Talks taking place in Europe and South Asia, between May and July 2026, in a hybrid format (online and in-person). Dates and sign-up links below.

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River Talks and Glossary launch e-flux announcement 

https://tba21.org/river-landscapes-talk

 

River Talks (May 13 and July 2, 2026, Online and in Karachi) invite contributors to engage with the Glossary through their own practices, sharing work and producing annotations that expand its meanings. Each River Talk will be different and bring together four-five diverse voices across disciplines. Hosted by River Landscapes, Karachi Biennale 2027, WE ARE AIA I Awareness in Art, and Prameya Art Foundation, by Noor ahmed, Martina Huber, and Anushka Rajendra.

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River Talk I: May 13, 1–4pm (CEST time)
Please register here for online participation.

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