an opened page of the book, showing four sections of the article, numbered in 1, 2, 3, 4, and titled in names of places and types of geological faults, with Y, M, Z, X suggesting different characters for each chapter.
a digital render of the physical book standing against a green background, the book has a white and plain cover, that reads Shen Xin, 1, 2, 3, 4, Wild Seeds

1, 2, 3, 4, Wild Seeds 3

Edition of 175, 2023

 

The writing's ways in relating to four kins are inscribed into the depth of four geological faults in 1, 2, 3, 4. The piece is translated into multiple languages used by ancestors of the kins written about, and communities who hold relationships with the faults. The book marks, alongside with video installation work ས་གཞི་སྔོན་པོ་འགྱུར། (The Earth Turned Green), a position to return forms such as language and perception to relatedness.

 

Edited by
KUNSTVEREIN GARTENHAUS

 

Written by Shen Xin

 

Translated by
Alvin Li & Max Krugman, English

لەزىنە تاھىر (Lazina Tayir), Uyghur

བདེ་སྐྱིད་སྒྲོལ་མ། (Dekyi Dolma), Tibetan

اياكوزقۋان (Ayakoz Huan), Kazakh

 

Designed by
FONDAZIONE Europa
Alexander Nussbaumer, Leonard Siegwardt

 

Published by
Wild Seeds, Vienna

 

ISBN: 978 – 3‑200 – 09062‑0
Printed in Germany

 

@ 2023 Shen Xin, Mini Sóta Makhoche; Wild Seeds, Vienna
All rights reserved

 

This publication is supported by
The Next Step Fund from the McKnight Foundation, Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport,
Friends of KUNSTVEREIN GARTENHAUS

 

This publication was made in conjunction with the exhibition
SHEN XIN
ས་གཞི་སྔོན་པོ་འགྱུར། (The Earth Turned Green)
31.3. – 17.6.2023
KUNSTVEREIN GARTENHAUS, Vienna

 

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