Twenty Dreams by Katherine McKittrick.

"Twenty Dreams is a two-part experiment. The first part, the narrative within, addresses some of the limitations and possibilities of theorizing climate catastrophe and ecocide alongside race and racism. Working with Paul Gilroy, Édouard Glissant, Sylvia Wynter, and Charmaine Lurch, the narrative draws attention to a set of methodological and pedagogical actions that teach us how to theorize our environs anew. The second part centres bookmaking and book design, honouring a range of black creative practices which can be gleaned in self-publishing, the circulation of activist pamphlets, the beauty of first editions, cherished worn paperbacks, and more. Working with Cristian Ordóñez, the design of Twenty Dreams is animated by lists, dreams and daydreams, rest, wire bees, thread, black, yellow, and white paper and print, and a tactile cover, all of which loop back to the narrative and signal, if only for a moment, an aesthetics of renewal."

With a visual essay by artist Charmaine Lurch. Project part of Concertinas—a project funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (435-2023-0092) and the Canada Research Chair in Black Studies at Queen's University. 

Scope ( Editorial Design, Book )
Design Direction ( Cristian Ordóñez )
Edition ( Katherine McKittrick, Cristian Ordóñez )
Client ( Katherine McKittrick )
Print ( The Gas Company )
Publisher ( Self-published )
Font ( Nodo Type Foundry )
Support ( Social Science and Humanities Research Council and Queen's University )
Location ( Canada )

Twenty Dreams by Katherine McKittrick.

"Twenty Dreams is a two-part experiment. The first part, the narrative within, addresses some of the limitations and possibilities of theorizing climate catastrophe and ecocide alongside race and racism. Working with Paul Gilroy, Édouard Glissant, Sylvia Wynter, and Charmaine Lurch, the narrative draws attention to a set of methodological and pedagogical actions that teach us how to theorize our environs anew. The second part centres bookmaking and book design, honouring a range of black creative practices which can be gleaned in self-publishing, the circulation of activist pamphlets, the beauty of first editions, cherished worn paperbacks, and more. Working with Cristian Ordóñez, the design of Twenty Dreams is animated by lists, dreams and daydreams, rest, wire bees, thread, black, yellow, and white paper and print, and a tactile cover, all of which loop back to the narrative and signal, if only for a moment, an aesthetics of renewal."

With a visual essay by artist Charmaine Lurch. Project part of Concertinas—a project funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (435-2023-0092) and the Canada Research Chair in Black Studies at Queen's University.

Scope ( Editorial Design, Book ); Design Direction ( Cristian Ordóñez ); Edition ( Katherine McKittrick, Cristian Ordóñez ); Client ( Katherine McKittrick ); Print ( The Gas Company ); Font ( Nodo Type Foundry ); Publisher ( Self-published ); Support ( Social Science and Humanities Research Council and Queen's University ); Location ( Canada )

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