MUSEUM EXHIBITION

At the entrance to the exhibition, a complete list of “Rivers Basia Irland Has Known and Loved.” Photo by Bert Janssen.

From left to right: Beaverstick Encyclopedia (2002); Of Pelicans and Palapas (1999); Walkerton Life Vest (2002). Photo by Bert Janssen.

From left to right: Nisqually River Repository, Source to Sound (2008-2009); Kit for Paddling through Stars Floating on a Lake (2000); A Gathering of Seeds Repository, Big Wood River (2010); Apothecary for Creeks and Other Living Beings (2012-2013). Photo by Bert Janssen.

From left to right: Of Pelicans and Palapas (1999); Walkerton Life Vest (2002); Boulder Creek Repository, Continental Divide to Confluence (2007); Nisqually River Repository, Source to Sound (2008-2009). Photo by Bert Janssen.

Erasures (c. 1975). Photo by Bert Janssen.

His Library While There (1983, 2015). Photo by Bert Janssen.

Journeys (1987). Photo by Bert Janssen.

From left to right: Ottawa River Book One: Red Maple (Acer rubrum), American Elm (Ulmus americana) (2012); Ottawa River Book One: Red Maple (Acer rubrum), American Elm (Ulmus americana), detail (2012); Iris Seeds and Seed Pods Book (2010); River Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) Volume One (2012); Journeys (1987). Photo by Bert Janssen.

Ice Field (2000, 2015). Photo by Bert Janssen.

Ice Field, details. Photos by Bert Janssen.

A selection of Scrolls (2002-2008). Photo by Bert Janssen.

Sound sculptures from Riverberations (2015). Photo by Bert Janssen.

A selection of Hydrolibros (1988-2009). Photo by Bert Janssen.

Blacktop Books III, IV (1994). Photo by Bert Janssen.

La Bibliothèque des Mémoires, detail (1991). Photo by Bert Janssen.

Basia with an installation of River Books, Navigating the Current, and La Bibliothèque des Mémoires (1989, c. 1990, 1991). Photo by Bert Janssen.

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