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Simon Starling
A Houseboat for Ho
- Walther & Franz Koenig Verlag
- by Dan Richards, Simon Starling
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Publisher | Walther & Franz Koenig Verlag |
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ISBN | 9783753306834 |
Author(s) | by Dan Richards, Simon Starling |
Publication date | July 2024 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | 350 x 250 mm |
Illustrations | 49 col.ill. |
Pages | 112 |
Language(s) | Eng./NL/Span. ed. |
Description
This artist book looks at Simon Starling's „Houseboat for Ho", built in 2023, both art and construction project and the result of cross-cultural collaboration between Bolivian and Danish reed builders.
Houseboat for Ho has been developed specially for the low-lying village of Ho, in an area that is directly threatened by climate change-induced sea level rise. Part locally inspired vernacular rural dwelling, part exotic boat, Houseboat for Ho is a hybrid structure built using two related but geographically remote ancient technologies - reed boat building and thatching. Torn between the land and the sea, this prophetic, Ark-like vessel, is the result of a cross-cultural collaboration - an exchange of techniques and histories between Danish thatched roof builders and Bolivian reed boat builders.