NAR MARRATU / BITTER RIVER

IN THE NEAR FUTURE, RISING SEA LEVELS SUBMERGE LARGE SWATHES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM UNDERWATER, A DIMINISHING ISLAND CANNIBALISED BY ITS OWN VIOLENT BORDERS AND RECLAIMED BY THE WATERS IT ONCE RULED. 

ACROSS MANY SEAS, THIS CREATES A NEW PATHWAY, DRAWING A CHANNEL OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION AND SOLIDARITY BETWEEN THE UK AND THE MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHES.

AS ENCROACHING WETLANDS RENDER THE LAND UNMAPPABLE AND UNKNOWABLE, EDGES BECOME UNTRACEABLE.

STRATEGIES OF TECHNOPOLITICS, HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING, WIND AND WEATHER MANIPULATION PROVIDE A VITAL NEW TERRAIN TO SHIFT POWER. 

HISTORY IS TOPPLED, INFRASTRUCTURES OF CONTROL SABOTAGED, SUBMERGED. 

RADICAL PRACTICES OF SELF GOVERNANCE, INTERCOMMONING AND DECENTRALISED ECONOMIES REEMERGED FROM THE WATERS’ DEPTHS.

INSURGENT GROUPS COMMUNICATE THROUGH A WATER CYCLE: SEIZING THE CLOUDS, REAPPROPRIATING OIL PIPELINES AND SENDING MESSAGING THROUGH PULSING CORRIDORS.

ALL WATER IS FINITE AND CONNECTED.

23rd January - 4th April 2026

Eastside Projects

All photography by Ashley Carr