ORE
(Observatory of Radical Empathies)
Mouse-sized editorial project dedicated to explore nonhuman imaginaries through artist’s books and independent publications.
Project 04: Publication
An Index of Chomps
Collaborator: Beaver (Castor Canadensis)
This publication presents a fragment of a growing collection of 52 beaver-gnawed wood shavings gathered in Pennsylvania and Michigan for the project A Study of Beaverness by Marianne Hoffmeister Castro. The project as a whole explores a beaver-centric imaginarium, tracing the animal as a historical figure through encounters with humans across time, localities, and hemispheres.
Drawing on field research methods, the collection closely attends to the beaver’s gesture, the traces they leave behind, and the world that becomes legible through them.
Year: 2026
Type: Publication
Dimensions: 4" x 9.5"
Pages: 40
Cover: Plus Cover
Binding: Staple Bound with orange staples
Process: Risograph
Ink Colors:
Paper: 80#c Domtar Cougar Digital Smooth Natural, 70#t Domtar Cougar Digital Smooth Natural, 60#t Cosmic Orange Astrobright
Language: English
Insert: belly band
Edition Size: 500
Co-published with Issue Press
*PUBLICATION IMAGES ARE CURRENTLY BEING PREPARED