Benthos is a small photo zine + poetry prose zine on those that live on the bottom. The title refers to Benthos / Benthic communities, which are simply the creatures that live on the bottom of the ocean.
Written by James Beard, each zine features a combination of found and created photographs relating to the Gulf Coast, specifically the environs around Corpus Christi, Texas. The written component is an prose declaration from an unknown narrator (try to guess who it is) speaking to humanity on a day of reckoning, and draws from the history of environmental trespass in the Gulf of Mexico.
Created in conjunction with the exhibition, Churning Portent, at K Space Contemporary in Corpus Christi, Texas. Each zine is approximately 5.25 inches wide by 4.125 inches tall. Risograph printed on a GR3750.
