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Index is a dynamic directory of everything Before Law.

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A Crossing (1698/2003)

Emilia Beatriz

The image is divided into 3. In one a grey rock floats in front of a shimmering background. The second is many bees sitting atop a honeycomb. And the final is black screen with the open caption reading: soft sparking chimes.

Image Description: The image is divided into 3 - the first two images take up a quadrant at the top of the page. The 3rd takes up the bottom 2 quadrants. In the top left image, a grey rock floats in front of a shimmering gold background. In the top right, many bees sit atop a honeycomb that is lit from behind with golden light. At the bottom is a black screen with the open caption reading: soft sparking chimes.

Appendix

Bamboat | Mitchell

Bestiary

Renisa Mawani

Antoinette Burton

Bamboat | Mitchell

A book cover titled Animalia. A Giant A in the centre is flanked by red and dark blue abstract patterns on either side.

A book cover titled Animalia. The title is in white capital serif letters, just above the centre of the page. There is a large black letter A that splits up the cover into four sections, one on either side of the A, and two inside the letter form. Each section has a different abstract pattern in a dark spot colour. The subtitle “An Anti-Imperial Bestiary for Our Times.” is in green italics under the title. Near the bottom of the cover is the text “Antoinette Burton & Renisa Mawani, Editors.”

Dolphins, Ships & Other Vessels

Bamboat | Mitchell

Black and white photograph of a harbour. A river in the centre surrounded by buildings and dark shadows. White poetic text in the foreground.

A black and white photograph of a harbour. There is a river in the centre surrounded by buildings and dark shadows. The reflections of buildings can be seen in the water. The sky overhead is cloudy. The photo is somewhat off centre, so the horizon line tilts down to the left. White poetic text in the bottom left corner reads “I exist in four dimensions / Molecules scattering between elements / depth / width / length / and time.”

Empire Symbol, Or A Man and His Mule

Bamboat | Mitchell

A brown big-eyed donkey is being sensually caressed by two white gloved hands in a barn.

A close up of the head and neck of a brown donkey with large eyes and a calm expression. Two white gloved hands stroke the face and neck of the donkey, one hand coming from each side of the frame. Only the arms of the figures are shown, each one dressed in black so that they seem to recede into the dark background of the barn, the hands appearing disembodied. The barn floor is made of dirt and littered with straw. The background is dark and fades to almost black.

Fruit that Falls from a Tree

Sukaina Kubba

Giant red circle in the foreground hovering over a desert, mountainous landscape. A small shadowed creature flies in front of the circle.

In the centre of the image, a giant red circle is overlaid over an image of the desert. The sun shines from the centre of the sky. To the right, a small shadowed creature flies below the sun, in front of the circle. In the foreground are sand dunes, which recede into distant mountains and a dull blue sky.

Objects with Personality

Sarah Keenan

The Rebel Body

Shoghig Halajian

Ohan Breiding

The Sea in the River

Jeanne Penjan Lassus

Shahana Rajani

3 boats drawn in blue pen on a wooden floor, with ripped cloth in the foreground.

A close up of battered wooden floorboards with three boats drawn in blue pen. The floorboards are weathered and worn - one of them is painted in chipped white paint. The boats are crudely drawn in unsteady lines, each one unique. A small motorboat sits above a sailboat, and to the left the hull of a larger ship is cut off by the frame. A piece of tattered cloth lies on the floor in the bottom left of the image, a string crossing over the bowsprit.