Apology to Kelp

Bys: Epstein, Becs and Bogan, Max

Apology to Kelp is a groundbreaking work of art and science that does something no book has done before: it says sorry to kelp.

Kelp, the towering underwater forests of brown seaweed that line coastlines around the world, has been quietly devastated by human activity. This book is an act of repair, offered through art, science, and sincere apology.

Written by a conceptual artist and an evolutionary biologist working as a team, Apology to Kelp blends rigorous scientific thinking with imaginative artistic expression. Science gives the art its grounding; art gives the science new ways to speak. Together, the authors explore what it means to apologize to a being that shares none of our language, no words, no gestures, no shared senses, and what that apology might still accomplish.

An apology can transform a relationship, and the authors treat this one as a serious, radical act: recognizing kelp as kin, and reimagining humanity's place alongside it. Part written performance, part scientific inquiry, part love letter to the natural world, this book invites readers to reconsider our responsibility to the species we so easily overlook.

For readers interested in ecological art, marine biology, environmental philosophy, or bold interdisciplinary work, Apology to Kelp offers something genuinely new, a meditation on guilt, kinship, and repair, aimed not at humans, but at the ocean itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HHG91FSX
• ISBN13: 9798996553600
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Shivering Blue Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"