Brackish Water Los Angeles

By Aandrea Stang and Debra Scacco

Brackish Water Los Angeles examines the ecosystems, infrastructures, and politics surrounding brackish water, which is the space where salt and fresh waters meet. The book considers the larger implications of in-betweenness, including issues of access, inclusion, ecological racism, and cultural/class system interchanges along Los Angeles's waterways. Text contributions include commissioned essays by co-curators Aandrea Stang and Debra Scacco, Emily Eliza Scott, and Connie Zheng; poetry by Robin Coste Lewis and Isaac Michael Ybarra; and "Undersea," a 1937 essay written by preeminent writer and ecologist Rachel Carson.

Brackish Water Los Angeles accompanies an exhibition of the same name which was presented from August through December 2024 at the University Art Gallery at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Co-published in 2026 with University Art Gallery at California State University, Dominguez Hills, as part of PST ART: Art & Science Collide, presented by Getty.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GY5F59QL
• ISBN13: 9798990698567
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: X Artists' Books
• Length: 128 Pages