Back River -- Mezen.

• Main Authors: Boetti, Alighiero, 1940-1994, Sauzeau Boetti, Anne-Marie, Sergio D'Auria (Firm)
• Format: Book
• Language: unknown
• Published: Multhipla 1977
• Subjects: Art; Rivers; Data Visualization; Back River; Mezen; Mezen'; Nunavut
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List of data for the rivers called Back (North America) and Mezen (Europe): source, outlet and length, in kilometers. Cites information resource, parenthetically, following river length. In addition, asterisks refer to caveats, elucidated at the bottom of the pages. Two hundred twenty-eighth and two hundred twenty-ninth longest rivers featured in the book, which sequences the one thousand longest rivers in the world, from longest to shortest. “Classifying in order of size is the most common method for organizing information,” according to author Sauzeau-Boetti, who also concedes that “The partial information available regarding rivers, the linguistic problems connected to their identity, and the very elusive nature of the waters, mean that the present classification - like all preceding or following ones - will always be provisional and illusory.” Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world by Alighiero Boetti and Anne-Marie Sauzeau-Boetti, published in Milan, 1977. Includes colophon, epigraph with two quotations, and preface appearing in both English and Italian translations, followed by 1,000 pages describing 1,000 rivers, beginning with the world’s longest - the Nile - and continuing in descending order of length. Each river characterized by its source, outlet and length, with citations representing a variety of international information resources. In addition, asterisks refer to caveats, elucidated at the bottom of the pages. Often these cautionary notes about the data’s validity are longer than the data itself. In the preface, Sauzeau-Boetti acknowledges the impossibility of accurately measuring and classifying something that is inherently slippery - flowing water. In so doing, she voluntarily exposes the imperfections of the work from the outset, thereby painting knowledge and its uncertainties as inextricable. Boetti and Sauzeau-Boetti developed the book together over seven years. Throughout his art career, Boetti explored the relationship between chance and order. He investigated the ...