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Tales from the sunshine of the Rio Grande to L.A.’s nighttime noir.

LANDLINES: SAN LUIS VALLEY, JOURNEY INTO THE AMERICAN WEST EDITED BY RICHARD SAXTON AND MARGO HANDWERKER; LEIPZIG, GERMANY: SPECTOR BOOKS, 2025; 400 PAGES, $55. The collective M12 Studio spent four years engaging and analyzing Colorado’s San Luis Valley, a slice of the American Southwest set at 8,000 feet above sea level and the headwaters of the Rio Grande. They invited 18 artists, writers, and scientists to spend time and make work in the alpine valley. Landlines brings together those efforts under one cover without homogenizing the findings. Maps and photographs sit alongside poetry, storytelling, and soundscapes (on 33 RPM records tucked between the pages). The result is a generous document of the many people and geologies of this rural landscape. PIET BLANCKAERT: GARDENS BY PIET BLANCKAERT, EDITED BY JEAN-PIERRE GABRIEL;…

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Landscape Architecture (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2025

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