Publisher Note
A new, 20-page, offset-printed, bootleg English translation of German ecologist Frederic Vester’s ‘window-picture book’ What a Bird is Worth (1983). Vester presents an overtly financialised analysis of the value of a single bluethroat, from the material elements of its body to its role in supporting numerous ecosystems and human habitats. The book’s surprising calculations show how a single living thing — deeply interdependent with its environment — has a value that even crass, economical thinking can capture. The bootleg, translated by Johanna Schaefer is carefully reproduced from scans of an original copy and printed by Spreedruck in Berlin. Its format includes 59 die-cut apertures.
| Publisher | (unknown) |
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| Release Date | 2025 |
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| Subform | Bootleg |
| Topics | Birds, Ecology, Ecosystems |
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