Elena Bollette - White Water - Graphius 2023
A journey through the Miami ghetto. A gang, writing classes, a bike, rap music, turquoise houses, dollars, a strip club and the ocean of North Beach.
A love story forbidden by the silent laws of the streets of Liberty City. A sunny portrait of a place where destinies are already written.
Her name is Ella, his name is June. Burnt by the sun, they look at the white shapes of the water, White Water.
As an hybrid project (between a book and a short film), White Water takes the reader on a journey through the poor neighbourhood of Liberty City.
Both connected, intrinsic and at the same time independent, the book is a fictional novel accompanied by photographs, raps, poems and interviews while the short film acts as a poetic and symbolic portrait of the fiction.
Halfway between a novel and an art book, White Water is an adventure, an exploration and a questioning of oneself and of others.
Self-edition - 2023
A love story forbidden by the silent laws of the streets of Liberty City. A sunny portrait of a place where destinies are already written.
Her name is Ella, his name is June. Burnt by the sun, they look at the white shapes of the water, White Water.
As an hybrid project (between a book and a short film), White Water takes the reader on a journey through the poor neighbourhood of Liberty City.
Both connected, intrinsic and at the same time independent, the book is a fictional novel accompanied by photographs, raps, poems and interviews while the short film acts as a poetic and symbolic portrait of the fiction.
Halfway between a novel and an art book, White Water is an adventure, an exploration and a questioning of oneself and of others.
Self-edition - 2023
384p - FR/EN - 15.5x24cm - limited edition of 150 copies numbered by the author - QR code giving access to the film