only the fragile survive
Essay/exhibition chapbook text, commissioned by DCA (Dundee Contemporary Arts), Dundee, UK in conjunction with Saoirse Amira Anis's solo presentation, symphony for a fraying body (2023).
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This text is an unravelling response to ideas presented in Anis’s film and solo presentation symphony for a fraying body, built from a thinking about survival techniques, artist-led labour, and non-hierarchical organisational approaches. I wrote about my crush on marine biologist Dr Steven Haddock, about various types of tendril, and about anger, pain, fragility, collectivity and care.
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