There is in fact a path from phantasy back to reality again - and that is art. Sigmund Freud, 'Introductory Lectures', 1922 Freud's essay on 'The Uncanny' is one of those seminal texts that was always brought up throughout my art-life, especially in my undergrad in GSA, and particularly 2nd year in which everything we made… Continue reading On ‘The Uncanny’
On Giglets: Part 3
'The study of these products of folk-psychology [myth, legend, and fairy-tales] is by no means complete; however it is highly likely that myth, for instance, corresponds to the distorted remains of the wishful fantasies of whole nations, the secular dreams of youthful humanity.' Sigmund Freud, 'Creative Writers and Day-dreaming', 1908 Rita's Giglet Hannah's Giglet Previously… Continue reading On Giglets: Part 3
On Michael Rakowitz
'Bones dreaming of becoming shells, becoming Art Nouveau, becoming Istanbul ...' Michael Rakowitz, 'The flesh is yours, the bones are ours', 2019 Sometimes really fun and interesting things happen in my otherwise pretty grim London life, and an example of this occurred at work on Monday. I am a gallery assistant at Whitechapel Gallery and… Continue reading On Michael Rakowitz
On Giglets: Part 2
Man made of blood and man made of stone, in the mud with little bits of bone. In December 2018 and January 2019 I realised a desire I've had for several years. In the Ceramics studio at Chelsea College of Arts, I made a collection of 50 objects, little hand-formed lumps of clay, that I… Continue reading On Giglets: Part 2
On Dorothea Tanning
I don't see why one shouldn't be absolutely fascinated with the human form ... we go through life in this wonderful envelope. Why not try and acknowledge that and say something about it? So what I try to say about it is transformation. Dorothea Tanning Having a UAL student card and a Whitechapel Gallery staff… Continue reading On Dorothea Tanning
On Alice Morey
In April I visited the opening of my friend, artist and fellow MAFA student Alice Morey at her solo exhibition She doesn't love, she just devours at the Ryder Projects in Bethnal Green (link to website here). I've been interested in Morey's work since getting to know her and her practice over the past seven or… Continue reading On Alice Morey
On Giglets: Part 1
Rosie Dahlstrom: 'Giglets', series of 50 ceramic sculptures, 2019 (installation shot of 13th Hour exhibition, February 2019) Below is a text piece I wrote about the thought process of making the Giglets; then I animated the words into a stop motion film. The projection of this film and the Giglets themselves as documented above were exhibited… Continue reading On Giglets: Part 1
On The Belfry
i wanted to make you swoon with a light bulb that i taught to laugh but you took that bulb and you chewed it to a pulp and you spat out fifty full grown fireflies but it was all a lie ... those fireflies were made out of dust and i don't wanna watch them… Continue reading On The Belfry
On The Violent Lesbian: Part 4
This final instalment of my Violent Lesbian series is vaguely on the huge subject of pornography. I hope to show that by considering porn and its current impact on our sexuality, most of the strands of my arguments over the past few posts will naturally come together in a pleasing conclusive cum shot. Something to… Continue reading On The Violent Lesbian: Part 4
On ‘Suspiria’
It has been a long and lazy Christmas break for me, with two weeks at home in Glasgow doing nothing apart from drinking gin and taking the dog for walks. However, I am now back in London and in real life again, and ready to atone for my abandonment of writing, life admin and looking… Continue reading On ‘Suspiria’
Sertraline Dreams 