“The definition of women as demonic beings, and the atrocious and humiliating practices to which so many of them were subjected left indelible marks on the female psyche and in women’s sense of possibilities. … For the witch-hunt destroyed a whole world of female practices, collective relations, and systems of knowledge that had been the… Continue reading On ‘Antichrist’ and ‘MEN’
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On ‘Titane’
Poster for Titane (dir. Julia Ducournau, Arte France Cinema, 2021) I saw Titane, the second picture by French director Julia Ducournau, at the Castle Cinema in Hackney on my birthday. I was originally booked to see Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson's new film, which was TERRIBLE, almost impressively crap; I forgot most of it the… Continue reading On ‘Titane’
On Paula Rego’s Feet
“And, they tell us, we at home Live free from danger, they go out to battle: fools! I’d rather stand three times in the front line than bear One child.” Euripides, Medea (431 BCE) So it’s been one year and nine months since I finished my MA at Chelsea College of Arts, and in the… Continue reading On Paula Rego’s Feet
On Manon
A week or so ago, I was briefly back at Chelsea College of Arts for an exhibition of Chelsea and Hong Kong artists who had completed an exchange residency, showing the results from their time in either London or Hong Kong. As part of our conversation, I mentioned the 'Sex or Death' game; something daft… Continue reading On Manon
On Françoise Sagan and Sally Rooney
This is a comparative study of two novels by Françoise Sagan (b. 1935, Cajarc, France) and Sally Rooney (b. 1991, County Mayo, Ireland). Just for fun. I read Sally Rooney's Conversations with Friends (2017) straight after consuming her second book Normal People (2018) which my mum had lent me. It was when my parents were down visiting… Continue reading On Françoise Sagan and Sally Rooney
On William Blake
"Are thou a worm? Image of weakness, art thou but a worm? I see thee like an infant wrapped in the Lilly’s leaf; ah weep not, little voice, thou canst not speak, but thou canst weep." William Blake, Songs of Innocence, 1789 Today I went to visit the new show of the work of fantastic… Continue reading On William Blake
On ‘Kiss My Genders’
I just got back from an intense two weeks of travelling, or should I say intense for someone who mainly likes being in bed. The holiday was ill-advised financially but I started out in Stockholm for 5 days of real holiday which was fantastic; such a beautiful, comfortable, opulent city, I was very impressed and… Continue reading On ‘Kiss My Genders’
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 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
Sertraline Dreams 