By Andrew Sutherland — 25 November, 2020
…in the images that collected around […] disease one can see emerging a modern idea of individuality that has taken in the twentieth century a more aggressive, if no less narcissistic, form. Sickness was a way of making people “interesting” […] “The ideal of perfect health,” Novalis wrote in a fragment from the period 1799—1800,…
By Diego del Valle Ríos — 16 October, 2020
Tell me how to rescue our intimacy from this barrage of symbols this need to create a meaning out of ‘i’ that totally consumes any consummation of a ‘we’ Lyra Pramuk, Elevate, (2017) The spectre of a soft dick haunts the white cube. A little over a year ago, my friends from Salón Silicón,…
By Talia Smith — 11 September, 2020
‘You’re not supposed to move the body.’ ‘The Body’, Season Five, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) I had been rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the defining show of my youth, at the same time as writing this piece. I was thirteen when it first aired in New Zealand and I became immediately obsessed. Buffy…
By Hannah Jenkins — 28 August, 2020
From my apartment window, the neat rows of terracotta roofs snake away from me towards the city skyline. The horizon is a jumble of old brick and new glass, with toothpick cranes dotted about, slowly replacing the brick with the glass. If I take a step back and squat down, the succulent plant on the…
By Claire Cao — 21 August, 2020
Content Warning: sexual assault, violence, sexist and racist language. This piece is the final piece in a five-part series of responses for BLEED—an online biennial festival from Arts House and Campbelltown Arts Centre. You can view the festival in its entirety here. The first thing Kim notices about the office is its clean windows….
By Jacqui Shelton — 7 August, 2020
This piece is the fourth in a five-part series of responses for BLEED—an online biennial festival from Arts House and Campbelltown Arts Centre. This article was written in response to Angela Goh and Su Yu Hsin’s ‘Paeonia Drive‘ (2020), which you can view here. Walking my dog in the city council-maintained garden, I notice the…
By Sheila Ngoc Pham — 24 July, 2020
This piece is the third in a five-part series of responses for BLEED—an online biennial festival from Arts House and Campbelltown Arts Centre. This article was written in response to James Nguyen and Victoria Pham’s ‘re:sounding’ (2020), which you can view here. Arrangements /əˈreɪn(d)ʒm(ə)nts/ 1. The actions, processes, or results of arranging or being arranged….
By Rory Green — 8 July, 2020
This piece is the second in a five-part series of responses for BLEED—an online biennial festival from Arts House and Campbelltown Arts Centre. This interactive poem was created in response to Assembly for the Future by Alex Kelly & David Pledger, which you can explore here. • • • Forecast assemblage: an incantation device…
By Anne-Marie Te Whiu — 3 July, 2020
This piece is the first in a five-part series of responses for BLEED—an online biennial festival from Arts House and Campbelltown Arts Centre. This poem was written in response to Hannah Brontë’s ‘mi$$-Eupnea’ (2020), which you can view here. Press esc to exit full screen ” shift to face ” delete to dive ” caps lock to grow ” return to open…
By Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle — 18 June, 2020
What’s my goal supposed to be. Someone has buck teeth but it’s ok for them because they have an art school fringe and DJ and everyone loves that combination. I’m starved for validation so I’m still focusing on the dopamine boost I got from someone complimenting my pubic hair three days ago. ‘Excessively silky’…