the gaps
holes ; in the normative linearitys of art history (in order to make it circular/magikal/ opened/ slippery/ wet/ bodily) have been introduced through lubricious gossip
speculation
witchcraft.
[…]
undercover- therefore under the soil; if we listen close enough; to eachother
we were always smart enough to archive our breaths
[…]*. sapphos has given us space to write
for all of us
gaps (human or non-human):
grace lee bogs tenders: ‘’history is not the past. it is the stories we tell about the past. how we tell these stories - triumphantly or self-critically, metaphysically or dialectically - has a lot to do with whether we cut short or advance our evolution as human being’’
so first we must listen with care. TRANCESTRALIDADE
TRANSCESTRALIDADE
meaning, TRANSCESTRY
we must listen our surrouding infrastructures; reflecting on land as a witness of history; sister C. and i share shells we find at the beach and tenderly allow them to tell us their language; or in fact a new semiotic order of language we still don't understand; however as bodies who remained; as bodies whos transcestors scales remained stuck to the beachs crust; as bodies whos bony artefacts penetrarte with such beuaty many geological layers: we listen carefully.
working hard to decode it's truths
land as a witness of history
land as a witness
of history
we must listen to the secret's it holds deep in its guteral soundings
A rupture / a break / a breaking / a break thru / a crack beneath the weight of it all; kiyan williams
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working in a range of media, Kiyan Williams’ distinctive artworks make visible the fissures and dissonances within dominant narratives of history,,,,
kiyan presents a series of new sculptures tracing the inherent and subterranean violence embedded in architectural forms and symbols of state power.
williams appropriates symbols of hegemony and invites the viewer to witness gestures of material and conceptual transformation.
williams constructs a geometric form onto which multivalent and rhizomatic associations can emerge. does it evoke scorched earth? does it reference minimalist sculpture? a lakebed dried by drought? the surface of mars? a lava ground? wounded flesh?
the architectural and monumental collapse suggests the fragility of systems of power and regulation - governmental, ideological, and otherwise.
