tiger helix (oblivion)
— 2022, ongoing


Scrambling around inside a tiger print spandex morphsuit, I am wrestling, in the dark, with personal and collective feelings of apocalypse and oblivion; getting in knots in the process.

Through performance, text, drawings, painting, videos and projection the work explores morphological processes of transformation, trying to grapple with Western ignorance, contemporary urban entanglements with nature, oblivion and change.

Hoping for different temporalities, queer rupture and the possibility of holding onto the complexity of things. To be multiple, in the mud of it, getting stung by the nettles along the way.

Presented as part of the London Conference of Critical Thought stream 'Art & Architecture: Planetary & Apocalyptic Spaces' 2023. Further developed at The Grange 2023, including wall paintings and a movement collaboration with Claud Tonietto. Another iteration of the work was performed with Sahjan Kooner at Eastside Projects 2023. Direction assistance from Moa Johansson.

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