it was already happening before january 20, 2025. |
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something about survival has been shifting, something about human dignity. somebody.ies is.are erased. |
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the wall of exclusion is higher. genocide is getting normalized. and there is not much care for human rights. not even here in rich switzerland. a lot of us struggle with basic needs and systemic harshness while trying politely to be heard, but our bodies tell us that the piercing goes deep and deeper. | |
dignity and solidarity are fragile. | |
is it naive to believe in art as transformative? maybe, but try, do it. it what? |
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drawing has been one of my survival tools since 2015 but it has long been kept private as a luxury of self-therapy. | |
something tells me now to draw more, to un-erase. |
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something tells me to solidify my "woke" values, and to perform gestures of de-colonization. |
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when this will have become too radical political acts i will cry endlessly. |
"selfies"![]() june 9, 2024 ![]() june 10, 2024 ![]() selfie with shadows, june 19, 2024 ![]() july 23, 2024 ![]() august 14, 2024 |
selfies: examples from 2016 - 2023 |
in relationship with context ![]() in the noise at night of 16 water pumps that drain a huge construction site next door abruti par le bruit, pendant la nuit, de 16 pompes à eau qui drainent un énorme site de construction tout près ![]() vulnerable in unsafe home vulnérabilité quand il n'y a pas de sécurité À la maison |
in specific emotional states ![]() terror terreur ![]() escaping échappatoire ![]() joy / joie |
in dignity reclaim ![]() november 24, 2024 _ 3 ![]() november 24, 2024 _ 2 |
de-colonize our western minds anchor identity and survival primarily in individualism. "relationality" is a concept from Indigenous philosophy. i largely do not grasp it yet if not for its radicality: "to live as tangata whenua - the human form of the land - is to know identity is a responsibility for another." by Ngāi Rangi, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Rangiwewehi Māori academic and writer Katharina Gray-Sharp (2023). to de-colonize includes leading us towards relationality. this is a very new thread of work. i draw other beings too, while questioning the basic concepts of how i relate to them. i invite others to draw with me. what do we see? |