drawing


page in construction



it was already happening before january 20, 2025.

something about survival has been shifting,
something about human dignity.


somebody.ies
is.are
erased.


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?
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.
something tells me to solidify
my "woke" values,
and to perform
gestures of
de-colonization.
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?



horus

horus (therapy horse): you teach me how to exist. you ask for decolonization of my mind. fractions of a second. energy shifts. large. my mind is scared. it wants to go back to the familiar. but, near you, maybe i can stay in the new. maybe. and then, i find alignment. i do not understand. new profound truths. joy flows. i walk you follow. you share your vulnerable power. i can walk more. i stop you stop. we are equals. you walk i walk. i learn. time to draw. time to share.

horus and me


surrender to death = surrender to life = panic
s'abandonner à la mort = s'abandonner à la vie = panique



horus, my mind is always searching
horus, mon estprit cherche tout le temps



horus, when i find what touch pleases you
horus, quand je trouve quel toucher te convient



action reaction
action ráaction