Tag: art

A Matter of Life and Death: Cinematic Necropolitics in ‘Arrival’ [Free Associations journal]

Really excited to share that my first peer-reviewed piece is now out with Free Associations, a non-clinical psychoanalytic journal that is free access. The essay is a reworking of my Master's thesis that I wrote a couple years back and titled "A Matter of Life and Death: Cinematic Necropolitics in ‘Arrival’", looking at Arrival directed … Continue reading A Matter of Life and Death: Cinematic Necropolitics in ‘Arrival’ [Free Associations journal] →

Imminent Queerness: Temporal Excess in the Works of Jenkin Van Zyl and Ryan Trecartin

Originally presented atCineExcess 13 Conference, Birmingham City University, 2019. Image from Jenkin Van Zyl's "Looners". For full text please click the link at the bottom. Abstract: This paper focuses on works by contemporary video artists Jenkin Van Zyl and Ryan Trecartin. In their works, Van Zyl and Trecartin can be seen to employ excess in … Continue reading Imminent Queerness: Temporal Excess in the Works of Jenkin Van Zyl and Ryan Trecartin →

Drag: Self-Portraits and Body Politics at Hayward Gallery [Project Space] 22-Aug-2018 till 14-October-2018

There is a long queue for the gallery space which has reached capacity and is operating a one-in-one-out policy. The people curve along the side of the building and continue to stretch across the concrete landscape of the Southbank Centre, its brutalist shapes, its hues of grey. A lot of the outfits are brightly coloured, … Continue reading Drag: Self-Portraits and Body Politics at Hayward Gallery [Project Space] 22-Aug-2018 till 14-October-2018 →

Leave No Trace (2018), directed by Debra Granik

“Leave No Trace” is an instruction to humans in regards to land. As one enters a space, the phrase requests that you take with you all signs of your being there upon departure. The “trace” often refers to litter: crisp packets and plastic water bottles that are thoughtlessly tossed after their contents has been consumed, … Continue reading Leave No Trace (2018), directed by Debra Granik →

First Reformed (2018) directed by Paul Schrader

I wish I could write about every film I watch, but sometimes they take a while to translate from pictures in light, to filter through thoughts and affects, before becoming written language on a page. Other times, however, there is an urgency to use words to describe the impact of the cinematic experience, and there … Continue reading First Reformed (2018) directed by Paul Schrader →

Queer Encounters: A Queer History of Kings Cross by Elly Clarke, July 10-July 27 2018, Everyman Cinema, Kings Cross.

Queer Encounters lines the large, windowed back wall in the Kings Cross Everyman Cinema’s foyer. The work displayed is primarily formed of transcribed dialogues and monologues, images, and maps that form across a series of boards. 12 of these panels house different subjects who reminisce or painfully recall queer events, spaces and times located specifically … Continue reading Queer Encounters: A Queer History of Kings Cross by Elly Clarke, July 10-July 27 2018, Everyman Cinema, Kings Cross. →