Emily Smith
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The Oppression of Objects
Of greatest importance this evening, above even happiness – an illusory phenomenon to which no one is entitled, least of all herself, thinks Hortensia– is an achievement of balance. As in a simple pendulum, the collective body of the self and the other oscillates between complements. It is not movement one seeks to control, Hortensia thinks, but simply its velocity.
By Emily Smith5 years ago in Fiction
The Oppression of Objects
Of greatest importance this evening, above even happiness – an illusory phenomenon to which no one is entitled, least of all herself, thinks Hortensia– is an achievement of balance. As in a simple pendulum, the collective body of the self and the other oscillates between complements. It is not movement one seeks to control, Hortensia thinks, but simply its velocity.
By Emily Smith5 years ago in Fiction
six artists who utilize the body as a form of expression
Helena Almeida was a Portuguese artist who said about her art: “My work is my body, my body is my work.” Utilizing a variety of mediums, including photography, drawing, and mixed media, Almeida’s work possesses a haunting quality; Tela Habitada, or Inhabited Painting, shown above, point to the painting as a location for the self — one which the body can enter, reside in, leave marks upon, and retreat from. Instead of acting upon the painting, the artists acts within it, transforming the work and the self simultaneously such that they merge into one entity.
By Emily Smith5 years ago in Humans
