FIRST FLOOR
The first floor negotiates with the politics of the dinner table, family, and pilgrimage. Those at the dinner party are reciting internalized sentiments about hunger and queer desire from ceramic surfaces. Some phrases are lifted directly out of my lesbian romance novel; featured upstairs. The living room, activated sonically by the piano playing ‘Come & Find the Quiet Center,’ is overwhelmed with free-floating documentation and reflections from my 2022 and 2023 pilgrimages to Denmark and England, and my 2023 pilgrimage to Spain.
Denmark; where my family and Søren Kierkegaard hail from.
England; the country that my wife and I have dreamt of moving to in order to fulfill deep-seated desires for the future; where I continuously return to for inspiration in the Arts & Crafts, Socialist vision of Morris.
Spain; where I observed the display of a long, proud history of textiles and social performance.
+ Entrance +
+ Dining Room +
+ Living Room +
+ Den +
& I don't move on,
I carry it all with me;
& I don't move on, I carry it all with me;
Upon entry to the exhibition, house guests were greeted by a performer who gave out copies of the “house rules.”
ENTRANCE
Throughout the two hours, this space was activated by the comings and goings of guests, of performers’ bodies, of sonic play between singers and those recounting the texts superimposed upon ceramic wares.
Dining Room
The Dinner Party, a rotating mixture of performers, specifically addressed themes of hunger and restraint in queer desire.
& BEING LONESOME;
& BEING LONESOME; (BACK)
& TO RESOLVE TO LIVE;
& TO RESOLVE TO LIVE; (BACK)
& CHANCES DWINDLE;
& CHANCES DWINDLE; (BACK)
& CATACLYSM IS NOW;
& CATACLYSM IS NOW; (BACK)
& SUCH TIMES ARE GONE;
& SUCH TIMES ARE GONE; (BACK)
& TO NOT SUCCUMB;
& TO NOT SUCCUMB; (BACK)
RUN THROUGH BY GRIEF; (INTERIOR)
RUN THROUGH BY GRIEF;
DEEP-SEATED DESIRE; (INTERIOR)
DEEP-SEATED DESIRE;
DARK & MOODY SENSUALITY; (INTERIOR)
DARK & MOODY SENSUALITY;
FLORID, FRAGRANT, & FRAGILE; (INTERIOR)
FLORID, FRAGRANT, & FRAGILE;
SAFETY NOT ASSURED; (INTERIOR)
SAFETY NOT ASSURED;
IT'S EITHER, IT'S OR, IT'S REST; (INTERIOR)
IT'S EITHER, IT'S OR, IT'S REST;
& SCREAMING AMEN AS I SIP FROM HER PRETTY PINK LIPS;
(BOTTOM OF CHARGER)
& THE EROTIC CERTAINTY THAT I WILL BE HUNGRY AGAIN;
(BOTTOM OF CHARGER)
& THERE IS AN UNKINDNESS IN ME, FORTHRIGHT & LOOMING;
(BOTTOM OF CHARGER)
& TO PERCEIVE THE BRILLIANCE, TRAUMA, & DARING LOCKED IN POVERTY;
(BOTTOM OF CHARGER)
& I DON'T MOVE ON, I CARRY IT ALL WITH ME;
(BOTTOM OF CHARGER)
& WHAT A BLESSING TO EAT WITH YOU & TO EAT YOU OUT;
(BOTTOM OF CHARGER)
Living Room
Den
In the den, there was an array of articles, books, and resources related to pilgrimages through Iowa to churches of my matrilineal line.
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