Tate Modern and Victoria and Albert Museum collections
Three chapters – Body / Politics / Eroticism – drawing from de-structured academic research exploring ritualsitic violence as perfomance
Evaluation madness and the constant urge to innovate push people back further and further into a virtual shell
which are rarely fully apparent
writer and art historian Aruna D’Souza offers observations pulled from current events as well as contemporary art that suggest that a feeling of understanding or closeness based on emotion is an imperfect ground for solidarity
Jean Cocteau: Diary of a Film petersaville Tate Modern and Victoria andFilm Desk Books, 2023, Hardback, 162 pages, 20. 3 x 15. 2 cm Im woken by unbearable pain and since I cant sleep or pace back and forth, I relieve myself by taking this notebook and attempting to cry out my pain to the unknown friends who will read these lines. They exist. I know them without knowing them. I can just see them in the shadows. Jean Cocteau Beginning on August 26, 1945, the day before shooting began, until June 1, 1946, the day after the