rebirth of a fraying body: Performance by artist Saoirse Amira Anis

TY - ADVS

T1 - rebirth of a fraying body

T2 - Performance by artist Saoirse Amira Anis

A2 - Hao, Sophia Yadong

A2 - Anis , Saoirse Amira

PY - 2024/2/22

Y1 - 2024/2/22

N2 - In an intimate performance composed of movement and spoken word Saoirse Amira Anis embodied the creature present in their recent works which represented the non-humanity projected onto marginalised bodies by Western society. Considering the decolonial potential in consciously becoming “fugitive”, as suggested by Akwugo Emejulu, Anis weaved together words from radical texts that influence their thinking with their own prose, echoing the woven-together ropes of the creature’s tentacles. Positioning fugitivity as an act of rebirth, Anis offered an incitement for urgent collective action towards liberation.

AB - In an intimate performance composed of movement and spoken word Saoirse Amira Anis embodied the creature present in their recent works which represented the non-humanity projected onto marginalised bodies by Western society. Considering the decolonial potential in consciously becoming “fugitive”, as suggested by Akwugo Emejulu, Anis weaved together words from radical texts that influence their thinking with their own prose, echoing the woven-together ropes of the creature’s tentacles. Positioning fugitivity as an act of rebirth, Anis offered an incitement for urgent collective action towards liberation.

UR - https://www.dundee.ac.uk/events/rebirth-fraying-body

M3 - Performance

PB - Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design

CY - University of Dundee

ER -