
Exhibition
The Scale of Things
26 Jan 2024 – 06 Apr 2024
Cooper Gallery
Dundee, United Kingdom
Performance by Saoirse Amira Anis
In an intimate performance composed of movement and spoken word Saoirse Amira Anis will embody the creature present in their recent works which represents the non-humanity projected onto marginalised bodies by Western society. Considering the decolonial potential in consciously becoming “fugitive”, as suggested by Akwugo Emejulu, Anis will weave 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 offers an incitement for urgent collective action towards liberation.
Booking
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Biography
Saoirse Amira Anis' creative practice prioritises radical care, informality and empathy, influenced by their Scottish and Moroccan heritage and underpinned by interests in Black queer theory, Disability Justice, and politics of liberation. Through writing, moving image and performance, they consider how the body holds ancestral and lived memories, particularly in relation to guilt, shame and resistance.
Part of the event series accompanying The Scale of Things
Image:
Saoirse Amira Anis, breach of a fraying body, 2023. Performance view. Commissioned by Art Night. Photo by Erika Stevenson.
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