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glitch.mirror (2020) development
Working with aesthetics of excess and multiplicity presented online, Chelsea Coon and Jessica Laraine Williams conceived of digital performance glitch.mirror (2020) in attempts to grasp the separated unknowns of the moment, despite which there persists the human desire to connect and make meaning.
In alignment with care
In preparation for an upcoming group exhibition, On Kindness and Care (2020), I dipped into the practice archives for a … More
Null cartography: Hair Actor, Boat Proxy 2020 (COVID-19 Era)
Emanating from the Null cartography (2018-ongoing) series of performative identity projects, Hair Actor (2020) is a distributed work in collaboration … More
Video intro for my Critical and Theoretical Studies students, April 2020
In 2020, I wrote and delivered a specialised module on the critical posthumanities for my students at the Victorian College … More
Side note- Antihotel: a folly in five tropes
After visiting a notable residence in Kandy, Sri Lanka, I’m writing a piece about its characters (and taking a closer … More
Tang Xian Zu, April 3, The Ian Potter Southbank Centre
The sumptuousness of the opera performers’ paint and fanwork stuck with me, particularly the masterful gradient wash of pink around … More
Ex Machina: Postscript
A transcript of my presentation for Sci Gallery Melbourne, Friday 17 August 2018, as part of National Science Week. It … More
The Plague: Panel
Transcript of panel presentation for Melbourne Art Book Fair 2018, Art+ Australia Journal Issue Two: The Plague. “… I’m Jess. I operate … More
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