Two pieces inspired by Fernand Deligny's essay, The Arachnean. A reflection on utopian ways of being autistic and autistic ways of being utopian, as seen on the rippled surface of water dancing in a stone basin somewhere in the foothills of the Cévennes.
These pieces were commissioned by Cassandra Gillig and The Poetry Project for the Utopian Research & Development Summit. They are intended for use during poetic freewriting sessions, but like Deligny I want to challenge the boundaries of language (and of use). Here is my attempt.
Long distance collaboration between Natalie Braginsky and me. I did a field recording in a circle of trees during a blood moon eclipse and then the trees fell down. It's about space. (is)
continuing from FIYH, this is blackpilled as all fuck; written and delivered with the raw candidness and self-mocking bitterness of a high-schoolers journal, and set to beats that are laser-focused to keep my distractable mind topped up on angry dopamine. A tight 21 minutes of weaponised disgust. Tom Colquhoun