The world, us included, is in a constant state of flux. How can we define boundaries between the self and everything around it? As Karen Barad states: “the self is dispersed, diffracted through time and being”. We are all donors of intertwined matter; you bear the traces of the retrograde version of yourself. If we could sonify the genetic history, the past, present and virtual future would play all at once, undulating and gelatinous. 

The Story of the Vertebrae and the Whale is a tale of structures, fluidity and metamorphoses – come on this journey to explore your own timeless eternity. Recommended position for listening: eyes closed, flailing phantom limbs, wearing pastels. If seated, ensure your head is well padded. Enjoy! 

Created for RadioGEN, Generator Projects, Dundee.

The Story of the Vertebrae and the Whale

Anecdotes from The Abyss
(sound piece, 24 mins, 2020)

‘even the space between
the teacup and the saucer has inhabitants far more graceful
than the birds’

A radio broadcast from the deep. A past and future life regression. A big night out in the damp patch at the back of the house.
Starring oosdax the bone eating worm, a bisected Damien Hirst & a packet of Skips.

Artists and back pain sufferers @georgefinlayramsay and @jamesstephenwright invite you to get wrong, right now.
(even if there is no now)

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