Words of memory, words of exchange.
Coming away after the fact is a new publication by Susannah Bolton and AJ Stockwell. This series of poems and collages emerged from fragments of text and notes made during a group research residency connecting North Uist, Scotland with Quehui, Chile. Whilst in Quehui, AJ and Susannah considered islandness through multiple lenses, discussing queer identity, geological familiarity, flood mythology, layered masking, and plied cordage.
Susannah and AJ will read their new poems, and reflect on the multi-bodied premise from which this work emerged.
AJ Stockwell is a queer, neurodivergent artist based between the Western Isles and the central belt in Scotland. Their multi-modal practice crosses sculpture, audio, performance and installation. Often borrowing languages from other disciplines, AJ considers our bodily connection to place through an expanded tongue.
Susannah Bolton is an artist working in North Uist making sculpture, drawing, writing and performance work. Their work engages with generative translations, moving sideways through meaning and material, to talk to experiences of reality.
With thanks to Creative Scotland and Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio for their support.
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