Song of the Other Worm

Manal Kara

At Prairie, Chicago, US
December 16, 2019 — January 26, 2020

i long for teleological thoughts
something immaculate and absolute
but desire remains a firm and silent fruit

a lemon with its eyes closed
 

anxieties
the anxiety of being mired in one’s moment
the anxiety of overspilling one’s margins
the anxiety of truth as an asymptotic function

the anxiety of never being able to go back
 

i have yet to feel the flower
nature blooms for elixir color
like a plump plush winnie the pooh in a cloud forest
desire does not seek its object
desire seeks only to replicate itself
desire is both mechanism and form of proliferation

like love dogs howling their way back to their own poiesis
 

and you too a lowly worm,
my favorite kind of worm

love poem to another worm
 

you are the apple of my tooth
softy and mealsome
snack that you are

'two wasps fucking (whirled~egg)' 2019. Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric.
'lachrimæ illuminatæ, or seaven teares of a hoe' 2019. Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric.
'slug sex over io' 2019. Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric.
'rhythms of a chthonic heart' 2019. Glazed ceramic.
'songe of the othyr Wyrm' 2019. Glazed ceramic.
'prima materia (jasmine, lust, hysteria, pogostemon...)' 2019. Glazed ceramic.
'Glossolalia, ululations and other orogenous wailings' 2019.
'i Amn just……….. a litle creacher. Thatse It . I Canot change this' 2019. Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric, chain.

Song of the Other Worm
Manal Kara

 

At Prairie, Chicago, US
December 16, 2019 – January 26, 2020

 

Prairie

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