‘In the mid-twentieth century Walter Benjamin wrote:
“The state of emergency in which we live is not the exception but the rule. We must attain to a concept of history that is in keeping with this insight.”
Within such a concept of history we have to come to see that every simplification, every label, serves only the interests of those who wield power; the more extensive their power, the greater their need for simplifications. And by contrast, the interests of those who suffer under, or struggle against this blind power, are served now and for the long, long future by the recognition and acceptance of diversity, differences and complexities.’
Responding to history as it presents itself in the continuous moment,
does my work serve to disrupt existing structures of power or support them?
There’s a hopelessness to making beautiful things in difficult times.
We make beautiful things when we feel we can’t bring about greater change