[no title: p. 57] 1970

Curator: Esq Tom Phillips, born in 1937, created this intriguing, untitled mixed media collage that you can find in the Tate collections. Editor: It feels like a dreamscape fading at the edges, a half-remembered story whispering through fragments of text. Curator: Phillips is known for his altered books, where he takes existing texts and transforms them through collage and erasure. His practice often interrogates the nature of narrative and memory. Editor: I love how the snippets of words create a new poem, a bizarre little narrative. "Twilight," "sixteen," "on a skewer, the north great ball"—what does it all *mean*? Or maybe it doesn't have to mean anything. Curator: The fragmented phrases, in conversation with the washed-out colors, invite us to question dominant narratives, and consider alternative voices or untold stories. Editor: It's a beautiful puzzle, and I think I'm okay with not solving it. It's like a mood ring of the mind. Curator: I agree. It makes a powerful statement about the shifting nature of meaning itself.