Dimensions: image: 190 x 140 mm
Copyright: © Tom Phillips | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: Esq Tom Phillips created this text-based work, currently untitled, as part of his extended project "A Humument." It feels immediately… fractured, doesn't it? Editor: Absolutely, like glimpsing fragments of a dream half-remembered. The words scattered across the page resemble linguistic fossils, hinting at some deeper narrative. Curator: The way he plucks phrases and isolates them is fascinating. Note the repetition: "I am doing it. I am doing it to you." The power dynamics become palpable. Editor: The positioning of "alienation" and "continuity" is also striking. They are opposing forces, perhaps representing the internal tensions within the speaker. It echoes the push and pull of human connection. Curator: The line "woman is. A woman can" at the base anchors the entire piece with a statement of potentiality. I think it offers a glimpse of resolution. Editor: Yes, perhaps. The calm after the storm of feeling, laid bare with such stark simplicity. Curator: It leaves me pondering the power of absence, what's unsaid between these selected words. Editor: And I'm left wondering, what record came on, and what story did it tell?