Melting into the indents our bodies’ imprint in our mattresses, chairs, and sofas— forgetting there’s a life outside our homes. We are our homes. Now more than ever we seek connection through our personal narratives. Our families. Our lovers. Our domestic rituals. The artists in ‘You Remember How Lonely It Was In The Beginning’ express their relationship with their homes: their physical need for touch and intimacy— in the way the work is made as well as in the bodies present themselves. Here tenderness counts, care counts. We become our affections… or lack of. Our bodies and our homes meld as one. A rebellion against the perception of sentimentality as too self-indulgent or uniquely feminine. This work is about the home space, the current space where culture is produced and knowledge is shared, social battles are fought, and where the radicalness of touch is allowed. This show presents lovingness as an act of survival and resistance. This is radical softness!
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Artwork created by Zac Thompson
