Incantations (2020) was collaborative project
made by a group of artists (Goldsmiths MFA)
that have been working together during lockdown.
It came together as a result of global shifts and
collaborative incantations.
Stories, poems, and experimental song spells.
Each a responsive incantation of their own,
not just to the pandemic but to the
ideologies that have seemingly crystallised these events.
A counter to capitalist hallucinations
and what has been their probable remedies so far.
There’s a long history between the vocalised
performance of incantations and the
physical transformative healing process,
blended together moving through
the said infection of the mind, body or spirit.
If survived, if healed, creating a
period of rest and reflection.
Enchantments, song spells or chants,
all that can be found in the sound
summons an action, a conversation, a song,
between the healing and the curse.
One could say that this current pandemic is both.
What will be its period of rest
and recovery while we grieve in its reflection?
What are the hallucinations with probable remedies?
Text by Blythe Cain
The Non-Human Cook Show was made
in collaboration with Wu Pei Chi.
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