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The interior monologue we overhear, which may or may not be hers, tells a tale of awkward interspecies closeness with a melancholic whale with whom the speaker shares a small tub in a triangular bathroom within the confines of her apartment. This testimony gradually gives way to that of an even more introspective young man, alone in secluded woodland, though a significant run over in the soundtrack obscures the distinction between their respective inner voices. He, too, speaks of nested enclosures (the figure of the Russian doll is invoked) and he, too, is a bundle of desire, guilt and sadness, as he imagines slowly dissolving into a morass in which the bounds between man and encompassing nature\u2014the cockroach, mosquito and worm he speaks of in turn, or the clutch of leaves, grass and soil he holds in his open hand\u2014no longer count for much.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/index.php\/unseen-by-my-open-eyes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read the full essay by Caoimh\u00edn Mac Giolla Leith, published in monograph &#8220;Unseen by my Open Eyes&#8221;, 2016.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-quinary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The mirror is dark and inky juxtaposes images of daily life in Iran with the surreal concerns of a woman whose bathtub is inhabited by a whale. These works aggregate the personal, social, local and universal, denying the totality of fully understanding or representing that which is other and thereby allowing differences and inconclusions to coexist. They position language as an access point to interior worlds and a departure point from which to begin exploring unknown realities. [&#8230;] Their works consider what it means to exist in duality: human and animal, protagonist and subject, seperate and together, dissolving and solidifying from one into the other.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alissa Kleist, <em>Play Like Coyote<\/em>, essay in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intellectbooks.com\/curriculum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curriculum: Contemporary Art Goes to School, edited by Jennie Guy,<\/a> published by Intellect, 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-quinary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">Created on residency with the support of the Kooshk Artist Residency Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mirror is dark and inky (5mins 38sec, Persian with English subtitles) was filmed on location in Tehran and northern Iran as part of the Kooshk Artist Residency Award. 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