I’m thrilled to announce that my work is featured in the newly released compilation Apparitions, now available in the UK and Australia from tent.press.
The cover of Apparitions, a newly released compilation featuring work by Michèle Saint-Michel, explores the spectral, the remembered, and the resistant, offering a deep dive into how haunting can challenge dominant structures and open up new possibilities for memory and future.
Apparitions is a curated collection that brings together an exceptional array of poetry, essays, art, and imagery, delving into themes of the spectral, the remembered, and the resistant. The collection serves as both a site of lamentation and a portal to the generative nature of haunting. It invites readers to reflect on how the apparitional—those traces, visitants, and phantoms—might disrupt dominant structures and summon new forms of memory and future possibilities.
The works in Apparitions speak to the power of the spectral in our sociological imagination, asking: How does the presence of the unseen shape the way we understand the world? How do these spectral forces become tools for resistance, and how do they challenge entrenched narratives?
A glimpse inside Apparitions, where poetry, essays, and visual art converge to interrogate the role of the spectral in the sociological imagination, memory work, and resistance. This collection offers powerful perspectives on the generative nature of haunting and its impact on art and politics.
This aligns closely with my own artistic and scholarly focus, where I examine the intersections of power, feminist ecologies, somatic memory, and quantum mechanics. My research investigates how memory, both somatic and cultural, influences our understanding of the past, present, and future. The concept of haunting, which threads through Apparitions, resonates deeply with my work, where I explore how these spectral forces—whether through art or memory—challenge dominant narratives and offer alternative ways of knowing and being.
As part of my ongoing engagement with visual culture and the politics of the image, I draw from my academic experiences, including my MA in Artists’ Film & Moving Image from Goldsmiths, University of London. My research and creative practice consistently interrogate the role of art in reshaping our perceptions of time, space, and memory. These interests inform my contributions to Apparitions, where the act of re-visioning—both personal and collective—is central to the work.
I’m deeply honored to be part of this collection, which brings together powerful voices and perspectives on spectral resistance. If you're in the UK or Australia, you can now grab your copy of Apparitions from tent.press and engage with this compelling body of work.
Let the ghosts speak.
Available now via Tent.press in the UK and Australia.
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