- 115: SPACE
with A Sometimes
114: NO THEME 13
with J Toledo & C Tse
113: INVISIBLE WALLS
with A Walker & D Disney
112: TREAT
with T Dearborn
111: BABY
with S Deo & L Ferney
110: POP!
with Z Frost & B Jessen
109: NO THEME 12
with C Maling & N Rhook
108: DEDICATION
with L Patterson & L Garcia-Dolnik
107: LIMINAL
with B Li
106: OPEN
with C Lowe & J Langdon
105: NO THEME 11
with E Grills & E Stewart
104: KIN
with E Shiosaki
103: AMBLE
with E Gomez and S Gory
102: GAME
with R Green and J Maxwell
101: NO THEME 10
with J Kinsella and J Leanne
100: BROWNFACE
with W S Dunn
99: SINGAPORE
with J Ip and A Pang
97 & 98: PROPAGANDA
with M Breeze and S Groth
96: NO THEME IX
with M Gill and J Thayil
95: EARTH
with M Takolander
94: BAYT
with Z Hashem Beck
93: PEACH
with L Van, G Mouratidis, L Toong
92: NO THEME VIII
with C Gaskin
91: MONSTER
with N Curnow
90: AFRICAN DIASPORA
with S Umar
89: DOMESTIC
with N Harkin
88: TRANSQUEER
with S Barnes and Q Eades
87: DIFFICULT
with O Schwartz & H Isemonger
86: NO THEME VII
with L Gorton
85: PHILIPPINES
with Mookie L and S Lua
84: SUBURBIA
with L Brown and N O'Reilly
83: MATHEMATICS
with F Hile
82: LAND
with J Stuart and J Gibian
81: NEW CARIBBEAN
with V Lucien
80: NO THEME VI
with J Beveridge
57.1: EKPHRASTIC
with C Atherton and P Hetherington
57: CONFESSION
with K Glastonbury
56: EXPLODE
with D Disney
55.1: DALIT / INDIGENOUS
with M Chakraborty and K MacCarter
55: FUTURE MACHINES
with Bella Li
54: NO THEME V
with F Wright and O Sakr
53.0: THE END
with P Brown
52.0: TOIL
with C Jenkins
51.1: UMAMI
with L Davies and Lifted Brow
51.0: TRANSTASMAN
with B Cassidy
50.0: NO THEME IV
with J Tranter
49.1: A BRITISH / IRISH
with M Hall and S Seita
49.0: OBSOLETE
with T Ryan
48.1: CANADA
with K MacCarter and S Rhodes
48.0: CONSTRAINT
with C Wakeling
47.0: COLLABORATION
with L Armand and H Lambert
46.1: MELBOURNE
with M Farrell
46.0: NO THEME III
with F Plunkett
45.0: SILENCE
with J Owen
44.0: GONDWANALAND
with D Motion
43.1: PUMPKIN
with K MacCarter
43.0: MASQUE
with A Vickery
42.0: NO THEME II
with G Ryan
41.1: RATBAGGERY
with D Hose
41.0: TRANSPACIFIC
with J Rowe and M Nardone
40.1: INDONESIA
with K MacCarter
40.0: INTERLOCUTOR
with L Hart
39.1: GIBBERBIRD
with S Gory
39.0: JACKPOT!
with S Wagan Watson
38.0: SYDNEY
with A Lorange
37.1: NEBRASKA
with S Whalen
37.0: NO THEME!
with A Wearne
36.0: ELECTRONICA
with J Jones
Lesh Karan
My Mother’s Kitchen
/Ingredients/ sunlight, a generous splash the gentle simmer of bhajans vegetables, greenhoused in Melbourne an ancestral pantry, pulsing with pulses, nuts, aata and sundry the (e)motions of mortar-and-pestles the sturdiness of a tawa extended-family-sized pots, multiple her pista barfi, un-substitutable …
Posted in 112: TREAT
Tagged Lesh Karan
Perspective
Some days are metal I see my face reflected – cracks in the steel I write to rupture I feel layered until I read me – I am flat and abstract not cut onions dripping milk – I use the …
Posted in 106: OPEN
Tagged Lesh Karan
Vermeer as Performance
after Yoko Ono’s ‘Kite Piece 1’ 1. Earring Piece Sketch the ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’. Snip it into pearl-shaped pieces – as many as the original’s value. Wear a cut-out on your left earlobe (tack it on with a …
Posted in 103: AMBLE
Tagged Lesh Karan
Year 2329: History Test
1. Respond to: In the 19th century, womankind had threadbare hands. Response: True. With no power, women’s hands toiled. They laboured on any of the following: a) hand washing + scrubbing b) hand sweeping + mopping c) hand cooking + …
Posted in 101: NO THEME 10
Tagged Lesh Karan
Chasey
It’s 28 April 2020 and my husband shows me a video of his cousin growling from the pit of his lungs at his two-year-old son: You’re arrested for being brown. The son runs, a question mark for a face. You’re …
Posted in 100: BROWNFACE
Tagged Lesh Karan
The landscape changes
we are not lovers, now climbing a jagged mountain on weak joints can one avoid twisted pain? making an effort widens fault lines climbing a jagged mountain on weak joints I crack when not seen making an effort widens fault …
Posted in 92: NO THEME VIII
Tagged Lesh Karan
