SIROCCO | Curation

TheCuration

Thirteen works drawn from the body of one hundred and nine.

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Works curated from the body

AI-generated imagery | Colophon →

Two figures in white walk away along a red clay path between vast rounded hedges.

A figure turns in a white pleated dress and cape, in black and white.

The Fold

The pleats were cut to hold a wind that is not there. She turns once, for no one, and the fold keeps the shape of the turn.

From The Swan →

A man in a black cap and high collar and a woman under a wide red hat stand together before a dune.

The Appointment

They arrived separately and neither will say how long it took. The dune has moved since the last time. Whatever is being agreed, she will be the one to say yes.

From Courtship →

Two figures in white with wide hats run past the base of a redwood.

The Hunt

They know this part of the forest well. Someone ahead of them does not. The bark keeps its own time.

From The Purge →

A woman in rust stands at the head of a bay horse in a stable doorway.

The Stable

The light reaches the stable once a day and she is always there for it. She stands where her mother stood.

From Coco →

A man in a long coat watches a waterfall while a sheet of dark red cloth flies above him against a blue sky.

Fate

At the falls the cloth goes ahead of him and holds. He has come a long way to be told something, and the water is louder than any answer.

From Mosi-oa-Tunya →

A red box of a house cantilevered from a sandstone cliff above the sea.

The Room Above the Sea

It was put there by someone with permission nobody remembers giving. The window faces the water and not the road. Whoever is expected will come by sea.

From The Found Rooms →

Five figures in red capes sit at a table in clipped hedges below a red rock form.

R.S.V.P

The garden is booked under no name. Lunch finished an hour ago. The waiters stand just far enough away not to hear.

From Cause and Effect →

A figure in a red knitted jacket and a wide straw hat sits at a laid table in a desert; two others sit behind.

The Second Setting

The table was carried out at noon and laid for more than came. She keeps the hat on. The others sit where they were put.

From The Reservation →

A figure in white on a beach, almost covered by a white cloth turning in the wind.

The Dive

She always ends with this. For a moment it looks as though the cloth has won.

From Ceramics →

A figure in a wide white dress hangs in the air above two white buildings, a cloud behind.

Ascension

She is higher than she has ever been, and nothing below is calling her back.

From Power →

Two figures in pale suits and white sunglasses sit at a table with drinks against a red wall.

I Want Them on Weekends

Four glasses and no papers on the table. The lawyers were asked to wait in the car.

From Avoidance →

Three figures in rust pleated robes move among redwoods on red earth.

Head Start

They have never been this far into the forest. The floor is soft and takes no prints.

From The Purge →

A man in a striped suit and a woman in a red coat stand apart on sand beside an empty bench, under a single cloud.

Tuesday, 8:42 PM

The chair is for whoever gives in first. Whatever is being decided here is being decided without speaking.

From The Hundred and Sixth Time →