{"id":289,"date":"2022-03-31T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/?p=289"},"modified":"2025-05-30T15:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:02:27","slug":"swamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"SWAMPS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m03s382-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Image split into three with outdoor shrubbery, blurry pink, black and white bat in flight, caption reads 'so the scent is another things that's a big deal'\" class=\"wp-image-290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m03s382-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m03s382-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m03s382-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m03s382-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m03s382.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three channel digital video, 07:00. <a href=\"https:\/\/thetetley.org\/artists\/mathew-wayne-parkin\/\">View SWAMPS on The Tetley website here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SWAMPS explores public sex and its intersection with disability, drawing on the instructions from Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson\u2019s SWAMP (1969), alongside how bats see and navigate their environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the core of this research is an inquiry into what queer disabled sex looks like, how queer disabled people access intimacy, and how bodies are embodied within moving image. The work asks: How are gender identity, sexual desire, power dynamics, and the currently able-bodied norm reproduced through the production of moving image? And can these be subverted beyond superficial representation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sound by Lucy Johnson<br>Monologue Owain Harrison<br>Supported by The Tetley, Cove Park, Creative Scotland, Glasgow International and Love Unlimited.<br>Thanks to Owain Harrison, Jamie Hudson, Claire Biddles, Lucy Johnson, Nastia Nikolskaya, Thomas Boland, Huw Lemmey, Aitor Gonz\u00e1lez, and Annie Crabtree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h26m19s065-1024x576.png\" alt=\"screen in thirds with green forest, wooden branches, blurry black, the caption reads 'or sometimes there't the squeak of a trainer'\" class=\"wp-image-291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h26m19s065-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h26m19s065-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h26m19s065-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h26m19s065-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h26m19s065.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m20s658-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"screen in thirds with path in green forest, pink veiny surface with bubbles, black and white interior of a lab\" class=\"wp-image-295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m20s658-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m20s658-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m20s658-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m20s658-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m20s658-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m42s650-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"screen in thirds with green grasses, blurry naked male torso, black and white reflections of water on a wall\" class=\"wp-image-296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m42s650-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m42s650-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m42s650-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m42s650-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/mathewparkin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-2022-12-18-22h27m42s650-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three channel digital video, 07:00. View SWAMPS on The Tetley website here. SWAMPS explores public sex and its intersection with disability, drawing on the instructions from Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson\u2019s SWAMP (1969), alongside how bats see and navigate their environments. 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