FEEL: 100 FOUR-LETTER WORDS THAT ARE NOT F*CK

Despite adopting a “keep calm and carry on” attitude, sometimes a four-letter word is needed – and sometimes one is not enough. This bound collection of alternates is an intimate portable object, a subversion of the rosary for these trying times. It was made to be handled directly and read through touch – a tactile experience which favours Braille readers.

As COVID-19 derailed the physical exhibition, the video was made to allow a different form of access to the book, and recodes the haptic into visual and auditory stimuli.

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Artist book (2020)
100 pages, each with one four-letter F-words printed in braille
Approx. 9 x 3 x 6 cm (page size 6.6 x 3 cm)

Video (2021)

8 minutes 51 seconds

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This project was supported in part by funding from the Government of Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

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