A Biography of Daphne Published by Spector Books.
Edited by Mihnea Mircan, Helen Hughes. Text by Jacquelyn Ardam, Erik Bünger, Lauren Burrow, Justin Clemens, Vincent W. J. van Gerven Oei, Ana María Gómez López, Amelia Groom, Eva Hayward, Ulrik Heltoft, Adam Jasper, Caroline A. Jones, Martha Kenney, Esther Leslie, Paris Lettau, Sophie Lewis, Candice Lin, Michael Marder, Stephanie McCarter, Lévi McLean, Luke Morgan, Miljohn Ruperto, P. Staff, Jonas Staal, Khadija von Zinneburg Carroll. Revisiting the classical myth of Daphne as the starting point for an investigation of trauma and metamorphosis, symbiosis and entanglement As most famously immortalized in Ovid's Metamorphoses, the myth of Daphne and Apollo ends with the former, a river nymph of divine beauty, turning into a laurel tree after begging to be spared from Apollo's lustful chase. In this reevaluation of her story, Daphne's becoming tree—and becoming image—is reimagined as a cipher for contemporary predicaments, illuminating the perils and potentials of a profound transformation of the human. Daphne is here recast as a dynamic model for the ruptures between the "figures" and "grounds" of today's visual, social and ecological environments. Essays and artist contributions explore the integrity of bodies, their performative or prosthetic extensions and the alliances they enter into across species.
Contributors include: Jacquelyn Ardam, Lauren Burrow, Justin Clemens, Amelia Groom, Eva Hayward, Caroline A. Jones, Martha Kenney, Esther Leslie, Sophie Lewis, Candice Lin, Stephanie McCarter, P. Staff.
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