A tear, engineered in 1856 by Rodolpheª¢the adulterous lover of Flaubertª¡s Madame Bovaryª¢is dripped onto a breakup letter and sent to the heroine via messenger. ªThere ought to have been some tears on this; but I canª¡t cry; it isnª¡t my fault,ª he says, but not to her. Then, having filled a drinking glass with water, Rodolphe dips his finger and lets a big drop fall onto the paper, leaving a pale stain on the ink. Cally Spoonerª¡s monograph documents a large eco-system of 40+ works which takes the incident of this false tear as a lynch pin, to reflect on the outsourcing, hijacking, erosion, decay, or destruction of personal, subjective utterance, in a 21st-century hyper connected and financialized climate.
For the monograph, Spooner describes each work in an active, present-tense voice, intercut with diagrams, drawings, culled, and censored correspondence. New essays bring into focus central themes that play out in Spoonerª¡s transdisciplinary performance work.
For the monograph, Spooner describes each work in an active, present-tense voice, intercut with diagrams, drawings, culled, and censored correspondence. New essays bring into focus central themes that play out in Spoonerª¡s transdisciplinary performance work.
