after-all (field)

Nolan Oswald Dennis
after-all (field), 2021
ink, pencil, labels on paper
Work: 89 x 124 cm

after-all (field) forms part of Dennis' body of work, conditions, which is centred around the spherical globe, an idealised figure of the planet in Western cosmology which is seamless, smooth, unitary and knowable. Counter to this image of the world, Dennis proposes a series of transformations of the sphere, stretching and distorting the model in order to find space for other worlds, other world possibilities. Dennis’ explorations of a more awkward language to overwrite the globe builds on feminist, Marxist and postcolonial theorists whose work troubles the singular perspectives of the planet.