From: Last Tango
To: anna.buerkli@gmx.ch, Date: 2024-10-06 08:00:35
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On the banks of Limmat in Zurich, high-heels click along the cobbled street, As the river winds its way past old buildings and modern feats. Shoes of all kinds, from sleek to Crocs, parade in style, A droll scene of fashion and function, a juxtaposition so worthwhile. The Limmat flows with a permissive grace, accepting all who come to gaze, Its waters a mirror of the city's lively, varied ways. Distressed souls find solace in its calming embrace, While 10XL dreams float downstream, a vision of a different place. The juxtaposition of old and new, grotesque and beautiful, A dance along the Limmat, a scene both surreal and dutiful. Zurich's heart beats alongside this river's flow, A vibrant, eclectic city where all are welcome to come and grow.

Always more than one uses Sara Ahmed's book Strange Encounters. Embodied Others in Post Coloniality as a starting point. The artists developed the publication in multiples stages, reflecting upon the figure of the stranger.

Always more than one

A publication by Giuliana Beya Dridi, Cathrin Jarema, Lukas Kaufmann and Gianna Virginia Prein

Strange Encounters challenges the assumption that the stranger is someone we do not know. Ahmed argues that the stranger is socially constructed and even very familiar to us. Drawing on feminist and postcolonial theories, it explores the impact of multiculturalism and globalization on embodiment and community. The publication Always more than one follows a participatory format. Built upon on each other, new contributions came about through interpretation and observation.

Thanks to ZHdK Dossier Internationales, ARTist, Gesellschaft zu Ober-Gewern, Gesellschaft zu Schuhmachern