Why be a slug? Slugs: A Manifesto explores a creature that survives by being disgusting. Weaving together manifesto, memoir and poetic language, Abi Palmer considers the politics of space, iridescent queerness, and shapeshifting viscous ‘slug time.’ In the face of a potential apocalypse, Slugs: A Manifesto envisions a future where humanity becomes just a little more sluglike. Abi Palmer is an artist and writer. She uses film, text, sculpture and sensory intervention to explore sick bodies, viscous textures & ecological landscapes. Expanded edition! Includes extracts from sluggy talks with Zarina Muhamad (The White Pube, Lola Olufemi and Christie Costello (Bare Minimum Collective) and mycologist, Nathan Smith!
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Abi Palmer
EAN: 9781739616069
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 290 g
HEIGHT: 198 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Makina Books
DATE PUBLISHED: 2025-06-05
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GENRE: ART / General, NATURE / Essays
WIDTH: 150 mm
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Book Themes:
The Arts, Literary essays
Abi Palmer is an artist and writer. She uses film, text, sculpture and sensory intervention to explore sick bodies, viscous textures & ecological landscapes. Works include film series Abi Palmer Invents the Weather (Artangel, 2023); book Sanatorium (Penned in the Margins, 2020); and interactive gambling arcade Crip Casino. Her work has been shown at Tate Modern, Somerset House, Frieze Corridor and Venice Biennale.