Sonia Louise Davis, Slow and Soft and Righteous, Improvising at the End of the World (and how we make a new one) USA Illiberal Arts is a search

Illiberal Arts is a search for forms concerning an artistic “Lebensarbeit” (“life’s work”

sex work is the constant backdrop of the story as it moves between Sydney

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Originally published in a limited run in 1998

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Sonia Louise Davis, Slow and Soft and Righteous, Improvising at the End of the World (and how we make a new one) USA Illiberal Arts is a searchSonia Louise Davis Slow and Soft and Righteous, Improvising at the End of the World (and how we make a new one) spans five years of the artists writing. These collected texts take the shape of manifestos, scores, poetic essays and prose poems. Many were originally printed as giveaway posters at exhibitions of davis visual artwork and or incorporated into her live performances. Marks from her graphic notation appear throughout the book. Improvisation