The commitment to life without reproducing
demands new genres of storytelling. Futures Within, Futures Without makes space for fertile counternarratives that re-vision
childlessness: experimenting with a hybrid genre of “speculative life writing” to bring together personal experience and the testimonies of others who are
questioning dominant narratives of reproduction.
Through animating, crafting, writing and workshopping, this research explores how the future is conceived: engaging the “what if?” speculations of SF to revision the feelings of negativity, failure, longing and lack that have long-haunted those futures within that are determined to be futures without children in the familiar sense.
Through animating, crafting, writing and workshopping, this research explores how the future is conceived: engaging the “what if?” speculations of SF to revision the feelings of negativity, failure, longing and lack that have long-haunted those futures within that are determined to be futures without children in the familiar sense.
Rewilding, acrylic paint on paper clay panel formed of shredded business documents, 2024
The first outcomes of this research were presented in Holding Space at God’s House Tower, Southampton, in 2024.
Forthcoming works include Dose Makes the Poison, a visual novel commissioned by Helen Starr, launching in 2025.
︎ Interested in contributing to this ongoing research? Get in touch ︎
Forthcoming works include Dose Makes the Poison, a visual novel commissioned by Helen Starr, launching in 2025.
︎ Interested in contributing to this ongoing research? Get in touch ︎