{"id":7747,"date":"2023-10-16T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/?p=7747"},"modified":"2024-03-18T15:15:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T13:15:56","slug":"suzanne-claridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/16\/suzanne-claridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sticky Teeth | Micro\u2013interview with Suzanne Claridge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I think good arts writing should transcend and forget itself so as not to take itself so seriously.<\/p>\n

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Sticky Teeth’s<\/a> micro-interviews have less to chew off.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span>Ft. words from creative professionals at the intersection of the arts and writing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In this edition, writer Suzanne Claridge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>talks about\u00a0<\/span>ephemeral\u00a0approaches to working with language and their\u00a0<\/span>belief that\u00a0<\/span>good arts writing should not lose sight of its purpose:\u00a0<\/span>the reader and\u00a0<\/span>experiencing art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Suzanne Claridge is a writer, time-traveller & artist of Fiji-Indian and Anglo descent.<\/h2>
She grew up in Iutruwita (Tasmania) and currently lives and works on Gadigal land (Sydney, Australia). Their poetry and arts writing can be found in Cordite Poetry Review, Running Dog and Performance Review.\u00a0<\/div><\/div>
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Tahney:\u00a0<\/i><\/span>From your POV, what’s a major arts writing problem, and what should we do about it?\u00a0<\/h2>
Suzanne Claridge: <\/i>I find that, at times, arts writing can feel incredibly dense and inaccessible. I think gatekeeping and institutionalised culture shape the conditions around this type of work, where exclusivity and jargon can make art inaccessible to broader audiences. I think good arts writing should transcend and forget itself so as not to take itself so seriously. Arts writing should not lose sight of its reader and should enhance the arts experience.\u00a0<\/div>
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Your favourite arts person working with language? <\/h1>\n

It\u2019s hard to pick a favourite. I have been influenced and inspired by many writers and arts practitioners. An artist working with language that I really admire is Wiradjuri poet and artist<\/span> Jazz Money<\/a>. An example of her practice that comes to mind is her artwork \u00a3100,000, an installation comprising of text and soil, which was exhibited for<\/span> No Show<\/i> in 2021 at Carriageworks. <\/a><\/p>\n

I love seeing how writing and art intersect and how writing as an art practice takes form beyond characters on a page <\/b>to shift the ideas of text away from purely written content into something that can be experimental and materially ephemeral. <\/p>\n

A good intro to their work? <\/h1>\n

 Here is a recent interview <\/a>between Jazz Money and Neika Lehman for Artguide, discussing all things poetics, film and art! <\/p>\n

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What have you been up to lately? Any highlights?<\/h1>

I recently had some arts writing published in Performance Review, where I reviewed and incorporated a poetic response to Angela Goh\u2019s performance work Pattern Recognition.<\/p>\n

My favourite writing project I\u2019ve worked on so far is actually being published later this year for unMagazine\u2019s 17.2 issue, RETURN. <\/a>I cannot wait for this issue to drop, and will announce when it\u2019s live on Instagram<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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More of\u00a0Suzanne Claridge\u00a0<\/a>here.<\/a>

Interview by Tahney Fosdike<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Too, with the Venice Biennale as a whole, in this unearthliness, the curatorial was a blur of impact and thought. I wasn\u2019t sure if it was possible to achieve anything cohesive. I\u2019m still not sure if it\u2019s possible to look at, en masse like this, the variety of mediums, ideas, and cultural contexts and get it and not just be overwhelmed, weary, and clueless.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Haneen Mahmood Martin talks about shared accountability and diverse perspectives in the arts industry, matching words with actions\u2014i.e., more POC in leadership positions\u2014and the use of clear, accessible, but impactful language. <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Liv Collins has an infectious energy rare in an industry of pretension. I’m really excited to feature her in this sticky teeth micro-interview for her truths about writing education at art school and some hot insider arts reading suggestions. <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Anna Kate Blair speaks on the intersection of art, writing, and time. She explains her major concerns for lack of enough resources for the writing process itself, and also touches on history, capitalism and imagining alternative futures for creativity. <\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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