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Born 1995, Lomé, TOGO

Lives and works in London

TEETH KISSIN' Where Elephants Reside 

TEETH KISSIN’ Where Elephants Reside, 2022 is an adaptation of my spoken word poetry written throughout the period of 2019-2021. The book uses photographs from various archives and original images to create a sequence of collages integrated with spoken word poetry. Publication as a site for conversation, reading as performance.

STOCKISTS: 

Lichen Books, London, United Kingdom

Kindred, London, United Kingdom

Village. Leeds, United Kingdom

New Distribution House, New York, United States

Salt & Pepper, Tokyo, Japan

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: 

Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London, United Kingdom

188 pages, 120gsm coated
Colorplan ebony cover
168x297mm
Play by Olimpia Southgate-Smith
ISBN 978-1-73966967-1-3

Published by Lichen Books and All Purpose Studios

Reappropriating the Gaze: Notes on Archive, Curation & Collage

Reappropriating the Gaze: Notes on Archive, Curation & Collage, 2023 

Published to accompany Divine Southgate-Smith’s solo exhibition TEETH KISSIN’ at Soup Gallery.

NOTES on Archive: When Provenance is Obsolete by Naima Hassan

NOTES on Curation: 'These memories are medicine' by Chloe Austin

NOTES on Collage: Me, A Mad Swirling Grabbing Thing by Ebun Sodipo

 

LIMITED EDITION: 250 Copies

Available upon request at SOUP Gallery

Published and Produced by Foolscap Editions 

Cover Artwork and Image Research by Divine Southgate-Smith

Texts Commissioned by Divine Southgate-Smith and SOUP

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