how is speech a desire a hope a promise

Southern Exposure 

San Francisco, CA, June 2021

In this text distributed through digitally printed fliers, I question the differences between language and speech. I assert that the failure of protest speech to “do what it says it does” opens up new spaces of connection between the communities it gathers. 

The text corresponds with the performance series, Gathering Offers Us a Portal ︎︎︎