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•ALIENATION• Gia Fagnelli

a video poem commissioned by FolkLAB for the QUEER: New American Tall Tales show in Pittsburgh PA.  best experienced with headphones in a dark quiet space.

“…much of the power and success of “tall tales” comes from exploring the nuances of a dichotomy of “bizarre and relatable.” Indeed, Gia Fagnelli’s tall-tale interpretation perhaps most vividly and ruefully epitomizes this dichotomy, with a piece centering around a cyber-dancer’s Philip K. Dick-esque, synthetic multimedia dreamscape allows the audience member to tune into the cosmic vibrance and splendor of queerness, while also brutally being exposed to the astronomical loneliness and disconnection.”

(adjective) A Japanese, untranslatable word, natsukashii is a beautiful feeling defined as a state of euphoric nostalgia. It is triggered by a fond memory, which causes a yearning or missing space in your heart. It is usually an emotion modified by an object, such as your old neighborhood, an old friend, or lover. Although nostalgia is usually correlated with a sense of melancholia, natsukashii is a sweet reminiscent that warms your heart.

literally: dear, beloved, cherished, sweet, missed, longed for, yearned after

(via mirayuuki)

You return when you feel like it, like rain.  And like rain you are tender, with the rain’s inept tenderness. A passion so general I could be anywhere. You carry me out into the wet air. You lay me down on the leaves and the strong thing is not the sex but waking up alone under the trees after.

connection (2016)