DIVINE SOUTHGATE SMITH
TEETH KISSIN' WHERE ELEPHANTS RESIDE

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TEETH KISSIN’ WHERE ELEPHANTS RESIDE IS AN ADAPTATION OF SOUTHGATE-SMITH’S SPOKEN WORD POETRY WRITTEN THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF 2019-2021.

THE BOOK USES ARCHIVAL MATERIAL, IN THIS CASE, ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE ARTIST'S ORIGINAL IMAGES TO CREATE A SEQUENCE OF COLLAGES INTEGRATED WITH SPOKEN WORD POETRY. SHE/THEY ADOPT A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH, BLURRING THE LINE BETWEEN THE PERSONAL, HISTORICAL AND COLLECTIVE.

- 188 PAGES, 120GSM COATED
-COLORPLAN EBONY COVER
- 168X297MM
- PLAY BY OLIMPIA SOUTHGATE-SMITH