Tique

“The animal has secrets which, unlike the secrets of caves, mountains, seas, are specifically addressed to man.”

So has written John Berger in his essay “Why Look at Animals?”. Today, in the reality of climate collapse and mass production, addressing animal topic has gained a new sense of urgency.

Tique has selected six books on the animal topic. Some of them reflect on the damages of the Anthropocene, with nonhuman animals being its primary victims. Others focus on futuristic visions, nonhuman perspective and agency. Each contributes to a vision of a kinder future – multi-species coexistence, where human is placed among, not above, the animal network.

→ A Bestiary of the Anthropocene by Disnovation.org & Nicolas Nova
Published by Set Margins'

→ Animal Touch by Eva Kotátková
Published by Artmap

→ Enfleshed - Ecologies of Entities and Beings by Kristiina Koskentola & Marjolein van der Loo
Published by Onomatopee

→ with a Bird, A Reader on Avian Kinship edited by Marjolein van der Loo
Published by Onomatopee

→ Entanglements: An Anthology of Posthuman Tales
Published by Posthuman Press

→ Curatorial Guidelines. Animal, Plants and Art Exhibitions by G.C. Heemskerk & Jessica Ullrich

Now on Tique: Among Animals. Six publications on interspecies relationships

Read the article here: https://tique.art/printed-matter/collection/among-animals

My artistic practice is rooted in exploring feminist themes through alternative narratives and magical thinking. I often begin with personal experiences, which expand and transform as they intersect with broader societal challenges, ultimately evolving into works that aspire to connect with audiences. Drawing inspiration from multiple writers and thinkers like Ursula K. Le Guin’s ideas of the carrier bag and gathering or the hatchery of Jennifer Bloomer, I reimagine knowledge and storytelling to challenge conventional structures.

Textiles are at the heart of my practice. I embrace their European historical association with femininity and the domestic sphere, using this tension to craft layered narratives about what it means to be a woman today. My works often take the form of colorful, intricate tapestries accompanied by prose or poetry, where material and text form a dialogue. Art and writing are my chosen tools to weave together stories, materials, and ideas.

Tique asks six questions to an artist about their work and inspiration.
This week: Sam Druant

Read the interview here: https://tique.art/interviews/six-questions/sam-druant

Where Things Hold: Sculpture as a Response to Everyday ‘Making-Do’ in Informal Urban Environments is a research project by Danying Yu that examines how sculpture-making can respond to and reveal the transient spatial expressions of everyday improvisation within informal urban settings, translating these observations into sculptural installations that explore resilience, adaptation, and vernacular ingenuity.

Now on Tique: Danying Yu – Where Things Hold: Sculpture as a Response to Everyday ‘Making-Do’ in Informal Urban Environments

Read the article here: https://tique.art/interviews/artistic-research/danying-yu-where-things-hold-sculpture-as-a-response-to-everyday-making-do-in-informal-urban-environments