Essays

Three essays a month, kept in the house voice. Not reviews and not promotion: an account of the scene in language that fits it, close to the work.

4 June 2026

The record is not an archive

An archive stores what is finished. A record keeps what is still happening. The difference decides everything about how the work is held.
21 May 2026

On the wall, and the weather

To hang a painting straight, untreated, and trust the room is a position, not an absence of one.
7 May 2026

A vocabulary for a young scene

Scenes do not become legible on their own. They need words kept with the same care as the work.