Ashcroft, Louise. 2024. Crueller Surprise. [Artist's Book]

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Abstract or Description

I wrote short stories daily on my commute; the 25 minute duration of the Windrush Line between Highbury & Islington and New Cross Gate where Goldsmiths is. I self published them using the photocopier at work and performed them aloud at two events. Made for Friendly Fires, a group show at Cubitt Invites, Cubitt Studios, London, curated by Alison Jones.

Pushing my brain to run with the smallest idea until a story was formed, I leaned into my neurodivergence as an extension of my practice based research into improvised, flow-state storytelling and flash-publishing. Making artwork on the way to work-work, with the train as my studio, felt like a delicious petty crime against the grind of the commute.

Item Type:	Artist's Book
Keywords:	creative writing, short stories, improvisation, labour politics, photocopier, adhd, flow states, everyday life, studio, self publishing, performance publishing, commute, train, comedy, poetry
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Art
Date:	26 September 2024
Item ID:	38403
Date Deposited:	20 Feb 2025 19:56
Last Modified:	20 Feb 2025 19:56
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/38403

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