36 Planes of Emotion | 2011 Perspex blocks with acrylic paint and etched text AGYU | Toronto
36 book-like objects of varying thickness made of perspex are placed on found furniture. Each “book-like object” is inscribed on the spines. Each title refers to a specific emotional plane or state. The list of emotions is building upon a medieval Sanskrit manual of aesthetics, as well as the understanding that no one experiences a single emotion singularly – all affect is layered and multiple.
Raqs make new collective nouns to hint at this complexity.
A Chaos Of Awakened Wonders A Museum Of Innocent Assumptions A Transport Of Giddy Joys A Geometry Of Angry Loves A Furtherance Of Future Anticipations A Clutch Of Uncertain Embarrassments A Manufactory Of Rising Intoxications A Cortege Of Cardinal Hungers A Rustle Of Thoughtful Lusts A Triumph Of Truant Stupors A Volley Of Rising Whimsies A Futility Of Sweaty Arrogances A Latitude Of Languid Longings An Inebriety Of Fluorescent Voices A Scale Of Sliding Sorrows A Largesse Of Generous Insanities A Madness Of Measured Impotencies A Fluster Of Surprised Kisses A Fleet Of Fugitive Annoyances A Bouquet Of Perfumed Cruelties A Masquerade Of Moral Panics A Perfection Of Sustained Fascinations A Fizz Of Aroused Expectations A Cabinet Of Morbid Contentments A Thrall Of Trembling Envies An Embrace Of Paralytic Seductions An Artillery Of Inconstant Shames A Picnic Of Nimble Choices An Indulgence Of Frenetic Laxities Carnival Of Misconstrued Disgusts A Mosaic Of Minute Hopes A Hydra Of Headstrong Desires A Whisper Of Manic Mirths A Sufferance Of Chewy Distinctions An Eloquence Of Delighted Doubts A Pleasure Of Sudden Dissimulation
