{"id":15038,"date":"2026-01-28T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/?p=15038"},"modified":"2026-07-08T10:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:47:35","slug":"something-rare-to-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/something-rare-to-lose\/15038","title":{"rendered":"Something Rare to Lose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Something Rare to Lose
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Translucent LED Screen, glass, video, bed, belljar, hand-blown glass lungs
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In a world that increasingly tends to see the human body as a the bearer of a quantum of strain and assault, or a statistical marker of casualties and emergencies, the work embraces an expansive vision of the human body and the life it holds, situating the question of embodiment as central to consciousness, (and vice-versa). This is a view of life as a cascade of qualia, not as a mere accumulation of thirty trillion cells, two hundred and six bones, and seventy eight organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A translucent screen, hand-blown glass lungs, a bed, and a bell jar bring these questions into proximity. The body appears as a field of sensations, memories, impulses, and encounters that unfold across time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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how many hearts does it take to have a heart; how many minds are situated between the brain, the concentration of nerves in the spine, the guts and the limbs; how many kinds of awareness flow back and forth between the world and the person in the body; how many residues of the memory of one body find a home in the consciousness of another. How big is this thing called the body?  Something Rare to Lose<\/em> lingers with these questions, holding close the rarity of being alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Life is something too rare to lose, casually.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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