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This foil print came from reading about spoon theory and listening to @shapearts’ podcast with artist @jamilaprowse, where she talks about her 2023 film Spoons (After Carolyn Lazard). Spoon theory was created by Christine Miserandino in 2003 to explain the gap in energy between disabled and non-disabled people: each task costs spoons, and some of us start the day with far fewer.
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What stayed with me was the playfulness in how Jamila and her friends (Carolyn Lazard, Leah Clements and Bella Milroy) talk about spoons in the film’s voice notes, like wishing for a ladle instead. It made me think that our spoons aren’t only different in number. They’re different in size and shape. Some are big but slotted, so energy drains straight through. Some are tiny but solid. Some are wired and can’t hold much at all. And the same person’s spoons can change from one day to the next.
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spoons, 2026
Silver foil transfer on blue cardstock
13.7 x 10.3 cm
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