Anohni’s is an ethical, as well as an aesthetic, opposition to hypermodernity’s paradigm of mandated faciality. For the gender nonconforming person, as for the socially anxious one, the demands that this paradigm makes, its prying requirements, are exhausting. To quote a non-binary friend: “‘My’ face-so unlike my own!-always fails to represent me.” Guattari’s and Deleuze’s harsh opposition to compulsory faciality is more indispensable than ever today, as every human subject, ever human subjected to the whims of an intricate system, is essentially expected, via social media, to perform. Faciality, as I’ve said elsewhere, is, like raciality, a supposedly signifying structure, and a source, therefore, of dehumanization. The demands of a consumer culture in which human beings are expected to be selling themselves and buying [into] others-as-products/productions, privileges excessive extroversion and punishes, in a myriad of ways (financially, romantically, etc.) excessive shyness, dysmorphia, etc. It’s with all of this in mind that Anohni’s comments w/r/t/ the veil and Islamic dress can be read as hyper-humane and sociologically (more than psychologically) revelatory.
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Finding this is 2020 is a blessing
I was obsessed w/ Alexyss K Tylor during high school ... it's so cool to hear her mentioned.
Anohni's voice is like silk
The Soundcloud broadcast has vanished or the link is wrong, so thanks a lot for sharing it here!
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Oh, no ;(
Anohni’s is an ethical, as well as an aesthetic, opposition to hypermodernity’s paradigm of mandated faciality. For the gender nonconforming person, as for the socially anxious one, the demands that this paradigm makes, its prying requirements, are exhausting. To quote a non-binary friend: “‘My’ face-so unlike my own!-always fails to represent me.” Guattari’s and Deleuze’s harsh opposition to compulsory faciality is more indispensable than ever today, as every human subject, ever human subjected to the whims of an intricate system, is essentially expected, via social media, to perform. Faciality, as I’ve said elsewhere, is, like raciality, a supposedly signifying structure, and a source, therefore, of dehumanization. The demands of a consumer culture in which human beings are expected to be selling themselves and buying [into] others-as-products/productions, privileges excessive extroversion and punishes, in a myriad of ways (financially, romantically, etc.) excessive shyness, dysmorphia, etc. It’s with all of this in mind that Anohni’s comments w/r/t/ the veil and Islamic dress can be read as hyper-humane and sociologically (more than psychologically) revelatory.