This book is part of the reading list supplied by Heather Phillipson in her exhibition at BALTIC Heather Phillipson: The Age of Love (19 October 2018 – 31 March 2019)
In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly made an indelible impact on the writer's way of being. Over the course of sixteen years together, Myles was devoted to the pit bull and their linked quality of life. And starting from the emptiness following Rosie's death,Afterglow launches a playful and incisive investigation into the mostly mutually beneficial, sometimes reprehensible power dynamics between pet and pet-owner. At the same time, it reimagines Myles's experiences with alcoholism and recovery, intimacy and mourning, celebrity and politics, spirituality and family history, while joyously transcending the parameters of memoir.
Moving from an imaginary talk show where Rosie is interviewed by Myles's childhood puppet, to a critical reenactment of the night Rosie mated with another pit bull; from shimmering poetic transcriptions of video footage taken during their walks, to Rosie's final enlightened narration from the afterlife, this totally singular text combines elements of science fiction, screenplay, monologue, and lucid memory to get to the heart of how and why we dedicate our existence to our dogs.
This is the full reading list (NB. Not all of these are available in BALTIC Library)
BOOKS
Butler, Octavia: Blood Child
Cavell, Stanley; Diamond, Cora;, McDowell, John; Hacking, Ian; Wolfe, Cary: Philosophy and Animal Life
Carrington, Leonora: The Debutante & Other Stories
Carrington, Leonora: Jezzamathatics or introduction to the wonderful process of painting (artist's statement)
Carson, Rachel: Silent Spring
Derrida, Jacques: The Animal that Therefore I Am
Easterling, Keller: Enduring Innocence
Eshun, Kodwo: More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction
Haraway, Donna: Staying with the Trouble
Hildyard, Daisy - Second Body
Hooks, Bell: All About Love
Howard, Len: Birds as Individuals
Myles, Eileen: Afterglow
Pasarello, Elena: Animals Strike Curious Poses
Rich, Adrienne: Arts of the Possible
Ruocco, Joanna: Multi-Course Small Plates, Craft Lofts, Prix Fixe
Steyerl, Hito: The Terror of Total Dasein http://dismagazine.com/blog/78352/the-terror-of-total-dasein-hito-steyerl/
Two Fingers & Kirk, James T.: Junglist (Backstreet)
FILMS
Juliette of the Herbs, Dir. Trish Streeten
Heart of a Dog, Dir. Laurie Anderson​ |