Drawing its inspiration from Sarah Hannan’s “Why Childhood is Bad For Children” “At Your Worst” brings together texts on early-in-life definitions of friendship, loss, identity and socioeconomic class. Hannan argues individuals do not necessarily have to have “bad” experiences during childhood for it to be “bad.” It is intrinsically “bad” since the individual is extremely vulnerable during this period in the constructed society we live in. The writers and I aim to concentrate on not the “bad” but the “worst,” how we still model our lives and practices based on the experiences we have and the definitions we make in childhood. The texts by Aslı Seven, Gülce Özkara, Nihan Somay, Zeynep Öz and me are accompanied by documentation collages of some sculptures in “Your Worst Friend”.
“At Your Worst” is published to accompany the exhibition “Your Worst Friend” realized as a partnership project of Artistes en residence and La Tôlerie with the support of SAHA Association.
“At Your Worst” is available at BAS, Glasgow Zine Library, Museo Reina Sofia Library, SALT Araştırma, Stedelijk Museum Library, Women’s Art Library and Zines of the zone.
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