Homunculi Read

Come, read, eat and be together.

Homunculi Read is a collective reading event with dinner. Assembled through mediaeval European alchemical magic, Homunculi had the capacity to make further magical bodies. Excerpts from texts on the commons, magic, feminism, and collectivity will be gathered to form a spell. It will be the offering of a temporary refuge from the rationalism favoured by capital.

When incanting our textual spell together we will temporarily transform into a group body-voice. Feeding this body-voice with reading, thinking, discussion and food will yield magical thinking and imagination.

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Homunculi Read was devised and held in collabration with artist Sam Druant (https://www.samdruant.com) and was part of Speculative Gathering (www.speculativegatherings.com) in Göteborg 2024. The food was provided by Babemba Kitchen (babemba.se).

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