9’25’’

HD

2023

THE STRUGGLE FOR VISIBILITY

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When you are housebound, you become mainly invisible to the world. Unable to participate in the daily activities that happen outside the door of your home, it is easy to start feeling like you don’t exist. In The Struggle for Visibility, the artist attempts to become part of the outside world. They are covered in a golden silk sheet and stay close to the ground to represent their ongoing separate reality as chronically ill. In the public space, they become hyper-visible whilst remaining largely hidden from view. In their dreams of belonging to the outside world, they desperately try to overcome all the barriers it poses. In the last attempt to become more visible, they climb the highest stairs in the busiest part of town, but they find that this is too much to ask of their fragile body. Also, it does not lead to the meaningful social engagement they had wished for. Instead, they end up alone, exhausted by the effort of trying. For sick and disabled bodies to become more visible in public spaces, we need societies to adapt to our needs rather than push ourselves to become more visible to society.
 

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Noli Kat is a sick artist who struggles with (mental) health and was until recently housebound and mostly bed-based because of the stigmatised chronic illness ME/CFS. Noli’s work aims to contribute to creating life-affirming cultures where people can exist and belong. From poetry and prose to self-portraiture and performance art, recurring themes are chronic illness, invisible disability, kindness, and sex. Source of inspiration are Soulmaking Dharma, non-violent communication and disability justice. Noli is based in Dreamscapes, Cyberspace and the Netherlands.

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