Deep In The Eye and The Belly Sam Williams
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Sam Williams: Deep In The Eye And The Belly

Deep in The Eye and The Bel­ly is an ongo­ing body of work entwin­ing sto­ries of cetacean bod­ies with imag­ined ocean­ic futures.

In the present day, a story is unearthed of a whale body that became a world of dinner parties, clandestine sex and mayoral speeches. In a possible future, a group of those-who-were-left-behind (or, those-who-chose-to-stay) have made a home inside the body of a whale. They find themselves contemplating this new world and speculating on the state of things outside – a world ravaged by a climate crisis which they survived by turning to the ocean. At a crossing between the present day and this potential future, a lone figure sings a lament for the body of the world’s last whale.
Deep In The Eye and The Belly Sam Williams