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~ C H I C A G O ~

Joelle Mercedes

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"the weight of my mouth anchors me"
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I place a mirror tightly within the tips of my molars

releasing a few forms

a pit, a papaya seed, pieces of animal fur

symptoms of absolute decline

as I proceed to excavate

my stomach lining,

I find my heart smashed on a shiny glacier

I've been there - Joelle Mercedes
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Joelle Mercedes is a pájaro from El Bronx, NYC, currently nesting in Chicago, IL.  Joelle’s artistic practice is a flight interrupted by a chaotic thirst for departures. In this detour a circular path unearths, the tart nectar of saudade. A curiosity with distance.

PHOTO CREDIT: ALEX MEDIATE

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