gestalt fiction 25 The sequences splay across double-page

The sequences splay across double-page spreads

Burdened by cultural expectations of the 'good mother' and the 'strong Black woman' trope

It is richly illustrated with a wide array of their work

River Camel and River Exe stopping for river swims and picnics in sun-dappled woodlands

their journeys coalesce into a riveting milieu characterized by brutal debates and desires as fraught as they are compulsive

gestalt fiction 25 The sequences splay across double-pagegestalt is a poetic enquiry of the Panchayat, a collective of South Asian and Black artists practitioners involved in communal archiving, artmaking and activism in Britain from 1988 2015. gestalt consists of visual poetry, drawings and instructions which provide an alternative documentation of the materials and ephemera from the Panchayat Collection. It is a score for performance holding a spotlight on questions of race, class, gender, colonisation,