Your mother's gone.

What woman ?

She doesn't love me anymore. She doesn't want to spend the rest of her life with me.

She stabbed me with a knife. Nothing's left in one piece.

She took the new black suitcase, all my embroidered shirts and jackets

“Careful darling don’t give birth here”

She doesn't love her children. That woman wrecked the house.

My Heads spinning and I ache all over

ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘'𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕛𝕠𝕪𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝔾𝕠𝕕, 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣.

“𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕔𝕒𝕟’𝕥 𝕀 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 ?”

𝕀𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝.

“𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔹𝕒𝕓𝕪𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕”

𝕃𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥, 𝔸𝕟𝕒𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕒

“𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖”

ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥!

He's eating the crocodile!

Look at those huge jaws!

“You’re having your baby, come with me”

The doctor said,

You’re gonna 𝑒𝒶𝓉 this one

It was hard, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁…

Whoosh! 𝗜𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁, 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻

“𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸”

“𝗜𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸! 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀!”

𝗜 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲

𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗵.

𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗠𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲.𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘆… 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗻. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆. 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱?

𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗻 ?

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗲?

𝗔𝗵, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹, 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗴𝗴𝘆 ?

𝗗𝗼𝗱𝗼𝘁𝘀.

𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁, 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿

𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗝 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝘆, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗱

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Text by Kyle Acma

taken from film Colossal Youth (2006) by Pedro Costas

Brandon Morris (b. 2000, San Diego, CA) is a multi-disciplinary artist completing a degree at Parsons School of Design. With technical skills developed studying fashion, Morris’ meticulously crafted pieces appear to be torn through the passage of time. The repurposed teapots proudly display their stitches and solder scars. Morris’ recent solo exhibitions include: Cathedral Junkie at Pangée (Montreal) in 2024 and Cats Live in Loneliness then Die like Falling Rain at Gern En Regalia (New York) in 2022. He also exhibited at Storage Art Gallery (New York) and the NADA project space (New York).