Dr. Elly Clarke

@digitalb0dy.bsky.social

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pursuing the blur over the binary / ecology over extraction / PhD in the Drag of Physicality in the Digital Age from Goldsmiths / teaching in various places / 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 / any pronouns ellyclarke.com / @serg1na.bsky.social / https://linktr.ee/digitalb0dy

Screenshot showing various windows open including a webpage showing content of a vitrine, three videos including one of #Sergina
Screenshot with information about the performance illustrated by a screenshot of the 2016 performance to be discussed.
Image of #Sergina’s Desperately Delicious Dirty Data - framed in Real Gold Frames in a grid of 24 a4 images of text. To the right is an a3 sheet of text explaining how and where and by whom and from whom this data was collected. Beside that is #Sergina’s belt. A handsome rescue dog from Berlin called Nick is stretched on the floor in front of all this To the right is #Serginas wheely suitcase with a gold jacket and a robost external hard drive on top. #DesperatelyDeliciousDirtyData #DataDischarge
Photo of Elly in his / her / their PhD installation at Goldsmiths. Showing a tall white person in front of a wall of drag objects : wigs, a shoe, a necklace and hand printed photographs. Beside Elly is a wheely suitcase with a gold jacket draped over it and a hard drive resting on top, and a pack of metallic temporary tattoos
DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS Well worn (out) drag props from 2009-23, some of which are catalogued for protection and preservation in Goldsmith’s library Special Collections, filed under Dragged Objects – DO / In the picture: wigs, prints, Screengrabs, hand printed photographs on the walls of a gallery and a wheely suitcase with a gold jacket draped on it
Long blond wig hanging to dry in a shower
Photographic contact sheet showing a full film of negatives
Picture of a red seat in a train at speed with Misty weather outside
Two open archive boxes, showing a wig, a phone, a mug, a shoe, a hat, a sequinned skirt, a leotard, a hand printed photograph and other things tucked away