
we're viscous and delicious
floating on the surface
a buoyant in-between
our bodies splitting
cycled in, cycled out
from single to many
a multiplicity
on a rotating backdrop
seamlessly ticking
exponentially
metronomically beating
and now we're counting
together
a scum ensemble
in perfect harmony
as a community
we're thriving and upholding
taking care, our strength in numbers
we have agreement, sacred consensus
what beats in us, is embodied

Emily DiCarlo
is a writer and artist whose interdisciplinary work applies methodologies that often produce collaborative, site-specific projects. Evidenced through text, video, performance and installation, her research connects the infrastructure of time with the intimacy of duration. She has been a council member for The International Society for the Study of Time since 2016 and this past year, co-edited an issue of their academic journal KronoScope, which focused on “Anthropocenic Temporalities.” Her essay, “Transcending Temporal Variance: Time Specificity, Long Distance Performance and the Intersubjective Site,” can be found in the forthcoming issue of The Study of Time (Brill Publishing) later this summer. She currently lives and works in Toronto (Tkaronto), Canada.