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Disruptive Narratives: An Unconventional Odyssey with Dolly Sen

  • Joana Alarcão

Welcome to an engaging conversation with Dolly Sen a working-class brown queer artist based in Norwich, UK. With a brain she humorously describes as having an "ill-repute," Dolly disrupts societal systems not through conventional means, but with a unique blend of My Little Ponies on acid and a touch of sadness. Boasting over 10 published books and a global presence in films, performances, and art, Dolly's work is subversive, humorous, and radical. From 'sectioning' government departments to confronting misogyny in a clitoris hat, Dolly Sen's artistic journey is a testament to her unconventional approach to challenging norms and sparking debates on madness, sanity, and acceptable behaviours. See more here:https://www.insightsofayoungecologicalartist.com/art-and-politics/disruptive-narratives%3A-an-unconventional-odyssey-with-dolly-sen

To begin, can you delve a bit into your artistic background and practice?
In short, I re-sculpt the world to make it a place of fairness, truth and beauty. The longer answer is: I am a writer, filmmaker, artist and activist. I am a working class, Brown, Queer person who is interested in the disability and madness given to us by the world. I want to disrupt systems that produce that programming called oppression, not through trojan horse viruses but with my little ponies on acid with a little sadness in their hearts. I do this by using creativity, love, and rage. My recent work includes sectioning the DWP and confronting misogynistic medicine dressed as a wandering womb with a clitoris hat. I don’t limit myself to one medium. I use any medium that fits the idea best.
As a working-class, Queer artist interested in disability and societal madness, how does your personal identity shape the perspective you bring to your creations?
I think if I were middle class, white and straight, I wouldn’t have felt the need to create the work I do because I would not have been squeezed by the walls that close in on people who stand on the outside. I think all my work is about is truth-telling of the alienated experience and the lies in the world that harm most people. What a lot of people don’t understand is that a lot of us are fighting for survival and not to drown in the unfair waters of systemic injustice heaps on us. The only time society gets behind disabled or working-class people is with a dildo. The sanitised normal world is humiliating. Our world is made ugly, my identity wants it to be beautiful.
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