As Deep as I Could Remember, As Far as I Could See

This first book by Tarik Kiswanson brings together two poems, two polyphonic stories that explore the notions of desire, plural identities, boundaries and miscegenation that are at the center of the artist's work. The first, composed as an interview between the artist and his alter ego, a pre-adolescent boy who gives his name to the poem, Vadim . This exchange is then split, multiplied and hybridized in As Deep as I Could Remember, As Far as I Could See . The accumulation of experiences and voices reflects a human condition in perpetual motion and offers an unprecedented weaving of a universal history and the construction of our individuality.

The poems are followed by an essay by Jesi Khadivi, curator and critic, which illuminates the conceptual strategies and the fabric of texts and sculptures that are the basis of the artist's practice.