Free Download Dancing on My Own: Essays on Art, Collectivity, and Joy (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CK4WBDJ1 | 2024 | 6 hours and 46 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 376 MB
Author: Simon Wu
Narrator: Shawn K. Jain
An expansive and deeply personal essay collection which explores the aesthetics of class aspiration, the complications of creating art and fashion, and the limits of identity politics. In Robyn’s 2010 track Dancing on My Own, the Swedish pop-singer chronicles a night on the dance floor in the shadow of a former lover. She is bitter, angry, and at times desperate, and yet by the time the chorus arrives her frustration has melted away. She decides to dance on her own, and in this way, she transforms her solitude into a more complex joy. Taking inspiration from Robyn’s seminal track, emerging art critic and curator Simon Wu dances through the institutions of art, capitalism, and identity in these expertly researched, beautifully rendered essays. In "A Model Childhood" he catalogs the decades’ worth of clutter in his mother’s suburban garage and its meaning for himself and his family.