MY NAME IS CLARE LOUISE HARMON AND I AM AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST PURSUING A PHD IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. I WORK ACROSS MULTIPLE DOMAINS: POETICS, TRANSLATION, SOUND, AND VISUAL ART.

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MY CURRENT PROJECT IS AN EXPERIMENTAL TRANSLATION OF DANTE’S INFERNO, TITLED GRIEF PEOPLE. IN THIS, I WANT TO ADVANCE AN INFRASTRUCTURAL APPROACH TO LITERARY CANON; TO THINK ABOUT TRANSLATION AS A TECHNOLOGY TO HIJACK THE DEATH-DEALING SCRIPTS OF COLONIALITY.

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