Within the hallway of a secondary school in Brussels, in October 2018, the ice replica of the equestrian statue of the late King Leopold ii melted. Accredited to the artistic genius of Laura Nsengiyumva, the anti-monument ‘PeoPL’ testifies to the need to dissolve colonial attitudes while offering a poignant criticism of traditional monument conventions.

Molly reflects on ‘Clap for Carers’, five years after the social movement took the Covid-stricken British public by storm. Through the lens of the phenomenology of performance, she reveals the seemingly simple act of clapping to be one of immersion, sonic impact and sometimes contradictory political implications…

Sometimes, all she wanted to do was stare down the mirror like someone else, find meaning in every freckle and contour and caress her collarbones and nascent hips manically like a leering camera.