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Or: An Autobiography
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Image of Or: An Autobiography by Toby Fitch at DIP, Sunday 4 May 2026.
Or: An Autobiography is an exhibition of calligrammes (shape poems) selected from the long poem ‘The Or Tree’ in the poetry book Or: An Autobiography (published by Upswell Publishing, 2026).
The poem and book explore fluidities of self, body, and imagination. Its central long poem, ‘The Or Tree’, is a speculative version of the fictitious poem ‘The Oak Tree’, by Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. ‘The Oak Tree’ takes Orlando over 300 years to write, in which time they live through multiple eras, burn their poetic oeuvre, have various affairs with poets, critics, and a queen, and change gender from man to woman.
Darlington Installation Project [DIP] 30 Golden Grove Street, Darlington, Sydney NSW 2008 Australia. DIP is a window gallery and accessible to view from the street. The program is maanged by intelligent animal.
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