Surat - Atong Atem activism Is true love possible between

Is true love possible between two people

Such stylistic tools continue to allow her to incarnate the strange and even disturbing aspects at the heart of everything we deem familiar

Her writing is complemented by the personal stories of those who knew her and the commentary of those who have connected with her work: Christophe and David Lanzenberg (her sons)

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Surat - Atong Atem activism Is true love possible betweenWe have few things that travel continents with us as familial practises. We have recipes and textiles, crocheted doilies and Majok beads, and we have photo albums. Some faces in our photographs are drawn over with a marker, some cut out entirely. Some photos are much, much older than me, others were printed from an iPhone. Photos are gestures, examples of culture in flux. Atong Atem Surat is the first photobook by South Sudanese Australian artist