There’s something of a B-movie sensibility about this odd scientist falling in love with this substance. B movies often explore bizarre forms of erotica, collisions of taboo and fantasy, horror and arousal, and that too is what Half-life is aiming for.
Sophie Cundale
The first four chapters of Half Lifeare now released as an audio novel on Digital Cosmos every Friday from June 21 to July 12, 2024.
Half Life is an erotic science fiction about Pearl, a scientist who develops an infatuation with radioactive waste. The intertwining of nuclear matter and sensual appetites links to matters such as desire, self-poisoning, consumption and addiction to toxic substances but also to an attraction towards nuclear energy.
Half Life is written by Sophie Cundale and curated by Giulia Colletti.
To mark the launch, CURA. has published a conversation between the artist and curator. The recordings are accompanied by a series of photographic images featuring the narrator of the chapters, actress Bryony Miller. The photographs were made in collaboration with artist and photographer Polly Brown and feature Bryony Miller as the imagined protagonist Pearl. Makeup by Crystabel Riley Hair by Clara Todirau Face and nail sculptures by Sophie Cundale, fabricated by Martha McGuinn Sound Production by Jamie Neville at Teeth Studios.
