Sorry We Missed You

Dylan Hausthor’s work is a disassembly of the weight bearing infrastructure upon which many Americans rest our respective identities. Their work brings forward an unhinged clarity that is at times nauseating and frightening, almost septic, as you’re taken to the frayed seams of human social conditioning. But just as the unsettling experience begins to swell, Dylan reveals a deeper, more gentle layer of possibility of life beyond (and within) decay. Dabbling in the unexpectedly queer worlds of decay, fungi, agriculture, and ruralism, their lens refracts a ragged intimacy found within and between more-than-human life worlds. Both sober and ecstatic, their work deftly identifies a web of tensions within which the human experience is perpetually suspended. Dylan’s work is as urgent as it is retrospective, calling forth sentiments that feel deeply ecological while also clearly shaped by a sickly modernity.