Around the time of the 2024 US presidential elections, prior to the first ceasefire in Palestine, when talk of abortion bans and nuclear proliferation were taking over our collective consciousness, this work emerged. At that time, what I felt was described succinctly in Ugly Feelings by Sianne Ngai: “Disgust… I can’t move beyond the negative feeling, there is not even room for action. It is a mediation of utter despair”.