Lucy Swan 


Lucy is an interdisciplinary writer whose work sits at the intersection of critical theory, creative writing and visual art. Her work has been published and exhibited internationally, as detailed below. Lucy has a secondhand bookselling project called SIREN BOOKS and is working on her first book of essays: Getting Cosy.



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On the way 


Exhibition - 1001 Over Simplifications, included in ‘Jouissance’ at Millenium Film workshop, NY, curated by Michèle Saint Michel. On until April 22
Creative writing - ‘Til death in Carrion ‘RATKING’
Poem - LET THE RECORD SHOW in Pala Press ‘Futurity’ 
Essay - Radical Cringe in Tissue Papers



Writing 



2026 - The Light Bands Cover, cut-up poem for Sunday School ‘Noctis’
2026 - INFLAMMATORY TRUISMS in Brossura
2025 - Same same but different, exhibition essay for Christina May Carey’s ‘Continuous Present’ at LAILA, Sydney
2025 - A is for... written and performed for Ponto and Hopscotch Reading Rooms in Berlin 
2025 - Between Stone and Sky in the Ancient Times 001 by the Stone Club
2025 - Strange Evidence for The Bittersweet Review 
2025 - Darryl by Jackie Ess for The Bittersweet Review
2025 - All of us Strangers for The Bittersweet Review 
2024 - Love Lies Bleeding for The Bittersweet Review 
2024 - It’s all in the details for Brossura 003
2024 - Queens by Pickles for The Bittersweet Review
2024 - Bluets for The Bittersweet Review 
2024 - Close to the Knives for The Bittersweet Review 
2024 - always + forever for Sunday School ‘End of Eternity’
2024 - what do you do when there is nothing to do? in Pala Press Anthology 006 ‘Caesura’ 
2024 - Hi-NRG in london Review of Trannies 002 in collaboration with Amanda Wilkinson Gallery
2023 - Obsessive compulsive destruction in Pilot Press Anthology: ‘Responses to Forbidden Colours by Felix Gonzalez-Torres‘ edited by Richard Porter 
2023 - Interpreting One Against Interpretation in Pilot Press Anthology: ‘Responses to Untitled (Comet with Eye) by Paul Thek’ edited by Richard Porter 
2022 - February 14th, 1990 in Pilot Press Anthology: ‘Responses to Pale Blue Dot’ edited by Richard Porter
2022 - The Lover and the Beloved in Pilot Press Anthology: ‘Responses to Love’s Work by Gillian Rose’ edited by Richard Porter
2021 - Pink Snow for Static Palm
2021 - Page 3 for Hot Potato News 
2020 - Fuck you, I’m here, Shutting Down, Do you look back? and On the Edge in Mindful editions 001



Screenings and Exhibitions 



2026 - 1001 Over Simplifications in ‘Jouissance’ at Millenium Film Workshop, New York. Curated by Michèle Saint Michel
2025 - 1001 Over Simplifications in collaboration with Christina May Carey for her solo show ‘Continuous Present’ at LAILA, Sydney
2025 - Fuck you screened as part of ‘The Poetic Lens’ at the Millenium Film Workshop, NY, curated by Erica Shreiner and Michèle Saint Michel
2024 - Fuck you screened as part of FALL at Beaconsfield Gallery , London and Andrew Stewart Cinema, Glasgow, curated by Tamsyn Challenger and Colin J Herd. 
2020 - What do you do when there is nothing? in collaboration with Matt King, Joseph Delaney for SORT Studio premeiered by Fucking Young. 



Residencies 



2025 - Hospitalfield Interdisciplinary Residency, Scotland (supported by Society of Authors)