Complex Drafts
by Jessica Foley
As MLP x The Complex Writer in Residence, Jessica Foley is developing a series of interconnected texts that move between performance and poetic experiment. Her writing explores how personal and political worlds overlap, tracing the textures of everyday life alongside the exhibitions and events at The Complex. Drawing particular inspiration from Anne Carson’s Stacks, Foley’s residency unfolds as an open, process-based inquiry into how language, voice, and performance take form over time.
Draft III
Image by Jessica Foley. MLP x THE COMPLEX Drafts notebook
Draft III is a response to Basma Al-Sharif’s film Long Life Witness, curated by Diaa Lagan, which was screened at Dissolutions ’25 festival by aemi, and to the exhibition 21226827118 by Colm Keady-Tabbal at The Complex Gallery, 24 October – 8 November 2025.
Jessica Foley is the MLP x The Complex writer in residence from August–December 2025.