The Clam’s Kiss | Sogi a le faisua was an online multilingual journal (2022–2024) dedicated to forms of transoceanic relation, creativity, and knowledge.
It shared essays, reflections, interviews and poems in the spirit of the ceremonial and political practices of reciprocity and affirmation evidenced in the sogi practice (shared breath of life or ritualised kiss); a practice common across many Great Ocean cultures but restricted in a time of planetary health crisis. The journal featured writers Diana Campbell, Matariki Williams, Freja Carmichael, Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick, Craig Santos Perez, Lana Lopesi, Sarah Biscarra Dilley and Ellen van Neerven.
The Clam’s Kiss | Sogi a le faisua signaled a much-needed shift towards transoceanic ways of relating and thriving. It formed part of our multi-year Blue Assembly project.
Edited by Curatorial Researcher-in-Residence Dr Léuli Eshrāghi with Director Peta Rake.
