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Rhett Davis' UK debut is a strange, profound exploration of what makes us human

“I want to explore the ways in which I can defamiliarise, to get us out of our normalised way of thinking”
Rhett Davis © Ben Hoffman
Rhett Davis © Ben Hoffman
The Australian author’s UK debut, Arborescence, presents an eerie alternative reality in which people can turn into trees.

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