Trench Art: Black Humor, War Debris, Mud, and Peach Pit
Trench art refers to objects and handmade artifacts created during wartime, often using leftover materials such as bullets, shell casings, mud, wood, or even fruit pits. These works blur the boundaries between survival, memory, and artistic expression. Mary Walling Blackburn’s Wound, Whittle, and Peach examines these marginal forms through historical and theoretical perspectives, highlighting how they reflect black humor, informal economies, and embodied ways of confronting violence. This post presents a partial Persian translation of Mary Walling Blackburn’s Wound, Whittle, and Peach for Farsi readers; the original English text is available separately via the reference below.
9 February 2026
Trench Art: Black Humor, War Debris, Mud, and Peach Pit 9 February 2026
Trench art refers to objects and handmade artifacts created during wartime, often using leftover materials such as bullets, shell casings, mud, wood, or even fruit pits. These works blur the boundaries between survival, memory, and artistic expression. Mary Walling Blackburn’s Wound, Whittle, and Peach examines these marginal forms through historical and theoretical perspectives, hi...