Freudian Typo Explores Debt as Political Economy at Delfina Foundation

The Delfina Foundation is showcasing 'Condensed Word, Displaced Flesh', a new work by the Iranian-Canadian artistic duo Freudian Typo, consisting of Ghazaleh Avarzamani and Ali Ahadi. This exhibition reinterprets debt, presenting it not merely as a financial oddity but as a core aspect of the political economy of Western Christendom, enforced worldwide. It references the allegorical story 'Chad Gadya', in which a goat is purchased for two zuzim, critiquing the deceptive practices of capital that obscure the reality of debt repayment across generations. Attendees will explore a 'Debterinary', a multimedia installation that merges elements of a veterinary clinic, tax office, and gallery, inspired by Freudian concepts. A video features a cat—the initial debtor in 'Chad Gadya'—undergoing bizarre surgery as doctors search for lost coins, while the work also alludes to finance, medicine, and Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice' and 'Othello', probing the connections between debt, guilt, sin, and redemption. The exhibition is open at the Delfina Foundation in London.