Resonant Bodies, Toxic Atmospheres is an investigation by Lou Lou Sainsbury into the symbolic and astronomical relationships between Earth and its sister planet Venus at a time when the climate is becoming increasingly extreme. With the project, the artist delves into trans, crip, queer and racial ideas about trans feminine bodies and toxicity and bodies that are not built to survive. At the heart of this proposal, Sainsbury asks: “If our bodies, emotions and survival are involved in the cyclical processes of the world, what does that mean in worlds that are increasingly toxic and inhospitable? Perhaps we need to become monsters ourselves to imagine a more liberated future?” During a residency at the European Ceramic Work Center in Oisterwijk, the artist experiments with textiles and metal to develop marionettes that function as sonic and sensory archives of transgender histories, in addition to a script for a new puppet film project entitled Celestial Boymodes. The advisory committee is impressed by this powerful, moving work by an artist with a young practice that has a lot of potential.