Dream

“The simple answer to archiving is that you survive.” – SMW. “Art too.” – AC.

SMW & AC inventorying session – 24.09.20. “It’s almost like you have an emergency/sex phone.” – AC. “And then my mother, and Robin’s parents.” – SMW.

“Is it a brain or testicles? Garbage brain Garbage testicles.” – SMW and AC. “It so sad… but it’s also powerful. When you name something trash, does it keep being trash? It’s a weapon. A good weapon.” – SMW.

SMW, AC & Invited Archivist inventorying session – 15.10.20. “I realised I was contributing to my own erasure as an artist. One way to bypass institutions was to publish as a form of feminist queer lesbian emancipation [instead of an] archive of misogyny.” – IA.

PINK IS RADICAL. SMW AND SUPER PINK IS SUPER RADICAL.

Rijksakademie Internal Open Studios – 07.09.20. “Our archiving is sharing, it’s like opening up a heart.” – SMW.

Rijksakademie Internal Open Studios – 07.09.20. “What does it give you to archive?” – Anon. “It gives almost a sense of accomplishment of how much there is, but also what it is. Nobody was interested before, and it requires persistence to keep going.” – SMW. “A victory [to keep going].” – Anon. “I feel that sometimes the artist gets forgotten. The work overrides it.” – SMW. “Getting lost in art can destroy art?” – AC.

“We are still talking about fucking Michelangelo from 500 years ago, but the 70s are over?” – SMW. “I don’ t feel I need to change my body, but I feel like a brain drag.” – SMW.

“That’s how I feel mostly, when I’m working – like I’m in a club.” – SMW. “Being on the receiving end of pleasure.” – AC. “This is why I’ve been so fixated in bottomness. It’s not common. Gay men always identified on the top side.” – SMW.

Rijksakademie Internal Open Studios – 07.09.20. “I try to confront how much [work] I have.” – SMW. “Destroying art pieces or not…” – Anon. “If you keep them, how long can you care for them? Do you give them again, throw them? It costs money for the space to store your work. What happens after the artist dies? Does success mediate the afterlife of your art pieces?” – AC.