Letter

Correspondences would be actual letters, emails, or missives directed at specific people (or the world) as opposed to just loose, floating notes. – SMW.

These are a way of reaching out to others, including to artists (though not necessarily only artists per se), in a stream of conscious-like text
(RR). As the artist describes, “Life signs. No holding back, careful, but not edited”. These are always personal in nature and full to the brim with references, attachments and winks to other artists´ works (including the artists with whom he is in correspondence with). Written in a concrete shade of purple/pink (#993399). The content ranges from arguments with blacklisted social links to mass WeTransfer files messages. Can also often be related to the Distributed Notes in the sense that they often begin... – MH and AC.

...on scraps of paper, amidst shopping lists etc. Quickly jotted thoughts or more detailed invectives/missives, always also with a level of self-promotion as SMW has had to be his own art historian up to this point. So stories have to be repeated etc. – SMW.


Listings connecting to the sub typology “Letter” (2)



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  • Catalog No.
  • 01502-2020-Co-InvitationToAdrianPiper
  • Title
  • Invitation To Adrian Piper
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Digital word document file
  • Object Location
  • Digital

  • Technical Notes

Note written by SMW as an addendum to an invitation extended by If I Can’t Dance and the Rijksakademie in Fall 2020 for an event focusing on artist and their archiving – the event was inspired by the Archiving Tips sent by Piper to SMW in 2012. The invitation was declined by Piper’s assistant. It remains unclear if Piper ever saw the invitation.


  • Reflection Notes

“When I think of Adrian I also think of her dancing (she’s dancing a lot in her works over the years) – something she has in common with Sands I think, dancing to music in various videos.” – RR.

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Image of Studio object

  • Catalog No.
  • 00541-2005-Co-VALIE EXPORTCease+DesistLetter
  • Title
  • VALIE EXPORT ‘Cease and Desist’ Letter
  • Dimensions
  • Variable
  • Materials
  • Outlook Express email service
  • Object Location
  • Digital
  • Social link(s)
  • · Irritation (negative)
  • · Correspondence
  • Year

  • Technical Notes

Email from lawyer.


  • Reflection Notes

“I/we found VALIE’s email to me from 2004, please find it attached for archiving eventually. In the archive we should blur or censor VALIE’s personal email address of course. This is just for you, now, for your eyes only… (James Bond’s theme tune runs through my head… :)” – SMW.

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