Working 2000

“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.

Inventorying session + invited archivist (IA) meeting – 15.09.20. “Can more voices join the archive over time? How does the future look for a ‘finished/abandoned’ archive?” – AC.

“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.

JUST WHO IS VENUS – 13.04.20. ‘On envy’ // A ginger naked in a shell in the middle of the Ocean // sounds like a hair commercial. Mother of love // bitten apple // dream of // kaleidoscopes // war inside the sea // love stains on the carpet // woman made for women? a perfume for the // envy // the shore // the // lack of it all. – AC.

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.

“Sometimes I think of psychic pain, and there’s so much of it that I just block it, I could have never guessed that things would be like they are now… but I hoped.” – SMW. “I guess that is part of the artist life… the imposter syndrome.” – AC.