Philosophical sketches

“My favourite audience is female artists.” – SMW.

Gift Science Archive meeting – 20.08.20. “Fragmentary tales connect the works intuitively.” – AC.

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. “To get lost in art can destroy art?” – AC.

GSA inventorying session – 10.09.20. “They associate themselves with the rich because it helps them with their dreams of upward social mobility.” – MH.

“I pay attention to things that I wouldn’t if I wasn’t archiving. I would want to trash them. But we work with what we’ve got.” – SMW.

“Affirmation of identity. 10 pieces of paper as affirmation, I don’t think that takes up too much space.” – SMW.

“When I was younger, I listened to people too much.” – SMW.

Rijksacademie Internal Open Studios – 07.09.20. “In terms of queer and feminist art, there needs to be more representation so that people can find themselves in objects. Also, that way I have things to give away.” – SMW.

Meeting – 12.04.20. “The messiness of art… invading common space, relationships, they all conform the politics of care.” – AC.