Philosophical sketches

“I was so beaten up as a teenager that I could not stand up.” – SMW.

GSA inventorying session – 10.09.20. “I feel like a database, or a library. I have all this knowledge, all these pages I want to flip through, and I know all the words but I can’t look at them. I am blinded by my own collection of sources.” – AC.

“If they encounter suffering, if it ain’t pretty… Someone said about Carolee’s work that it was not made to make you comfortable.” – SMW. “Art is never made for comfort. Quite the opposite. It’ s a quest for unknown things.” – AC. “And change.” – SMW. “They think ‘I just pull out’. Wonderful! Heterosexual practices and their fantasy of safety…” – AC.

“I would have just disappeared, this work would have never been seen. It’s a weird feeling to look back.” – SMW.

Rijksakademie Internal Open Studios – 07.09.20. I wasn't raised to be shy or unshy, but I think my body is a way to communicate and to give back to the artists before me. I think a lot of times, men are not in communication with their bodies and the work of feminist artists. – SMW.

SMW & AC inventorying session – 24.09.20. “One big thing you can do is talk about your experience of your own body.” – SMW.

“Any idea what the pink represents?” – AC. “Consciousness? Energy? *laughter* I guess I had to feel the head. It feels kind of trashy.” – SMW. “I guess that is the purpose.” – AC. “It is the purpose.” – SMW.

“If one person can fall in love with your art…” – AC. “That's why Robin is so important in my practice. He is a witness. I would finish something and run into the room to show him.” – SMW.

“I refuse to destroy things.” – SMW.

Inventorying session + invited archivist (IA) meeting – 15.09.20. “It was all about boys clubs back then.” – SMW.

“It would have been so weird that this would’ve been seen after I was dead, by someone who didn’t know what it was.” – SMW. “They are lively, and desperate, which I like.” – SMW.

“They would always ask, bring a picture. And I would just say ‘do whatever’.” – SMW.