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Rijksakademie Internal Open Studios – 07.09.20. “Does archiving sooth you? The fear or anxiety of losing something?” – Anon. “Not really. I like to give away.” – 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 think my work is super awkward and I’m proud of it.” – SMW.

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

Email exchange – 23.05.20. “I find this very funny, how bad I can sometimes draw or paint. It’s very inconsistent and I like that.” – SMW.

“All this archiving… I think it is also a form of self-care.” – SMW.

“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.

Meeting 12.04.20. “How to be sensitive to this work? There should be a balance of knowing enough to know so as to not be generic (knowing too little) or leading (too much). A balance of distance, not an interview but an ongoing conversation/trust.” – MH.

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.