A day of research, thinking and reading in preparation for writing/making the text for my piece “I have Nothing To Say’ for the Inhospitable show.
This has variously involved, in no particular order:
-looking at Douglas Gordon early text pieces
– looking at Frances Stark drawing and text works
– reading Umberto Eco “The Poetics of The Open Work” – in Claire Bishop’s ‘Participation’.
– thinking about sincerity and irony in:
-the writings of David Foster Wallace
-Lionel Trilling’s ‘Sincerity and Authenticity’
-the work of Bas Jan Ader
– thinking about the idea of gift in:
-David Foster Wallace’s short story ‘The Devil is a Busy Man’
– the work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres
So now my brain hurts. Off to watch a trashy film. Good night.
