I will be tabling!
okay so many of my real life favourite folks and internet favourite folks are going to be here this weekend, and it’s killing me that i’m not. if you live in chicago, you should go! have fun on my behalf!
(Source: macklinssf)
art-it:art-and-bob:Dan Flavin_Untitled (To Jorg Schellmann)
years ago, feels like a lifetime ago, i was in the museum of contemporary art in chicago when a woman asked to take my photo. it is very, very rare that someone asks me if they can photograph me. i enjoy being photographed, and there are many photos of me, but for the most part i take pictures of myself/self-portraits. i really enjoy seeing how others see me, especially strangers. so of course i said yes, and after adjusting her camera for a few moments i heard the shutter noise i love so much. i remember her dark curls, and her shy smile. she asked if i would like to see the photo, and i said yes, so i gave her my email address. of course, she never emailed me, but i remember that moment so well. what i was wearing, what piece i was standing in front of. it was a yellow light in a narrow corridor, and i was wearing a bright green dress i had just bought minutes before getting on the 16 hour bus to chicago. i really wish i could see the photo she took.
i don’t recognize myself in that memory, triggered by a piece by dan flavin, whose name or art i hadn’t thought of in years. i still wear the same dress, i still occupy the same body, but so much has changed since then. sometimes i hate having such a vivid/good memory.
