But the idea of transformation has always been something that I romanticize in a work. I’m cautious of it but I also need it to connect my thoughts with the process of making. That’s really important.
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Nari Ward
Protoplasmic Alphabet by Jill Reynolds
- Emma Tennant by Gary Indiana
- Terry Winters by Bob Holman
- Kim Wozencraft by Jill Eisenstadt
- Adam Fuss by Ross Bleckner
- Larry Fishburne by Michael O'Keefe
- Todd Graff by Lynn Geller
- Hedda Sterne by Anney Bonney
- Tom DiCillo by Bette Gordon
- Sheila Bosworth by Guy Gallo
- Cucaracha Theatre by Betsy Sussler
Interviews
Jill Reynolds, Protoplasmic Alphabet, 1991, glass, silicone, cork, wax, 16 pcs., 3 × 2 × 2 inches.
Related
The artist Josiah McElheny has published two books that display his collaboration with artists, scholars, scientists and creative writers, offering a multitude of voices, speculations, fictions, and facts.
Christian Haub’s Floats are plexiglass constructions that are looked through as well as at. The artist discusses the place these works have in his long, underrated career.
“History has shown that universalism is a step away from totalitarianism—a deadly kind of erasure that I find horrifying. The fear of fascism undermines my sensuous relationship to those things. I often wonder, are there any other alternative aesthetics?”
Originally published in
BOMB 39,
Spring 1992
Featuring interviews with Terry Winters, Sheila Bosworth, Larry Fishburne, Adam Fuss, Tom DiCillo, Kim Wozencraft, Marcus Schubert, Emma Tennant, Todd Graff, Hedda Sterne, and Cucaracha Theatre.
