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Loved ones–
at the invitation of Adam Marnie and F Magazine, Jae Yeun Choi and I made a split chapbook that came out last month. Jae and I talked a lot about different themes, places we could intersect, and then we set off on pretty different paths. My path ended up following some memories I’ve been haunted by, ideas of approval, belonging, and recuperation. Like I wrote about how badly I wanted to play in Miami during the art fair, and how distressed I was when I finally had the chance.
I wrote about power dynamics at the New Museum, but how that job also gave me the opportunity to work with artists I look up to, Mary Heilmann and Marilyn Minter. I wrote about Skingraft, the death metal band my friends played in when we were all in high school
There’s some years of hurt and distress put into this text, and as I was writing it I felt like it was really aggressive: naming names, telling secrets, confessing. But it all turned out pretty gossipy and a bit more resolute than I anticipated. There are some laughs and I think a sense that, despite the bad parts, this intersection between art, punk, and community is still a constructive space.
Jae’s text is measured and thoughtful in a way that I admire, every time I read her draft I cut a bunch more words out of mine, so envious of the way she trusts readers and chooses words.
6.75 x 4 inches, saddle stitched
24 pages + cover, b/w Risograph
Edition: 200
24 pages + cover, b/w Risograph
Edition: 200
