Ended
Their Little Stickers
Aug 29 – Sep 19, 2015
Milano Chow, Aimee Goguen, David Rappeneau, Taocheng Wang
With writing by
Cassandra Troyan, Sarah Wang, Diamond Stingily and Nick Guenther
Organized by Becket Flannery
Their little stickers, like fig leafs {sic}, shielding the nakedness of these gourds
............trying to read, but cant
............not feeling myself at home
what does that feel like?
............Like I feel for my self where I
............usually feel it, but I don’t feel
............anything
no one ever feels their self at
home
a french braid isn’t french in
france
it’s called a tresse africaine
what are you reading?
............My Latin Library (Au Rebors)
............moliere Tartuffe
............A History of Private Life v. 1-5
why are plays so boring when
acting is so psychotic
per se
............moliere’s characters are all
............schizos
............they have no real interior
............they hide in a closet and that’s
............who they become
............the-lover-in-the-closet
but they hide for their own
reasons - they have motives
............yes everyone has a role to play
............but it’s like an interpretation of
............a reality in which everyone is
............already method acting
so when Elmire
daughter of gullible Orgone
hides her father under a table
so he will witness Tartuffe’s
relentless assault on her
chastity
............yes
she helps him become the good
father
not because he learns the truth
but because of the table he’s
under?
............yes
............in another version, table-less
............not just a play
............he would not reveal himself till
............he would just watch
b/c ??
............perverse cruelty
legal and moral certainty
............boredom
or stage fright
............“i’d prefer not to”
the confederacy of men
............It’s the same plot
............every tv show from the 80s
played someone last night bc
I've gotten play'd a little too
much, as of late
but he looked at me like
............like, I’d kill you, but I just took
............these quaaludes
reaffirming my psycho bitch
associations.
twisted social learning, if you
will
............all learning is twisted
it’s a process of twisting
well yeah, you’re right
learning is re-twisting the
already twisted
............education is a french braid