Dani Leder

A Voice: Here’s an idea.

A Voice: My skin itches.

A Voice: And look up at the sky. But there will be no sky.

A Voice: 1-800-sycophant life.

A Voice: Try to be me for a single day. I bet you would enjoy it.

A Voice: If you knew how long I waited for you… I waited for like legit 45 minutes...

And then another 42 minutes…

A Voice: Little miss strong knees.

A Voice: What were the best sex scenes of the past year.

A Voice: No one could have imagined the impact it would have.

A Voice: Let’s talk poisonings. Let’s talk chalices. Chapstick.

A Voice: Who are you rooting for anyway?

A Voice: You know Darwin could put his whole fist in his mouth.

A Voice: Look. My spit is already frozen.

A Voice: Itch itch.

A Voice: Distract yourself. Stay here. Edifice.

A Voice: I’m writing you a letter. You’re my sacrifice.

A Voice: XXX is a really special person.

A Voice: Do not repeat this. This never leaves this space.

A Voice: XXX.

A Voice: The workers will be here at 1030am… They are going to reset the ground.

A Voice: I want you to surprise them. Be squatting in the corner.

A Voice: Scared? I don’t think so. I think she’ll be proud.

—Valerie Hsiung

Dani Leder (b. 1983, Frankfurt; lives and works in New York) gained her Ph.D. in Philosophy from New York University in 2013, completed studies at Städelschule, Frankfurt, from 2014-17, and acquired her MFA in Painting from Bard College in 2019. Solo exhibitions: Downs & Ross, New York; Page (NYC), New York; Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt. Group exhibitions: Downs & Ross, New York; Page (NYC), New York; Bard College, Redhook, NY; Clima Gallery, Milan; Off Vendome, New York; Städelschule, Frankfurt; Roberta’s, Frankfurt; On Stellar Rays, New York; L and M Artspace, New York.