Cajsa von Zeipel

WE GIRLS

A SHOW∞∞∞ WAIT WE MEANT GATHERING ∞∞∞ WAIT WE MEANT LOOK •AT• US THEN CLOSE YOUR EYES •THEN• OPEN YOUR EYES ̊ ̊ ̇ ARE WE A •SHOW• OR ARE WE A •BEING• ARE WE A SHOW OR ARE WE AN ••OPENING•• WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ART OPENINGS ALTHOUGH WE KNOW YOU HAVE DONE THEM BEFORE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN OPENING AS IN •• YOUR VISION •• AS IN •UNLOCKING• A NEW WAY OF SEEING AS IN •BOUNDARIES• AS IN THERE ARE BOUNDARIES HERE AS IN WE CANNOT BE •TOUCHED• AS IN ∞ IN THIS ROOM THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS WHICH WE WILL RESPECT AND DISRESPECT IN EQUAL MEASURE ∞∞∞ WE INVITE YOU TO ••WITNESS•• WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DISRESPECT AS IN •WITNESS WHITENESS• AS IN THIS IS DISRESPECTING THE ARRANGEMENT UPHELD AS IN WE DONT WANT TO HOLD IT UP ANYMORE

A DIFFERENCE IS THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN BE WITNESSED : A DISEASE WE CANNOT CATCH OUR BODIES OUR BODIES NOT POROUS LIKE YOUR BODIES BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN WE ARE NOT YOU OR A VERSION OF YOU ∞∞∞∞ OUR SEXUALITY? ̊ ̊ ̇ ̊ ̊ ̇WELL̊ ̊ ̇ ̊ ̊ ̇-WHAT DO YOU THINK? ̊̊̇̊̊̇̊̊̇OUR̊̊̇̊̊̇̊̊̇ GENDER? ̊̊̇WELL̊̊̇ -WHATDO ̊̊̇̊̊̇YOŮ̊̇̊̊̇ THINK?

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WE CLOSED OUR EYES WE TOUCHED OUR THIGHS WE CLOSED OUR EYES ¬̊∆̇ ̇ ̇WE TOUCHED OUR THIGHS THE LINE BETWEEN US AND MATERIAL IS CLEAR THE LINE BETWEEN •YOU• AND MATERIAL IS SOMETHING YOU OFTEN IGNORE COMPOSED WE ARE COMPOSED OF SILICON SOME OF YOU TOO HAVE SILICON INSIDE YOU SOME OF US WEAR POLYESTER OR JEAN OR SEE YOU CAN SEE WHAT HOLDS US TOGETHER BY US I MEAN • • • WE YOU I THEM HER • • •

WASTHAT ATYPO YOUSAID. YOUSAW OH̊̊̇̊̊̊̇̊̊̊̇̊̊̊̇̊ ITISOUR BODIES

NOTHING IS MISTAKE- ̇ ̊ ̊ - ̇ ̊ ̊ - NOTHING EVER WAS MISTAKE ∞YOU∞ SEE US SPILL OVER? OVER INTO ∞YOU∞? WHAT DO WE HAVE TO TEACH? WE DON’T BELIEVE IN THAT SORT OF HIERARCHY • • • WE BELIEVE IN SPLITTING OPEN. WE BELIEVE IN MELTING. WE BELIEVE IN CHANGING FORM. WE BELIEVE WE ALL CAN BECOME POROUS AND WE BELIEVE BEING POROUS DOESN’T MEAN WEAKNESS IT MEANS ABSORPTION AND ABSORPTION WAS IS A WAY TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE YOU LOOKING AT US TO CONTINUE US LOOKING AT YOU TO CONTINUE BREAKING DOWN TO CONTINUE PUTTING WATER ON THE MEMORY CARD TO GETTING STUCK IN THE MOTOR TO GETTING STUCK IN THE MOTOR TO BREAK THE MOTOR.

Nine Lives is Cajsa von Zeipel’s third solo exhibition at Company Gallery. Other upcoming solo shows include one at Cherish, Geneva Switzerland. Cajsa von Zeipel was born in 1983 in Gothenburg, Sweden, they currently live and work in New York, NY.