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What to say? Kendell Geers was mostly a rude bugger, but a lot of what he said rang with truth, and I appreciate that, at least. Paolo inspired me to donate a work of my own to the JAG. Marina’s performance was haunting, and as always, so was the public’s response (or lack thereof) to it. You did not miss it if you could not go – even tho watching the donated videos of the performance to the JAG is simply not the same, I found the real treat to be MA’s 5 projection installation: a looped, and not-quite-linear narrative in and around hope and fear.<\/p>\n
The imagery is stunning, and I need time to incubate. More, after I go back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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