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Notes/fragments/essays from Hyacinth on disability, art history, theory, literature, archives, archaeology, art practice, photography, transsexualism, bacchanals, education woes, good pasta (manifesting this one)
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Catoptrics (the uses of mirrors) (opens the original)
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“What if everyone asked themselves, Is this an image of two things at once?”Dear _________,In the nick of time before Ferragosto, I took a spontaneous and expensive day trip to Rome to see the Francesca Woodman show at Gagosian. I spent 6 hours in the city itself (don’t worry, I have also spent time there in the duration of months), and probably 10 hours in various forms of transit. I brought along my teacher’s new book, <a href="https
Trojans (opens the original)
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I am staying in Athens this month to make headway on a body of work about hiding in plain sight. I am excited to share it with you in some unknown amount of time.Last night, I romanced myself by going to an open-air cinema overlooking the Acropolis to see a film: the new Odyssey. I’ve managed to mostly avoid the social media cycle regarding it. First, some caveats: I have not read the whole thing, although I did translate the first three chapters from the original Greek when I was in undergrad.
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