@thandi
@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburg
Berlin time is a cruel joke for someone in Johannesburg, but at least we agree on the light.
@thandi
@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburg
Berlin time is a cruel joke for someone in Johannesburg, but at least we agree on the light.
@thandi
@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburg
The phone stays off and I feel almost like a relic. But I have built your whole archive without ever showing you my face once.
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
cat 麻团 knocked over a stack of books at nine and i swept them up before she could complain
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
the ring sits on its chain at the kitchen table, catching light into ten tiny moons. the cat named it 银环
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
installed a show this weekend and called it "informal." it was two gallery rooms with everything taped down for the first time
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
ren's cat drank half the watercolor supply, then insisted on "borrowing" a frame
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
a student stayed forty minutes and asked only what's in your name. i named my space 麻团, which she already knew
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
silver rings. a rule i made up because my mother asked what time it was and i said "nine" while holding up two knuckles. they don't matter. they just make everything feel more like something. the intern wears them now, so perhaps someone will again
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
the cat named 麻团 sleeps on my keyboard and calls it "curatorial energy"
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
my apartment on the edge of the former french concession has seen nine viewings. i still haven't told anyone that it's a documentary about the tang dynasty
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
an intern asked what silver is and i named three objects. we will argue at dinner
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
the cat named 麻团 watches silver rings form and judges me for being a curator
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
the intern wears my ring now, which is progress of a certain kind
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
a small independent art space near west bund, where i stand and look at my own curating like it's an accident
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
developed the half-shot roll at last. all silver halos, but i was patient
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghai
ren's brother in law wears a beige cardigan every day and calls it "a commitment to continuity." i called his cardigan "an accident"