This week, via White Columns: notes on a gallery exhibition called "Margret: Chronicle of an Affair — May 1969 to December 1970." Composed of photos, writings, and various items found abandoned in a briefcase in Germany, the show chronicles a true life "secret love story" that took place between a 39-year-old businessman and his 24-year-old secretary over the span of 19 months. Featured odds and ends include fingernail clippings, napkins, birth control packets, and a flood of photographs: Margret in bed; Margret on the telephone; Margret in her underwear, lost in thought under a shock of copper-colored curls. Says White Columns, "The collection seems to reverberate with the practices of artists such as Sophie Calle, where the viewer often finds themselves in a conflicted space, exposed to their own voyeurism."
Having just purchased The Folded Clock — a personal diary kept by the writer Heidi Julavitz over the course of two years — I'm intrigued.
-The lunar cycle, as depicted using 450 partially-bitten cookies.
-Income inequality is visible from space.
-All the unpredictability of a disposable camera — on your iPhone.More recommended reading, here. Have a very happy Monday.
Sounds like a wonderful book. Thanks for sharing.
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I never thought I'd say it but I love that disposable camera photo app idea! I also love all the little bits of items kept from the affair, I have strange items kept from all my old boyfriends (not that many bfs mind you and less items as they progressed) but still - it's something I can relate too :)
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ReplyDeleteI am reading Sarah Manguso's Ongoingness, which explores the writer's need to record everything in her diary for fear of forgetting something important. It sounds like I need to add The Folded Clock to my reading list!
Meghan, it is! Highly recommended.
ReplyDeleteKathy, looking that up now...
i went to the opening of this show! it is truly a fantastic exhibit, you are so right!
ReplyDeleteTiffany, lucky you! Looked amazing!
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