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“…whereas, in the manner of a détournement, the tactics of ‘ransacking’ texts and the inversion of symbols became a generalized approach. The pages are invaded by fake advertisements… and by an ingenious archival arsenal (blurry photos and ‘detourned’ or freely appropriated comic strips), all part of a deliberate scrambling of codes…” (François Cusset, p72-73) Look up: interview with Deleuze and Foucault (1972) “Intellectuals and Power” (FT p33)
Things I don’t so much like about my work habits: When I write I tend to collect a lot of quotes etc. and let them speak for me instead of having a voice. I painted again yesterday. This is ultimately meaningless but also momentous and earth-shattering since I wasn’t sure I would ever touch a brush again. I worked on the table and used a lot of arm muscle. I don’t care about anything except that each one should have its idiocy progressively diminished through my hand, i.e. I look at the group and pick the stupidest one first and hide its stupidity with white.. or with some color. Sometimes the color is amazing – like the yellow yesterday and the dark blues. Then I leave it alone again to look at on the wall and move on to the next most stupid one.