Notes


12/4
Last month I forgot i was a person. sorry
Its now december and that means I can function properly again
it is both a blessing and a curse that november is only one month
Mike Kelly
Cal Arts Mafia
Concentric Pedagogy
feminism should be the method
Authoritarian -> Formality = Intentions

How do you understand how to walk?
How does my neighbor understand how to walk on the beach?

Erase the whole thing, develop a new idea
Deconstruct
Doug is against production, think about generative
"Why is crit about us?"
Expressionistic (your work is mystically in you, presenting yourself, fiction) is dead


10/30
Doug is wearing a very nice tunic today, very long to his knees
choices are issues usually

10/23
I HATE THIS, THIS WOMAN IS SO BORING AND DOUG ISNT HERE AND SHE TALKS WEIRDLY ABOYT CATALOGS FUCK


10/16 Writing center people
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Sometimes when my head bobs back up above the water
when i come back up for air
I realize how dissasociated ive been
and I wish I had a way to float

"Talk Tuah" - joel

10/2 - Talk about the structure of cooper union
Martin Kippenberger
gaslighting myself into thinking that my hair is "wild and free"
not just dirty and messy
Student = desciple type of teacher and student relationships and dynamics
What does it mean to be a master
Author = Authority = Authoritarian RUH-ROH
corniest shit ever
trauma porn
putting other peoples suffering on display
not my place to display it
"How much can i contradict my beliefs"
All were doing is asking uncomfortable questions


THE IDEA OF THE SELF IS NONSENSICAL
SAY THE CRAZIEST THING THAT COMES TO YOUR MIND IN CRIT





9/25 - HSS talk
What is the purpose of delay in art and literature?
Everything is filtered through my anteana
doug was here today with his juul, thank god
Morrison is dealing with the bitch of living
"YOU ARE THE RAW MATERIAL OF THIS INSTITUTION" - Doug Ashford
Connect ^^^^^ to 3DD project



9/18 - no doug no juul -
HW: One thing we would like to see in our humanities courses
"Would you like us to muster up questions when we aren't feeling curious?" - evy v ray
(I feel like such a bum today but also im tired as shit, lower your expectations of me NOW!)
I think that ill go back to the water today and work on my 2DD homework
- - I love a frazzled queen ( lady from the painting office )
perhaps I would like to have a security camera set up in my future studio for documentation
"finger shortener" saw blade

Lately ive been thinking a lot about marina abromovic's Art must be beautiful, Artist must be beautiful
I cant stop pulling at the skin under my thumbnail.
I never grew out of self harm I guess



-watch rock my religion https://www.e-flux.com/film/623561/rock-my-religion/
9/11 HW for next class- bring one question for one of people in the shop / painting office
Oscar - woodshop
Anna - Painting office


-----Rebellion at the cooper union-----
1980 student protest of exhebition with exxon mobil
fire deparment destroyed the protestive artwork (contained oil on the sidewalk by foundation)
"Oil and Art dont mix"

Our HSS currriculumn was protested by students in 2018 to push against eurocentrism
The curriculumn as it exists now is due to student organization