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Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries.

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Aleksandra Mir

I was a lousy academic. I spent most of my time in the cafeteria. But I met fantastic people from all kinds of fields; law, medicine, history, and they eventually dispersed all over the world to do their fieldwork. I liked the way these people committed to the long term in a sincere, visionary way. Their projects weren't about "next season. " They were ten-year commitments. They were lifestyle choices that had traditions of fieldwork built into them - moving around, living on location, discipline, a real rigor for research.

Cafeteria, Commitment, Moving, Projects, Real, Spent
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I'm so extremely well prepared for negative response, I've taken precautions.

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I've made a poster at home. You know the iconic image of Che Guevara, the black and red graphic of his face? I think it's the perfect graphic, the best graphic ever made. I cut a Concorde out and put it over his head so it's Che looking up and the Concorde going by. Both are dead, maybe obsolete.

Cutting, Home, Know, Perfect, Thinking

"Naming Tokyo" kicked off at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in June, and it's going to travel to various art institutions for years to come. Every time it is shown, I'm developing the research and involving more and more people in it. The final conclusion of the work would eventually be to put up street signs in Tokyo with my names on them.

Art, June, Palais, Various, Work, Years

Seeing your work go into storage in an art museum is obviously a tragedy of any cultural product - which doesn't mean I am anti-institutional.

Art, Mean, Museum, Museums, Product, Storage

I think the optimal artwork is in constant circulation with the world around itself.

Artwork, Circulation, Think, Thinking, World
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