Identity Is Malleable. Become That Version You Love: What You Create

As it's still so surreal and effing phenomenal
I can't help but fear that proverbial 'other stilleto' will drop.

But when my name was listed among the roster in Monday's artdaily coverage,



It allayed some of my (admittedly) superstitious fears.

I'm easing into the adrenaline rush, allowing myself to get swept up in the reality that

Two days from now I'll be boarding a plane to head to Pittsburgh,

as

Saturday evening, May 3rd

I'M GOING TO BE IN THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM.

I don't mean just in the sense of my physical presence at this opening event:
an 8-year retrospective of glenn kaino's brain-meltingly brilliant photography and sculpture*...

WHAT I'M SAYIN' IS: ON THE WALL

SOUL CAPTURED BY KAINO'S 'BIG SHOT POLAROID'

AND BENEATH IT?  A 50 INCH MONITOR WITH ME PERFORMING
ONE OF MY 'SPOKEN WORD' PIECES VIA VIDEO CLIP
OVER...AND OVER...VIA ENDLESS REPEAT.

(Not really—but REALLY)

Hopefully the text is more legible here:




* (For anyone who's ever felt uncomfortable in his/her skin, kaino's 'graft' series should really peel back the ribs;
    the creatures rougly stitched and dressed in the skin of other animals speak a visual language to the kindred
    that needs not a single syllable, no vowels or consonants in place
    to translate the lachrymose beauty—a desperation that never says whatever it takes; this
    is how much I hate my body.  Instead, it's mainlined:
    chambertombed)
 

Sleep-deprived/burnt-out/bananas from a deadline elsewhere, but

MORE.
SOON.


Seriously Deliriously Yours,
Clint

P.S.  IF YOU'RE IN OR NEAR THE PITTSBURGH AREA, HEAD OVER AND VIEW SOME STELLAR ART—AND OF COURSE, COME DO SOME "HELLOING" WITH US!

ALONG WITH AUDREY AND ME, OTHER BUZZMAKERS PRESENT WILL BE LINDA STRAWBERRY AND DIRK MAI ('FINGERS CROSSED').