Monday, September 8, 2025

Beatrice Bonino at Radio Athènes

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It's nice to seal things. To preserve to pretend that there is permanence, however performative. Ward off the bed bugs at night with prayer. The small comfortizing litany of petition. Grandma putting plastic over the sofa to pretend that is there something worth saving. Sentiment, and praying it's not erased. How much plastic would we need to preserve the world forever. To not leave a mark. Make sure the lipstick touching penis is acid free, archival.

"We coat chairs in plastic to think they're worth preserving. " Susan Cianciolo at Modern Art, Steve Bishop at Kunstverein Braunschweig