Farewell to Dawns Seen Through Saddened Eyes
Posted in Belletristica, Eyecandy, Interna, Interviews by Suzanne on July 1st, 2007 | BBC Wikipedia
(Image via VintagePhoto)
You left me, sweet, two legacies,—
A legacy of love
A Heavenly Father would content,
Had He the offer of;You left me boundaries of pain
Capacious as the sea,
Between eternity and time,
Your consciousness and me.
(Emily Dickinson’s Complete Poems – Part Three: Love, 1924)
INTERNA
Hello. My name is Suzanne. I maintain this invisible blog here and poke dead things with sticks. This rather personal entry is dedicated to the remaining two readers of this blog – Dr. Vertico and my dear Meagan. I love you with all my tiny rotten heart.
These past few weeks, I often got the feeling that I’m simply an erased line of a poem in a book that has never been written in typographies that have never been invented by wise men who never lived. But then, I suddenly remembered the bitter-sweet taste of ink on my tongue and my heart started beating again.
Anyway… I won’t bore you with excuses for my long absence, when it’s clear that I was in fact busy taking over the Swiss government and painting the Alps with pink stripes. It really flatters their shape, methinks.
And tomorrow, my Holy Mission to infiltrate the art industry and turn it into an apocalyptic bloodbath of epic proportions will begin with me turning up at Hauser & Wirth Zurich at 9 AM sharp for my internship. I have yet to find out why they want me there but they have a great Nespresso™ Lavazza® (Thanks, Mic!) machine and bookshelf ladders. I love ridiculously high bookshelves. Oh, and did I mention that their gallery is located in an old brewery with great industrial architecture to marvel at all day? Yes, I did.
This world isn’t all that bad after all for a lonesome homicidal maniac like me.
After all, I have a freshly repaired Swiss precision bike, the new (… Swiss precision…) Logitech® VX™ Revolution cordless laser mouse, a Kathie Olivas gelaskin for my iPod, the patent-leather ballerinas I always dreamt of as a 5-year-old, a purdy grey French top with a huuuge satin bow to play with, this adorable caffeine dress, the striped Alps in my sight, a lovely lake to bathe my feet in, a schizophrenic cat that pays me regular visits and an ersatz bird family nesting under my balcony.
Oh, and I got to see Damien Hirst’s skull and the Old Operating Theatre.
I’d be a fool to ask for more.
“And this world tonight is mine
A world to be remembered in
Think on a faded photograph
My hair longer than it’s ever been.”
(PJ Harvey, “The Sky Lit Up”)
I don’t know yet how busy my Holy Mission will keep me but I guess I’ll only have time to look after this blog on weekends for the next 6 months. I’m commuting to Zurich and I’ll be pretty knackered in the evenings, I fear…
Take care you lot and feel free to visit the WurzelForum if you’re bored or feel a lack of nunsploitation and/or tentacles in your life.
Ad meiorum Cthulhi Gloriam!
MINI PRO OCULIS – UPDATED PORTFOLIOS & MAGS
Little Venus by Heather Nevay – click for details
Catherine Campbell | Daniël van Nes | Erwin Olaf | Esao Andrews | Heather Nevay | Jay Parkinson | Kris Knight | MiniatureMouse | Sam Weber | Shiori Matsumoto | The Chap (Yay!)
The Website ov Thee Day award goes to: What If That Guy From Smashing Pumpkins Lost His Car Keys? (via the adorable Meredith Yayanos)
ART INTERVIEWS
• Carrie Ann Baade interview (by BeinArt Surreal Art Collective)
• David Bowers interview (by BeinArt Surreal Art Collective)
• James Jean interview (by The Little Chimp Society)
• Jessica Joslin interview (by BeinArt Surreal Art Collective)
• Neo Rauch interview (by ArtInfo)
• Tado interview (by The Little Chimp Society)
NEW E-BOOKS
• Dracula (by Bram Stoker / English)
• J’accuse…! (by Émile Zola / French / Audio)
• Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Brontë / English / Illu)
• The Trial (by Franz Kafka / English)
• Wuthering Heights (by Emily Brontë / English)
9 IMPORTANT THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF MANKIND¹
N°1: There’s so much CCTV footage about my journeys in and around London that my biopic will soon be opening in a cinema near you. Yay!
N°2: Nirvana – Unplugged in New York is 189632 times better than any of their studio albums. Fact.
N°3: Why does cold coffee smell like burnt salami?
N°4: I managed to boycott Art Basel yet another year. Go me!
N°5: I’m hopelessly in love with William Irigoyen (that’s a really unflattering photograph on that website..) from ARTE news. Oooooh… that smile! I just wish he’d stop flirting with Annette Gerlach from ARTE – journal de la culture. Hmmpf.
N°6: This is the best photograph I’ve ever taken and the only picture I’m proud of.
N°7: Boots’ “Protect & Perfect” really does work wonders on me and it’s obviously so rejuvenating that it sent me right back to puberty leaving my forehead covered with pimples. Great.. in a few weeks, I’ll look like a new-born baby.
N°8: It’s great that I don’t have to spend a fortune on French b/w art movies anymore now that my eyes are so fucked that I’m starting to see the world around me in greyscale anyway. Yay!
N°9: I want my black hair back.
¹ [formerly known as: "POINTLESS REMARKS THAT NO-ONE WILL READ ANYWAY"]
Enrico says:
Mmm for the cold coffee, I’m sure it’s a Swiss problem(here in Turin is still eatable)
And for contemporary art, here in Turin we have serious problems, I can only stare at the dying palaces thinkin “oh, this was Nietzske’s favourite city” but it’s ok
July 1st, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Jimmy says:
I know for a fact that swedish artist Mia Makila has updated her portfolio as well. Nice to see this blog alive again.
Best!
Jimmy
July 1st, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Jimmy says:
http://www.mia-makila.com
I forgot. Sorry. =)
July 1st, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Suzanne says:
Oh.. well.. I featured her in PRO OCULIS a while ago and we need to give every aspiring artist a fair chance.
I do find her work very impressive and visionary though. Do you know her personally?
@Enrico: “Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrtum.” – Nietzsche was so rock ‘n’ roll!
July 1st, 2007 at 10:21 pm
nora says:
William Irigoyen … looks like: like mr. darcy!
alles gute morgen in zürich wünscht in schwesterlicher verbundenheit und mit besticktem nastuch,
nora
July 1st, 2007 at 11:11 pm
kReEsTaL says:
Hey, I’m still reading your blog, too. I added your RSS to my feed agregator! Everyone should do it so that we don’t miss any of your words.
* Good luck with the internship!
Love,
k
July 1st, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Suzanne says:
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooora! *hüpf*
Ja.. ist er nicht putzig? Er hat so wahnsinnig bewegliche Mundwinkel. Ich hör jeweils die schlechten Nachrichten gar nicht mehr. Das hört sich dann für mich etwa so an: “Palästina MURMEL MURMEL BLAH Attentat MUNDWINKEL LEICHT NACH UNTEN ZIEH Tote AUF NOTIZZETTELCHEN GUCK”.
Ich muss die Tagesschau jetzt bereits um 20 Uhr auf ARD nachgucken, weil da wenigstens die Moderatoren nicht ablenken. o_O
July 1st, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Suzanne says:
Aww.. thank you very much for the good wishes and your kind words, kReEsTaL… I wish you a very good start into a glorious week too, my dear!
July 1st, 2007 at 11:36 pm
Thomas Anderson says:
Wow. Good news. Best of luck with your internship.
Unfortunately, I’m still pessimistic about the fate of the human race
July 1st, 2007 at 11:54 pm
dirkhaim says:
well, good to see you active again
thought that maybe you volunteered to be hirst’s new piece
where one can get that wonderful caffeine dress?
——-
tinyways
personal
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:05 am
meagan says:
xxxx Suzanne xxxx times 1 thousand
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:47 am
damien says:
best of luck tomorrow suzie.
July 2nd, 2007 at 1:27 am
greg says:
Glad to see you are back.
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 am
Juju says:
You suited your black hair, I think you should revert
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:50 pm
kid37 says:
Ich wünsche einen tollen Start!
July 2nd, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Suzanne says:
Thank you all for your encouraging words. It looks like I survived my first day and I even touched my very first original Paul McCarthy! o_O
@dirkhaim: Hehe! Well.. I’d be flattered if Mr Hirst decides to slice my body in half and put me in a formaldehyde tank once I’m dead.
You can get that dress from Janet at vecona.de. It’s a custom-made piece.
July 2nd, 2007 at 9:47 pm
wurzelvertico says:
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW :,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,)
ps. i would like to see you in that dress
July 11th, 2007 at 7:13 pm