Article: Letter from the large intestine. (Textual Views from People's Places).(art scene in New York, NY)(Brief Article)

I've said elsewhere that I came here in search of the Beast That Ate the Interesting Part. I think I'm getting warm. The hardest bit so far has been interpreting combinations: of the things that the locals pretend to remember, and the things they pretend to forget.

If I came here to get away from Canada, the trip has been a failure: Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller are the toast of the town (I'm the only person I know who hasn't gone out to see their retrospective at PS1 yet -- I've got a couple more weeks to dawdle); my first big solo project here was rescheduled to accommodate Michael Snow, of all people; and I'm still reeling from a seance ...

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