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“Ask anyone who makes a full-length movie that's shown in the art world if they'd rather have a career as a film director or as an artist. Invariably, they'd rather be known as a film director, because that's what they are. But there's not really a system of independent distribution anymore that allows for that, and so the art world has kind of become all-enveloping. It's absorbed all of these disciplines that don't have a home anymore.”

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Chris Kraus is an American writer renowned for her experimental and feminist literature. Born in 1955, she has made substantial contributions to the literary world with her distinctive voice and style. more

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