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“Performance wasnt something that I intended to do. I was doing work that was about process, about the meaning of the making, trying to have a love-hate relationship with the object. I always feel safer if I can bring the viewer back to the making of it. I try to do that in a lot of different ways, by residue, by touch, by these processes that are basic to all of our lives...that people might relate to in terms of process, everyday activities- bathing, eating, etc.”

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Janine Antoni

Janine Antoni is a renowned contemporary artist known for her sculptures, installations, and photographs. Her work often explores themes of the body, memory, and gender, using unique creative methods and material choices to express profound personal emotions and social criticism. more

“I mopped the floor with my hairThe reason I’m so interested in taking my body to those extreme places is that that’s a place where I learn, where I feel most in my body. I’m really interested in the repetition, the discipline, and what happens to me psychologically when I put my body to that extreme place.”

Feels Reason Body Happens Learning Hair Discipline Extremes Experiments Repetition Sculptors Mopping

Author:Janine Antoni

“Our life is half natural and half technological. Half-and-half is good. You cannot deny that high-tech is progress. We need it for jobs. Yet if you make only high-tech, you make war. So we must have a strong human element to keep modesty and natural life.”