In 1979, Nan Goldin began showing a series of slides in public. Photos of her friends, her lovers, herself. Bodies in unmade beds, made-up faces in smoky bars, embraces in tiny kitchens, gazes lost in bathroom mirrors. The series is…
Tag: Intimate
Constraint of the Week: The Inherited Recipe
The Inherited Recipe, Constraint #71 Call a parent, a grandparent, an elderly friend. Ask them for a recipe from their childhood. Cook it together or separately, each in your own kitchen, on the phone. Compare. Reference artist(s): Annette Messager. The…
Constraint of the Week: The Impossible Ringtone
The Impossible Ringtone, Constraint #69 Replace your phone ringtone with a sound you recorded yourself. Your child’s voice, the rain on your window, your morning coffee. Keep it for a month. Reference artist(s): Merzbow. The protocol Record a sound from…
Sophie Calle, the Art of Following Others
In 1979, Sophie Calle follows a stranger in the street. She doesn’t know him. She won’t speak to him. She photographs him from a distance, notes his movements, reconstructs his day. When he disappears into the metro, she loses him……
Constraint of the Week: The Album in the Dark
The Album in the Dark, Constraint #63 Choose an album you love. Turn everything off. Lie down. Listen to it in full, without interruption, to the last track. Reference artist(s): Nan Goldin. The protocol Choose an album… not a playlist,…
Some Artists Who Inspired OuViePo’s Constraints
OuViePo’s constraints are not invented ex nihilo. Each one is linked to an actual artistic practice, a documented gesture, a work that showed it was possible. Here are some of the artists who made all of this imaginable. It all…
Constraint of the Week: The Posted Letter
The Posted Letter, Constraint #60 Handwrite a letter to someone who lives less than thirty minutes away. Not a text, not an email. A real letter, in a real envelope, with a real stamp. Mail it. Reference artist(s): On Kawara.…