a child of pop and movies (Martha Rosler)
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I still need what artists need,
Which is space and time
In order to have a generosity
Toward my own material
Is that terribly romantic? Yes

So, I am a child of pop and movies
I had an idea
Idea

Art needs to be defined as
A set of discursive practices
That bring with them
The creation of new social subjects
Art really can make a difference
Idea, idea, idea
They go: wait!

I would like there to be space and time
To do whatever I damn please
Yeah, I wanna annoy people
I wanna annoy people
Wait!
The failure of all kinds of male practices
To incorporate these softer elements
Wait!
It’s true
They go: wait!
What?

Wait!
The visuality
Wait!
The visuality

It looks like
But they’re: Just a look!
What?
A look!
They have either depth or humor
It looks like, but it's not
I suffer from overload
Idea, idea
The answer is: everything
Idea, idea
What?

It’s really important to emphasize that for me
Conceptual art and feminism both brought
The idea of art as an open process of inquiry
Idea, idea
Art needs to be defined
It’s true

I am an image
What?
An image
What?

I was a post-pop artist
Idea
My critique of pop was
Its paranoic insistence on
Naiveté and disconnection
From any kind of conceptual critique
It’s not existential angst
Wait!
Idea, idea
Wait!
They go:
Wait!
Idea, idea
Wait!

I’m rushed to be constantly involved in the production, re-production, installation and re-installation of work, and produce text, which I have to write in five minutes, literally, or, you know, in one day