Translation of Malone Dies: MY POSSESSIONS
Abstract
Description
TV screen showing video of blindfolded Abby Donovan searching for concrete letters with a pole | Performed in the artist's studio in Eugene, Oregon, Translation of Malone Dies: MY POSSESSIONS is one of a series of artistic actions engaging Samuel Beckett novels. Blindfolded and lying on a bed, Abby Donovan uses a wooden stick to locate and lift up, one by one, a pile of concrete letters on the floor. Once the letters are completely on top of the bed she spells out the words MY POSSESSIONS. There is difficulty in locating the I.
Keywords
woman artist, letters, Beckett text