Tonight August 3rd 1973 my only known cousin died in an incredible way...; [verso]: In LA time is space and a wheel to steer it by...

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Gordon Matta-Clark (artist)

Title:

Tonight August 3rd 1973 my only known cousin died in an incredible way...; [verso]: In LA time is space and a wheel to steer it by...

Date:

1970-1978

Form:
textual records

Quantity / Object type:
1 card(s)

Technique and media:

Blue and black ballpoint pen and black felt-tip pen

Dimensions:

card: 7,6 x 12,7 cm (3 x 5 in.)

Reference number:

PHCON2002:0016:001:038.3

Document Type:

card (information artifact)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

card is recto/verso

Inscription:

Recto: TONIGHT AUGUST 3RD 1973 MY ONLY KNOWN COUSIN DIED IN AN INCREDIBLE WAY. HIS TALK ON THE PHONE [TO]/WITH HIS MOTHER WAS INTER- RUPTED BY THE "CEILING IS FALLING".. HE AND HIS WIFE WERE LIVING IN THE BROADWAY CENTRAL THAT WAS DEMOLISHED BY AN UNKNOWN FORCE [THAT MADE]/MAKING IT COLLAPSE INSTANTLY WITHOUT WARNING. ALL AROUND THE ACCIDENT THE CITY ASSEMBLED ITS EMERGENCY GEAR. CROWDING AND HYSTERIA DISSOLVED INTO A REAFFIRMATION OF IMMEDIATE DISINTEGRATION: Verso: IN LA TIME IS SPACE AND A WHEEL TO STEER IT BY THE LONG STRECHES BETWEEN [INTENCE CLOSTROPHOBI]/ NEW YORKS CLAUSTROPHOBIA BLISS [STRECHED OUT LIKE] / AND A WONDERLAND OF PHOTOTROPIC PULP SPREADING FROM DEATH VALLEY TO THE [FALTING PACIFIC] FALTERING WASTE

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture /
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark

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