Two Is Not a Number
<p>In March 2010 we started recording an interview with Paul at his apartment on West End Avenue in New York, attempting to work together several ideas connected to Paul’s work, among which Threeing is central. Upon transcribing, and in the process of editing, we realized that there was a potential for Threeing as a mode of re-working our interview. In firstness, we were all present in the room and in conversation. In secondness, we each responded to what we had done — disappointments and affirmations. In thirdness, which is this version, a severe edit was made, basing itself on our own responses and efforts to keep the structure of our conversation. The conversation became in some sense a rough draft of a script for the finalized version, which you can read now. We decided to take out our names and put instead the numerals [1], [2], and [3]. Even though it may be clear that, for example, number [3] corresponds to Paul’s voice, the numbers nevertheless allow an opening, a depersonalization, and a movement to happen between the three of us.</p> <p>—AA, RG</p>
Authors: Paul Ryan, Ayreen Anastas, Rene Gabri
Series Editor: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Chus Martínez, Bettina Funcke
Editors: Katrin Sauerländer, Cordelia Marten
Proofreader: Sam Frank, Melissa Larner
Designer: Leftloft
Part of: dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes, 100 Thoughts
ISBN: 9783775730440