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Untitled (detail)
Pencil on paper
30cm x 30cm
© 2009 Tammy Lu

“We neither think nor reason. Rather,  we work on fragile materials – texts, inscriptions, traces, or paints – with other people. These materials are associated or dissociated by courage and effort; they have no meaning, value, or coherence outside the narrow network that holds them together for a time. Certainly we can extend this network by recruiting other actors, and we can also strenghten it by enrolling more durable materials. However, we cannot abandon it even in our sleep.”

Bruno Latour, Irreductions (1984)