The most remarkable element of this exhibition is a slim volume that could escape notice….[an] enticing little 104-page paperback in the museum….Like a pocket edition, Burn the Diaries is designed to be affordable and accessible….So where does the reading stop and her life begin? This question gets raised early in Burn the Diaries when Davey quotes Pradeep Dalal, an artist friend who once observed critically of Davey’s work: “A part of me…wants to see…writing or reading, as personal and private and pleasurable. Not everything we do is for art-making.”….A slim volume, for sure, but make a meal of it.
– Ingrid Schaffner ‘Slim Volume’, in ‘Moyra Davey: Burn the Diaries [a supplement], ICA, mumok: Philadelphia & Vienna, 2014, pp. 7-20.
What if the books we read together could see us reading them?
– Eneko Campos-Fletcher to Richard Fletcher, bedtime, Sunday Nov. 28th, 2021
