Task 02 / 7

Start date:  October 1, 2024.
This cycle will have 3 seasonal tasks: October, January and March.

List of participants:
Amir Akram (Baghdad, Iraq), Roberto Balò (Prato, Italy), Stephanie Barber (Philadelphia), Erica Baum (NYC), Laura Boggia (Italy), Marie Buck (NYC), Felipe Cussen (Santiago, Chile), Robert Fitterman (NYC), Ethan Fortuna (NYC), Sophia Le Fraga (LA), Kristen Gallagher (NYC), Sanja Grozdanic (NYC), Aurelia Guo (London, UK), Sabine Herrmann (Berlin, Germany), Elijah Jackson (NYC), Atef Al Jaffal (Baghdad, Iraq), Josef Kaplan (Philadelphia), Klaus Killisch (Berlin, Germany), Tyler Little (NYC), Matt Longabucco (NYC), Kristin Lucas (Austin, Texas), Monica McClure (NYC), Hella Mewis (Baghdad, Iraq), Yedda Morrison (SF), Joseph Mosconi (LA), Michael Prado (Lima, Peru), Kim Rosenfield (NYC), Zaid Saad (Baghdad, Iraq), Jeff Shapiro (Siena, Italy), Ed Steck (Pittsburgh),  Mónica de la Torre (NYC), Sam Winston (London, UK)


I is the bane of my existence
Stephanie Barber


RESPONSES


Roberto Balò


Stephanie Barber

cycle 7 task 02, Stephanie Barber

Erica Baum

cycle 7 task 02, Erica Baum, Sale!!!

Robert Fitterman


Ethan Fortuna


Sophia Le Fraga

cycle 7 task 02, Sophia Le Fraga, Chugga Chugga Chugga

Kristen Gallagher


Hella Mewis

cycle 7 task 02, Hella Mewis, design by Atef Al Jaffal.

Kim Rosenfield

“it is better to be a sinner in a world ruled by God than to live in a world ruled by the Devil” —W. D. Fairbairn

Zaid Saad

cycle 7 task 02, Zaid Saad

Jeff Shapiro


Eighteen Life Lines on the Eighteenth of the Month

I is the bane of my existence
I thought early on
when fear of the dark
and my parents’ someday death 
and my chronic unsuitedness 
made me dream of dying ahead of time.

I is the boon of my existence
I believed and didn’t believe
when living happened anyway
and I couched myself in
comfortable certainties 
that later fell apart.

I is the bone of my existence
suffices today
like the elbow I banged last spring
that still hurts but works 
enough to rely on 
for years to come.