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(The following is
a copy of the text that accompanies the piece.)
In 1970, nine years
before my first wearable pieces, Joseph Beuys created the first of his
felt suits.
I became aware of
this in 1986 and its existence has bothered me ever since...At the beginning
of the nineties I conceived of a solution: the absorption of the suit.
To this end I have
metamorphosed myself into a moth (see photo), and proceeded systematically
to eat, one after another, the 100 suits Beuys sold to private and public
collections around the world.
In some cases my activity
was temporarily disrupted by misguided conservation efforts...Nevertheless,
it would not be immodest or inaccurate to state that I have already put
more than one suit of its exhibition condition.
My work is not easy,
but it's not without reward, and, what is most important, it continues.
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