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her gazein the mirror until she succeedsin making her own facedisappear.<br />

The arabesquesof her ears, however, are still there; that is her hair, too,<br />

and that is her neck. She never managestosee all of herself, and neither is<br />

she very sure whatshe wants to see. Dad had said it, in one occasion, after<br />

playing the piano and of rereading to Goethe on the untruthful movement:<br />

‘it is impossible to know with absolute precision both the position and the<br />

speed, two of the basic magnitudes of mechanics, of a subatomic particle.’<br />

She associatesherfather with acomplex, intermittent smell. When heis near<br />

her it is a light, discreet aroma; when he moves awayit changesprofoundly<br />

and becomesa rich, sumptuous apparel. A companionable smell. The light<br />

in aphotograph, asin amirror, brightens someareasatthe costof darkening<br />

others. The placeof the spectatoris disturbing becauseit is uncertain.<br />

DuaneMichals<br />

Como artista, opté por el azufre a finales de los 90 paracrear unas esculturas<br />

ambivalentes de pequeñas dimensiones. A pesar de su belleza intrínseca, algo<br />

que siempre estápresente en mis obras, el azufre paramí era un elemento vulgar.<br />

El polvo de azufre, debido asu fuerte olor repelente, sesolíaesparcir al pie<br />

de las paredes para impedir que los gatosmearan encima. Era un material de<br />

pocacategoría,pero quealmismo tiempo, debido asu relación con los volcanes<br />

y la alquimia, me permitía hacer volar la imaginación. Además, y por encima<br />

de todo, dadoque los títulos de mis obras siempre han sido descriptivos y particularmente<br />

significativos, la palabraazufre, soufreen francés, despierta ciertas<br />

asociaciones de marcado carácter poético como: soufre,souffrir, souffreteux,sulfureux<br />

[azufre, sufrir, enfermizo, sulfuroso]. Era también una opción que encajaba<br />

con mi deseode trabajarcon un material que anteriormente no hubieran utilizado<br />

otros artistas.<br />

JeanMichel Othoniel<br />

“As an artist I chose sulphur in the late 90s to create small and ambivalent<br />

sculptures. In spite of its inherent beauty,aconstant characteristicof my works,<br />

sulphur wasfor me a vulgar element. The powdered sulphur, becauseof its<br />

strong repellent smell, wasspread around the bottom of walls to prevent cats<br />

pissing on them. It wasalow material, but which, at the sametime, becauseit<br />

hasto do with volcanoes and alchemy, one that allowed my imagination to run<br />

riot. And then, most of all, since the titles of my works were alwaysdescriptive<br />

and particularly significant, the word one that, soufrein French, sparks some<br />

eminently poetical associations like: soufre,souffrir,souffreteux,sulfureux[sulphur, to<br />

suffer, sickly, sulphurous]. The choice alsofitted in with my desire to dealwith<br />

amaterial not previously employed by other artists.”<br />

JeanMichel Othoniel<br />

PATRICK ESTÁ DE VISITA EN LONDRES, ESTÁ EN UN PUB, SABE<br />

QUE NO ES EL MEJOR LUGAR PARA UNA CITA. MIRA SU RELOJ, TE<br />

MIRA A TI, ESTÁ SEGURO DE QUE NO LE VAS A VER…LE FASCINA<br />

TU OLOR…<br />

Luis Macías<br />

PATRICK IS VISITING LONDON, HE’S IN A PUB, HE KNOWS IT’S<br />

NOT THE BEST PLACE FOR A DATE. HE LOOKS AT HIS WATCH, HE<br />

LOOKS AT YOU, HE’S SURE YOU’RE NOT GOING TO SEE HIM…<br />

YOUR SMELL FASCINATES HIM…<br />

Luis Macías<br />

“Son tusperjumenesmujerlosquemesulibeyan...”<br />

C. MejíaGodoy.<br />

...”Nadie jugabay nadie se apurabaen esacalle, ni aun los remolinos del terral<br />

pesadoscomo piedras.<br />

Ya no había hacia dónde salir ni adonde entrar. La neblina o el sol eran de<br />

arena...”<br />

Extracto deCrónicadelNiñoJesúsdeChilca.1982. Poesía deAntonio Cisneros.<br />

Tal como en el poemade Cisneros, donde uno casi palpala arena en la piel,<br />

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