Saturday, November 6, 2010

'Stoopid Slapped Puppies' presents ... ‘Hold On To That Paper.’ Five Interviews With Kier Cooke Sandvik’s Drawings.

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Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.
Keith Haring.

I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does.
Victoria Beckham.

I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people have something. My talent is drawing and painting.
Mike Thompson

I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sake.
P Wright

and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Whatever!

But what’s it like to talk to a drawing, to interview one, not the artist, not the person who held the pencil and formed an image on the paper but the actual drawing itself.

What might a drawing itself tell us of itself, the context within it exists, the feeling of being created, the sense of frustration or maybe the joy in existing, all of those things or maybe none of them.

This is an attempt to interview some drawings and find out;

All of the drawings are by the Norwegian artist Kier Cooke Sandvik and as their creator Kier has taken on the role of the talking drawing, the drawings and questions were chosen and drawn up by me in a series of e mails in April 2010, like all things the drawings reserve the right to change their minds at anytime, so at the time of reading the opinion stated here by the drawings may have changed.




‘Don’t Think I Can Rip Up, Rip Up That Paper.’





Q. Introduce Yourself To Us;

A. Hello Y/you, I’m nothing but skin tape. Nice to meet.


Q. When were you formed.

A. Either right now or before, all depending on who you ask.


Q. How Were You Formed

A. Through the creepy eye.


Q. Do you think you can only really, truly know yourself once you are dead?

A. Oh, it’s too late for me.


Q. If you were to write something with your finger on my back, what would it be?

A. HELP


Q. What do you think I might think you had written?

A. WHORE


Q. If you were kept in a small dark space do you think your life would feel smaller or larger?

A. I am kept in a small dark place, but I don’t know where my life is so I can’t really answer that, I guess.


Q. Do you think panic is like sex

A. I know I sure do panic, that’s the best part.


Q. . Do you think sado-masochistic sex is the closest thing adults can do to the purity that is children at play?

A. Well, it’s the way I played as a child. You tell me what to do and I do it. Then you’re mean to me and I take it. I always played well, though somewhat reluctantly. I’m not reluctant anymore.


Q. How will you be spending Euro-vision evening?

A. I’ll be in my room, as always.


Q. What do you consider to be your greatest unfulfilled desire or wish

A. To have my skin inside me.


Q. Would your existence feel better for having fulfilled it?

A. Only if it went on forever.





Hold Up The Paper Up To The Light.





Q. Introduce Yourself To Us;

A. i’m Horrorshow, it says right here. i’m that Libertines song, a misconstrued magazine clipping and a razor blade Kier used for everything. there were a lot of us though. my favourite dinosaur is the pterodactyl, Kier’s is the velociraptor. i’m, like, 5 years old. kier’s like… 12 years old. wait, which one am i? okay, hello.


Q. When were you formed.

A. right, i already said, so… shit fuck a long time ago.


Q. How Were You Formed

A probably in some satanic loner teenager loser ritual. haha, no, it’s not like i remember. next.


Q. Do you consider the sum is greater than the parts or are the parts greater than the whole?

A. what are my parts? it looks obvious, i know, but i think there’s something in there, you see.


Q. What is culture?

A. i’ve been trying to explore that part of me, but i think it’s a mutation. i don’t know where it comes from.


Q. Is hair important?

A. duh, yeah, if it’s not right you can’t leave the house.


Q. Should all blades be kept sharp at all times?

A. sometimes i don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about.


Q. If you were stuffed into someone’s bag, right down at the bottom, what else would you like to be in the bag with you?

A. some porn.


Q. What is missing from you, what might make you happier?

A. a harder cock up my ass.


Q. Who would you like to be holding you right now?

A. anybody, just anybody at all. or dirk bogarde in a nazi uniform, with his cock up my ass.






‘Hold On Has This Been Taken Care Of?'





Q. Introduce Yourself To Us;

A. I’m Kier’s hospital traumas from ca. a year ago, give or take some weeks. Obviously just the sexy traumas.


Q. When were you formed.

A. Immediately post-trauma.


Q.How Were You Formed

A.When a guy named Bård (pronounced “board”) shoves that thing down your throat, it’s hard not to take form, if you know what I mean.


Q. To me, the viewer the pictures exist as some form of potential, the potential to have my body cut , to have foreign objects pushed into my mouth and throat, what potential do you see?

A.Do you wanna make out? I learned some sick tricks in the hospital.


Q. Un-necessary medical interventions always seem like the ultimate sex to me, what is your view?

A. Hey, that’s what I’m made of, right? Maybe I’ll be your trauma next.


Q. Do you think surgeons should be trained in ‘shock and awe’ sado-masochism techniques to enhance the patients experience?

A. I like a good show as much as anyone! Maybe some fire, a blood-thirsty mob, pitchforks, a Judas cradle… You wouldn’t even notice the surgery!


Q. Neither of you exist as total people, you are partial, what’s that like?

A. In the immortal words of Britney J. Spears: “Do you want a piece of me?”


Q. Is an unhealthy body more interesting than a healthy fit one?

A. God, yes, so many possibilities, and I’m not talking about improvements.




‘Some Rays They Pass Right Through’.





Q. Introduce Yourself To Us;

A. I’m the leftover shit.


Q. When were you formed.

A.In the mornings.


Q. How Were You Formed

A. Drawn out every day, rotted at the bottom for a while, then left here.


Q. Presumably as an artwork you will start at some point to decay, how prepared are you for this?

A. If my value is only to myself, I can’t wait.


Q. By what merits do you consider you constitute art, are you for example not just a piece of medical waste?

A. Aren’t you, you fucking slut ass sucker?!


Q. Do you ever envisage leaving this art work either in total or in parts and either re-joining your host or another host?

A. I’m never going back to that bitch boy.


Q. Were you happier when you served the purpose for which you were designed or do you enjoy more the celebrity of being part of an art work?

A. I hate myself and I want to die.


Q. As a plaster what ambitions did you hold for yourself?

A. To graft myself into some unwilling, unwitting, massive sore was my ultimate wish.


Q. .Do you serve as a warning to future body decay?

A. I think I’m doing more harm than good, actually. You can feel it, can’t you.


Q.Is body decay to be welcomed and embraced?

A. I am body decay, so I don’t know exactly what you want me to say to that. Are we done?





‘Expose Yourself Up There For A Minute‘.





Q. Introduce Yourself To Us;

A.that’s what we said, ha ha.


Q. When were you formed.

A. like, the date? somewhere between winter 2008 and spring 2009.


Q. How Were You Formed

A. pretty uncertainly. that’s why there’s two of us. there was a third too, he got out, we’re the failures.


Q. Are you beauty?

A. we sure think so.


Q. Is beauty transient?

A. only if we hurt you too much.


Q. If you had a fully loaded revolver what would you do with it?

A. emergency rectal surgery.


Q. In your heart, where do you really think you dwell?

A.we have two hearts, but we always stumble on each other’s dicks on the way there.


Q. Were you popular at school?

A. we quit school.


Q. High School Musical or Snuff movie?

A. if you’ll star, we’ll make you the most beautiful snuff movie ever made. it will take a while though.


Q. Lastly your ideal evening in.

A. we’ll teach you how to suck our cocks, piss on you, you purr like a kitten standing on your kitten paws.



Thanks to both the drawings and Kier for the time spent.

Kier's work appears in two published works.

Voidoid-A Novel by Richard Hell. Illustrated by Kier

There's Something Down There-Kier's notebook from his recent trip to New York.

Both can be purchased from;

38th Street Publishers
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p.s. Hey. This weekend, two of the most brilliant people and artists to ever grace this blog with their ongoing presence combine forces and talents to give us this fantastic post. Please take some time to explore it and then address it and its makers with your comments. And my tremendous thanks to 'SSP' and Kier. Okay, I'm going to be honest with you. Between trying to monitor, field, resolve and whatever else this now weeklong discussion and battle going on here about pedophilia and the Will Decker situation, plus coping with the related fallout in my mailbox and elsewhere, plus processing the recent Plexus/Gabe reveal, plus dealing with the death of my father, plus jetlag, plus other things in my life, I am emotionally exhausted. Today will be the last time that I personally am going to talk about the Decker/pedophilia thing. It has gone on long enough, and dealing with it every day and with the emotional chaos it is causing around here has completely worn me out. I have never been closer to suspending the blog than I am right now. So, I would really, really appreciate it if those of you who feel they have more to say on the matter would try to get everything off your chest over the next couple of days so the blog can move on beginning Monday. In any case, I'm through with the subject, at least for a while. I'm burnt out, and that will be quite evident as I proceed today. ** David Ehrenstein, Thanks for your words on Sharits. If I get to see Blain's films, I'll let you know what they're like. ** Dandysweets, Hi. That's so true about Prince's newer work having become less 'fresh' through no fault of his own. That happens with a lot of long-lived artists, I guess. I've thought about how familiarity through examples of influence has had an impact on the reception for Sonic Youth's more recent albums, for instance. Thanks a lot for the tips on Oslo. I've noted them, and I will follow up whenever I get to visit there. Maybe I can somehow pull strings to tag along for the 'TIHYWD' shows there next year. I hope. And thanks for your help/ answer to Changeling's question. You're awesome. ** Killer Luka, Great to see you, Killer. Very wise words about The Decker thing, etc. Lots of love to you, pal. ** Pilgarlic, Hi. I'm glad you said what you needed to say about all of this, and I thank you for the kind words. One of your great stories would be very welcome right about now, ha ha. True, though. ** Heliotrope, Hi, Mark. I'll try a google video search, and, if I can't find it, I'll try to pry that link out of you. Thank you, dear friend. xxoo. Oh, TDFG had a long, great bass-related comment directed to you yesterday, in case you missed it. ** Tender Prey, Hi, Marc. I reread Postit's comment a couple of times, and I still see why I understood it the way I did, but he has now explained what he meant, so apparently I did misread it. I apologize for jumping to conclusions about Wolf. That was terrible of me. I'm just very tired and on edge the last few days. I'm very glad Sharits' work interested you, of course. I really want to get back to talking about the posts and about art and people's interests and work and lives again. Thanks for everything, man. ** Alan, Hi. Thanks for all the great things you said here yesterday. I really appreciate it. ** Kiddiepunk, Thanks, buddy. Of course I agree with your vision of the blog. This has certainly been a test. Glad you liked Sharits work. Talk to you in a bit, no doubt. ** Flit, Hi, Flit. It's really nice to see you! Thanks for the good words. Man, how are you? I would love to get a catch up, if you don't mind. ** Allesfliesst, You got the apartment! Great news, man. And what a relief. Cool. You're reading Kleist, awesome. I love Kleist. As soon I get back to reading, I think I'm going to dig back in to his oeuvre. Thanks for the supportive words, and enjoy the post-house hunting. ** MANCY, Hi. Really happy you enjoyed the Sharits post. You take care too. ** Sypha, Hubert Selby, sure. The earlier work is really strong and then it falls off drastically in my opinion. 'Last Exit', 'Requiem', 'The Room' are very good. Let me know what you think. ** Postitbreakup, I understand why I got what I got from your comment, but I accept that I misinterpreted it, and I think it was a combination of vague writing and my being very on edge yesterday. You did segue from the 'endangered' thing into a rant against the blog's open door policy using 'terrorists' as your example, so perhaps you can see the confusion. In any case, it's fine now. It's a very good thing you didn't contribute notes to that Sex Registry thing because, to my mind, that would have been a greater abuse of this blog than anything WD did while here. But look, don't be sorry. It's been a very intense time. Let's try to move forward using our mutual love and respect, okay? One last thing, though. I think it's important that we be clear. WD was arrested for making unwanted advances on one boy whose age is unstated. On that site you linked to, his registration as a sex offender includes the following information: 'Aggravated: No', 'Habitual: No'. He identifies as a pedophile, and he promotes pedophilia, but that one incident constitutes the entirety of what we know about the history of his sex life. Anything else regarding what he has done sexually in his life is totally speculative. ** Wolf, I apologize to you from the bottom of my heart for any misunderstandings lately and jumping to conclusions. I have been bent out of shape by a combination of things on this blog and in my life. I'm very, very sorry. I really wish you weren't taking a vacation, but I understand why you feel you need to, and I really hope it will be short vacation, and I will miss you a lot, and I'm just very sorry for everything, Wolf. ** Empty Frame, Hey. I originally wrote a really pissed off response to your comment, but, by some miracle, I popped over to my mailbox while I was doing the p.s., and I saw/read your emails, and then I ultimately saw your late comments, and yeah, I understand. I totally do. We're good, man. I look forward to seeing you when you get back. ** JW Veldhoen, That is a pretty intense proposal, but they'll be fools not to fall all over themselves to give you the residency. What you wrote here yesterday was valuable and fascinating and important, and if Empty Frame had a problem with what you wrote, that's his problem. You don't need a holiday, man. ** FreeFox, What you said was really great and very helpful, man. Any comparisons made to the work of Cat Power can't possibly be superficial. I'm in no state to read your piece and comment on it right now, but to say I'm looking forward to doing that is a gross understatement. Thank you! Let me ... Everyone, FreeFox has a request for anyone/ everyone that will be a guaranteed pleasure for you as well. Please hear him out and act accordingly: 'I'd very much appreciate anyone here from telling me if this kahretsin piece of mine is cheap smut and should ban me together with Mr. Decker, or if it's a worthy attempt at art, if it's deep or drivel. I suspect that at least it is way too long, but I cannot find a way to keep how the ideas play on each other working otherwise.' Have a really good weekend. ** Steevee, Emailing him was definitely the right thing to do. You can't lose, and just, obviously, don't get your hopes up too high. I hope the Claire Denis crap gets completely sorted out. It sounds like it has. This has really been some kind of cursed week all around. ** The Dreadful Flying Glove, I'm really glad you're intrigued by Sharits' work. Obviously. I 'moved' to Paris with a single suitcase full of mostly clothes. That caused some hassles, and I have gradually transported some things I need over here, but the clean slate thing was basically great, and slowly accumulating stuff native only to here has been transformative. So, thumbs up on your thinking re: that. No, thank you so much, J. ** Nb, Hi, N. It is wearing me down, very much so, but I'm really hoping we get past it asap. I appreciate what you've said here about the whole thing. Take care, man, and I still owe you an 'e', and I'll try to get that to you this weekend. ** Slatted Light, Hey, D. More great words from you, man. Thank you. Yeah, I too thought the fact that the blog was open enough to at least theoretically encompass WD was a positive thing, but just by saying that I'm risking a firestorm of objections when all I really want to try to find a way to help this place become the blog I love again and not the place that I'm currently finding so draining to make and negotiate. Anyway, thank you a lot. And, yes, about '4:48 Psychosis'. Pretty amazing text/piece, right? I'm really glad it found you. Pretty much all the credit goes to Hedi who brought up the piece in the first place and sent me the work. ** Andrew, It was kind of generally decided that proper burials for the goats was the most respectful way to go. Dead or not, those goats were a big part of our work, which I guess is a weird thing to say. I don't know. Bon weekend with the well functioning computer. ** Catachrestic, The hate emails seem to be tapering off, fingers crossed, and hopefully the threats to get the blog shut down were grandstanding, but, yeah. Exhausting. No, I've never tried ketamine. If my body was younger, I definitely would have done so by now. Drugs take took too much out me now, and it never ends up seeming worth it. That fucking sucks. ** Bill, Thanks, man. I think you'll find the Sharits films well worth a look, yeah. Hey, are you still thinking you might do the Recollets thing next year? I'm about 70% sure I'll still be here, fingers crossed. ** Magick Mike, Hey, Mike. I keep forgetting to tell you how fantastic your posts have been at HTMLG. It's such a great thing that you're on board there. The link: Yeah, something's weird. I just went back and checked the original I used to make the post, and now it doesn't work either, so maybe the page with the Sharits scans has been deleted? That's a shame. Anyway, thank you a lot for the Sharits-related words, man. It's a pleasure and an honor. ** Inthemostpeculiarway, Hey. I'm glad I intuited the right places for the photos. Yeah, thank you again for the reviews, the post. So great! My back is better if not yet as painless as I would like. I occasionally think back to things you said months ago too, just so you know. Clearly, you say memorable things. I don't think I've ever read an entire John Updike book. I've tried. Not for a long time, though. I remember thinking the movies based on them were better than the books, but don't hold me to that. If you read him, let me know what you think. Mexican restaurant, sigh. I already miss Mexican food again. My day: Not great at all. I did manage to get some novel work done, but not enough because I'm really burnt out, like I said. I'm trying for a longer work stint today. I got a couple more of those hate emails, but none since early afternoon yesterday. Oscar and I went for a walk to the Centre Pompidou, but there were no new shows at the museum that we wanted to see, so we had a coffee at Cafe Beaubourg instead and watched a very short man dressed in a tuxedo and holding a bell and an 'invisible dog' leash try to get people to give him money in return for his sort of vaguely pretending to be mechanical toy. Only one man gave him a coin, whereupon he doffed his top hat, and it was just really not a very good strategy to make money on his part. Then I came home. Then Yury came home, and he was happy because his new iPhone 4 was delivered, so he set it up and played with it all evening. My sister called, and we talked about my dad and tried to figure out when we could do his memorial service. It's hard because I'm here, and my brother Courtney is always traveling in Europe, and my nephew is at university in Portland, but we decided that maybe in the early Spring will work. I read that Jill Clayburgh died, and that was sad, 'cos I thought she was great in one of my favorite films, 'La Luna'. Not much else happened 'cos I'm just very worn down right now. But I hope to use the weekend to enliven myself. How was your weekend, sir? ** L@rstonovich, Oh, that does sound really nice. The ocean stint. And, yeah, I wouldn't have had a real Halloween if it weren't for Skullhum, so I owe you. ** Creative Massacre, Wow, what a day, pal. At least it was very colorful to read about. My day sucked, but in the most uncolorful way. Give yourself a great weekend. Oh, thank you about the gore day! Terrific! Yeah, send it to: dcooperweb @ gmail.com. Yeah, thanks a whole lot, pal. ** Michael_karo, That is great father story. How trippy that he not only knew Mountain Goats but affectionately enough to find that quote so important. Your friend Rob should write the MG guys and tell them, no? I'm sure they'd be very moved. I did get your post, and I'll make sure you're surprised when it appears. Thanks a lot, Michael. ** Little foal, Hi, Darren. Yeah, I saw your email just a minute ago when I looked at my mailbox, and I'll read it very shortly. Thank you, man. Have a lovely weekend, and lots of love from me. * Okay. Please try to find some kind of peace with the topic(s) that have recently dominated and shaken the blog if you need to and if you can. There's a really beautiful post up there from 'SSL' and Kier to help us through the transition, and I hope you'll consider taking advantage. See you on Monday.

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