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When invited me to apply for the fellowship, I was initially reluctant, since I like Seattle a lot, plus I felt I’d gone too feral over the last decade to work in an institutional setting again. For fun: my post, On Going Feral, from 2009:
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Another personal trailhead for me was my first book, Tempo (2011). There were a lot of themes I wanted to address then that I didn’t because I didn’t feel prepared enough. I still don’t, but these days I don’t let that stop me from trying stuff 🤣 tempobook.com
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A book is the plan, but I have no idea what I’ll actually end up with, within this broad theme. Perhaps I’ll end up with an interpretive dance piece, or a trading card game, or a movie script instead. Whatever I end up doing will develop at multitemporality.com
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Beyond the year? I have no idea. Perhaps my wife and I will return to Seattle. Perhaps we’ll like LA enough to stay. I haven’t dealt with a personal horizon longer than a month in 5 years (when I did a similar longer gig, though non-residential, with in 2014-15).
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Anyhow, if you’re in LA (especially DTLA, where I’ll be living walking distance from Berggruen since I plan to avoid driving as much as possible) ping. I’ll probably pull together some meetups and such.
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And in case you’re wondering, my other writing will continue as usual, just in directions helpfully aligned with this gig. Many of my recent posts across and have actually been scouting essays (the OG meaning of ‘essay’ as it happens) for this project.
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