Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017): Surinamese artist who wanted to be erased. In 1970, the Städtisches Museum in Mönchengladbach, Germany presented Brouwn’s first solo exhibition. He refused to install any objects, but for this text hung on a wall:

how empty is this space?

all the planets, thus including planet earth,

constantly find themselves in a “shower” of cosmic rays

in this space, as in every building on earth, it is also

“raining cosmic rays”

Walking consciously through the invisible cosmic rays

In this space confirms, intensifies

the presence of this space.

 

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