T y p e w r i t e r F i n g e r s

Performative Relics. Upstate NY, USA. 2019-2020

Jacob Romm exposed Gutz to the embodiment of typewriter writing while in contemplative residency in Upstate NY. After nearly a year out of the cloister Gutz found a worn down to the bone, keys split in the middle, barely Smith Corona the spring the Corona virus typed us down into quarantine.

No serious writing could be done using this "typewriter." In the spirit of making lemonade with lemons an agreement was reached with the Corona : any words written on her, during her, would be crowned as performative relics. As the writing sessions were closer to scenes of huffing n puffing struggle n humor.

Materials: Smith Corona. Typewriter ink + paper. marker. ink pen.