I am interested as much in what is said as what is not said within the traditional formulary of a gallery proposal. As I moved through file after file at Skol, I was looking for those proposals which let a little light shine through the cracks of the traditional formality expected within an application format. What kind of lexicon might be used by artists to articulate the more oblique and often intuitive moments that initiate or sustain their ideas? How do they address the complex and processual emergence of projects? How do they acknowledge (if they do) the complex and legitimate potential that forces such as chance, synchronicity, association, and luck have upon their research and their practice? Are these forces acknowledged? Named? Narrativized? 

Rebecca Duclos