GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following is a transcript of Jenny Holzer's LED installation at the 1987 Documenta VIII exhibition in Kassel, Germany.
I AM A MAN.
I ENTER SPACE BECAUSE IT EMPTIES ME.
I CHASE PEOPLE
AROUND THE HOUSE.
I SLEEP ON MY BACK
FOR SIGHTS OF SEX
THAT MAKES BLOOD.
I PROTECT WHAT MULTIPLIES
BUT I AM NOT CERTAIN
THAT I LOVE MY BOY.
THERE IS PLEASURE
IN STOPPING MY FLESH
WHEN IT DOES WRONG.
GETTING WHAT I WANT
MAKES ME SICK.
WHY I FIGHT IS
NOT YOUR BUSINESS.
I LIKE DYING AND I AM SURE
I CAN DO IT MORE THAN ONCE.
I NEED PERFECTION BUT
WHEN I IMPLEMENT IT
HALF OF EVERYONE DIES.
I HAVE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS
AND I THINK THEY ARE FUNNY.
I EMPLOY PEOPLE TO MAKE
MY HOURS LIKE DREAMS.
I LIKE A CIRCLE OF
BODIES WHOSE HANDS
DO WHAT THEY SHOULD.
I WILL KILL YOU FOR
WHAT YOU MIGHT DO.
Excerpt from
Jenny Holzer, I Am a Man, 1987.
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General Description
The following is a transcript of Jenny Holzer's LED installation at the 1987 Documenta VIII exhibition in Kassel, Germany.
I AM A MAN.
I ENTER SPACE BECAUSE IT EMPTIES ME.
I CHASE PEOPLE
AROUND THE HOUSE.
I SLEEP ON MY BACK
FOR SIGHTS OF SEX
THAT MAKES BLOOD.
I PROTECT WHAT MULTIPLIES
BUT I AM NOT CERTAIN
THAT I LOVE MY BOY.
THERE IS PLEASURE
IN STOPPING MY FLESH
WHEN IT DOES WRONG.
GETTING WHAT I WANT
MAKES ME SICK.
WHY I FIGHT IS
NOT YOUR BUSINESS.
I LIKE DYING AND I AM SURE
I CAN DO IT MORE THAN ONCE.
I NEED PERFECTION BUT
WHEN I IMPLEMENT IT
HALF OF EVERYONE DIES.
I HAVE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS
AND I THINK THEY ARE FUNNY.
I EMPLOY PEOPLE TO MAKE
MY HOURS LIKE DREAMS.
I LIKE A CIRCLE OF
BODIES WHOSE HANDS
DO WHAT THEY SHOULD.
I WILL KILL YOU FOR
WHAT YOU MIGHT DO.
Excerpt from
Jenny Holzer, I Am a Man, 1987.
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