Intimate Confession Is a Project
Intimate Confession Is a Project by Jennifer Teets, published by Inventory Press LLC on March 25, 2025, is a thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between intimacy and infrastructure. This 128-page book serves as a complement to the exhibition of the same name at the Blaffer Art Museum, presenting a diverse array of works from various artists. The text delves into how infrastructures can be perceived as “affective,” influencing cultural life and relational dynamics.
Readers will find a rich examination of material and immaterial histories, particularly focusing on Houston’s unique context. The book features contributions from artists such as Gwenneth Boelens and Lonnie Holley, alongside scholarly and poetic insights from figures like Kai Bosworth and Juliana Spahr. Intimate Confession Is a Project invites reflection on themes of transmission, intergenerational life, and cultural inheritance, all framed through the lens of intimacy and infrastructure.
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The juxtaposition of intimacy and infrastructure might appear paradoxical at first, yet these two rubrics have recently been animating conversations around relational life in the work of a number of artists. Diving into the concept of how infrastructures can be understood as “affective” in their varied expressions and imprint on cultural life, Intimate confession is a project is a complement to the exhibition of the same name at the Blaffer Art Museum. The book includes work from Gwenneth Boelens, Benvenuto Chavajay Ixtetelá, ektor garcia, Lonnie Holley, Anna Mayer, Na Mira, Kate Newby, Josie Ann Teets, Chiffon Thomas, Iris Touliatou, and Clémence de La Tour du Pin, and contributions from scholars and poets Kai Bosworth, Lara Mimosa Montes, Michael D. Snediker, Juliana Spahr, Roberto Tejada, Ara Wilson, as well as a curatorial essay by Jennifer Teets. Intimate confession is a project looks at the material and immaterial histories of Houston and considers transmission, intergenerational life, and cultural inheritance through the prism of intimacy and infrastructure.
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