Projects I love- Move: Choreographing You

Artist Janine Antoni slipped this note below into the pockets of gallery goers (as in the case of those who were part of this project at the Hayward Gallery in London) and those visiting the museum at Haus der Kunst in Munich. 

The minute you saw me, you came straight over and then stopped. As if you couldn’t think and move at the same time, it seemed that you’d come to some conclusion because your thoughts started to lead you with such intensity. It was as though you had taken me into your body, I remained still, quietly absorbing my surrender to your desire. You came so close to me that I felt the breeze of your movement on my surface. Swept away by your burning attention, I felt as if I was made for you. I was completed by your presence. Will you carry me in your memory? Or is that too much to ask?

 ​I adore the way this love letter from an unidentified work of art to the viewer highlights the intimate connection between the two. For that brief moment, you are meant for each other. How do you walk away from that intensity? Are you changed? You are. I am. 

​I'd love a letter from this painting by Marc Chagall