"All the texting and friending may expand the number of people in one's life, but the links do not enrich the quality of the arrangements . . . It takes an evolving awareness of the differences that naturally develop between two individuals, and a commitment to allow those differences to take root, so that common connections grow into singular bonds. The open secret to this process is time."
— Artist Paul Chan suggests the antidote to the alienation of contemporary life in the face of social, political, and environmental collapse, in the context of the collaborative, community-oriented process involved in his restaging of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting For Godot (1848-49) on the streets of New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina. His work (and many others) is on view in MoMA's reinstallation of its Contemporary Galleries until Summer 2011.
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