Optimism works both ways Blood writing down the lingering memories

writing down the lingering memories of the images she still holds

and the narrative gradually turns into a disclosing life-story of violence and existential decay

hills and homes made to mimic just about everywhere in the world

Fanny Beckman

Optimism works both ways Blood writing down the lingering memoriesBooklet, saddle stitching, 22 28 cm, 32 pages Edition: 500, design: Thomas Geiger, 2013 Optimism works both ways, is a manual of performance ideas, drawings, scripts and plans, to be used for future projects. The collaboration incorporates a wide variety of different approaches, from re enactments, static durational sculptures, readings, actions, sound works and diary accounts. Many of the works in the book are starting points or sketches to be