Une série d'essais portant sur l'éthique de l'écriture (et sur les rapports entre l'art et la vie), ainsi qu'une réflexion sur les politiques identitaires du début des années 2000, à partir d'une correspondance entre Kristian Vistrup Madsen et un détenu d'une prison californienne.
« The first few letters on my part were punctuated by hesitancy, a dutiful respect for the difference between us: that I couldn't possibly understand, or even with the moral implication that I oughtn't. Heavy with sarcasm, I wrote to Michael in prison: 'Meanwhile, I am working in an art gallery. We sit in a room full of MacBook Airs in minimalist outfits and talk about the migrant crisis.' But he had written nothing to warrant such pleas for reassurance. My respect for difference, then, was not the same as respect for Michael, but rather a way of excusing my own position, working through my own guilt. »
Kristian Vistrup Madsen est un écrivain basé à Berlin. Il est diplômé de Goldsmiths, Université de Londres, et du Royal College of Art. Il collabore fréquemment à des magazines tels que Artforum, Frieze,Mousse, Spike, Flash Art et Kunstkritikk.
