This brings us to another notion of failure in Uretsky’s work. Dorothy Sayers writes, “[I]t is unwise to suppose that all human experiences present problems [that can be solved]. There is no solution to death.” The ever-present possibility of complete failure (death of the body, death of the artwork) is critical to Uretsky’s process, even if her repeated failures are “masked” in the finished product: Uretsky reshot the Fort several times, each time with a better camera, each time rebuilding the fort. The whole process “was a huge learning curve with video.” My Temple came from similar trial and error. To make anything worthwhile, in other words, you must love it even when it fails you. You must let it (possibly) die.
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