My heartfelt gratitude to Elsa Fernandez, Jen Bell, Ulf Aminde, Studio Kat Rahmani, Melmun Bajarchuu, Seth Pyenson and Mona El Omari, as well as to the many friends for all the discussions, the listening, for being patient, for their warm care and the gentle nudges to motivate me and finish this monster.
“[T]houghts are never thought alone.”
– Chris Kraus
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