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The Thought Residencies

Jan 27, 2017

Hi my name is Carmen Aguirre and this is my tenth thought. So my seat mate - the drone-maker, who also referred to Chile as the free-est country in the world - because there are no regulations for business people. He's talking to me about the grey area and wanting to know more about it. I'm really interested in his job...


Jan 26, 2017

Hi my name is Carmen Aguirre and this is my ninth thought. So my seat mate who makes drones for the US Government, he talked about how one of the most incredible experiences he ever had was when he sat in front of a painting for a full hour at an art gallery and tried to decipher what it was telling him. He understood...


Jan 25, 2017

Hi my name is Carmen Aguirre and this is my eighth thought. So, there I was talking to my seat mate and he was telling me that what he loves about his job of making drones for the US government is that it’s black and white, that all he has to do is manufacture these drones and get the bad guys in the middle east. And...


Jan 24, 2017

Hi my name is Carmen Aguirre and this is my seventh thought. So, speaking of labour versus the art world…I was on a plane yesterday, here in the United States, where I am for a week, and my seat mate was a man who had voted for Trump, and is on the Christian right and whose job it is to manufacture drones for the US...


Jan 19, 2017

Hi my name is Carmen Aguirre and this is my sixth thought. So, I am wondering how to bring that sense of camaraderie that I experienced in the labour world, of being a waitress, or working the assembly line at the factory, which I did, into the world of being creative, into the world of ideas where I spend most of my...