Process Frances Barrett: Conversations

ate last year a curator, a good friend, was pitching my practice to the selection panel of an institution. Over the phone they asked me sincerely, “But Frances, how can I explain what you do?” Pressing the phone to my ear, I inhaled. I didn’t know. Needless to say, the pitch didn’t progress far, but the question still hovers at the opening of my ear. It is hard to explain what because I largely work in collaboration with others. Rather than.