CANÚN, Carlo; SAVAGE, Aubrie (eds.)
Exercises in Practical Mischievery #7: Making Thought: an interview with Hélène Smith

“The walls shift; sometimes they are stars, sometimes ruins, sometimes the skin of a planet I once walked in silence. There is a table, a chair made of woven air. Ink drips upward. Clocks melt into birds. I am where thought becomes shape before it becomes word. This is where I wait.”

A conversation with the famous medium and artist, Hélène Smith (1861–1929), who fascinated the Surrealists. The questions were conceived by art historian Riven Solari, and channeled through the medium Selene Virelli.

The publication series “Exercises in Practical Mischievery” documents the ventures and chronicles the stories of notable individuals who have implemented out of the ordinary forms for the distribution of word and thought, without putting much emphasis on the content of the message (though luckily the two often go hand in hand). The collection serves as an archive for freely accessible tools that facilitate the dissemination of thought. [publishers’ note]

Published by Laura Pappa, 2025
Design by Carlo Canún
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