{"id":32630,"date":"2018-12-27T11:28:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T16:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=32630"},"modified":"2018-12-27T11:28:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T16:28:43","slug":"miriam-part-2-the-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2018\/12\/miriam-part-2-the-chair.html","title":{"rendered":"‘Miriam, Part 2, The Chair’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“A woman trapped in domestic boredom moves toward a nervous breakdown.  Institutionalized, she  attempts to create a performance for a shortly expected visit from her children, but  can find no words to express her feelings.  She discovers she has no language of her own and recedes more and more into silence.  Only her instrument can serve as an expression of her deepest emotions.” \u2014William Osborne & Abbie Conant<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n

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