Author: Steven Morris

"Sometimes I hate what I write. I just keep trying things out. The work comes from the work. To me, the work doesn’t come from the inspiration to sit down and work, it comes from the work itself." -- composer Charles Fox BY REBECCA HAITHCOAT

"So 'Muckrakers' was written, and takes place, at a moment when our most basic assumptions about openness and privacy are being challenged. The characters in the play are, like the man in Montaigne’s glass house, exposed to the public eye. They can never assume, even within their own homes and intimate relationships, that they will remain unseen. And while they may not know they are onstage, by the end of the play, the characters are forced to confront the fact that they are living inside walls that have become suddenly, frighteningly, transparent." -- playwright Zayd Dohrn

"The total installation costs are $2.5 [million] including the production of the merchandise line and I’ve raised $400k to date. Yes it’s a shareholder project. When I started the project, I was in contact with some sponsors, but they wanted to have a huge influence in the actual artwork so I decided to go a new way. I’ve worked with sponsors ever since I started making art and never took money from the state or city because I wanted to stay independent. Well, today sponsors have changed their rules and use art as a marketing tool."-- visual artist Hans Peter Trauschke BY PAULINE ADAMEK