Photo © Deanna Havas
SLEEK ASKED TEN YOUNG ARTISTS TO SHARE THEIR DARKEST SECRETS
Some are written into a secret notebook under a bed cover, torch in hand; some are posted on the internet for strangers to comment on; some are made of selfies taken every day (hour, minute) of your mood. A diary can take many forms, yet this activity of counting the days is a uniquely youthful one. In this portfolio of artworks and writing created exclusively for Sleek, we asked today’s young and youth-focused artists and writers to send us an excerpt of their diary.
After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design, Deanna Havas moved to New York City to write. Alongside Jack Kahn, Havas received a Rhizome Microgrant for their PDF-based quarterly, “Well, Actually: a journal of vernacular criticism!”.
?I have ringworm on my butt lol! @deanna_havas
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I can never fall in love with individuals just with the dynamism between a group of ppl! @deanna_havas
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Wut do I wear to my opening?! @deanna_havas
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Nostalgia is important because it reminds us of how little progress we’ve made. ! @deanna_havas
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We should be speaking in real-time auto tune. ! @deanna_havas
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.@zoesalditch wat do u need exactly! @deanna_havas
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I think I’m an empath-sociopath ! @deanna_havas
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fits that substrate! @deanna_havas
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Wikipedia ethnographies, coked up, tryna get ass in le pain de quotidian! @deanna_havas
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the actual response to your query is such a small fraction of the information u receive a ! @deanna_havas
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.@BigMeanInternet @rachelrosenfelt my mother was a telephone psychic lol! @deanna_havas
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This store sells bow ties, vibrators, colored contacts and children’s school uniforms.@deanna_havas
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Guess who’s in a bad mood! @deanna_havas
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I’m at an auction party at Christies and lorde is here lol!!
! @deanna_havas
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Lifestyle is the most important thing @deanna_havas
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Got a space heater but I really need a void heater! @deanna_havas
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If I were! @deanna_havas
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More work from Deanna Havas can be found on her Twitter. To see more diary excerpts, check out our Youth Confessional series.