The Califormian artist says that, while it never gets in the way of visual pleasure, she’s “very intrigued by and inspired by philosophy”. Rather than a factor in a sickness, like one of Freud’s primal scenes, it appears to be a cornerstone of who we are. What really intrigues is that this originary experience is one we all share. Since repetition is so vital to us, says Boyer, “We begin to disguise that and perhaps, as says, close it”.

And as life develops we try and fit these repetitions into our current situations. We repeat because we could use this elemental experience in some way. In other words, perhaps, we repeat to give us a sense of ourselves. “He’s talking about an initial elemental experience we all have,” suggests the artist, “whether it’s the moment of birth or whether there’s some sort of trauma or some other thing that begins to develop and really solidify our identity.” “In fact it’s given me a challenge, as well, to really wrap my head around it.” That at least is reassuring. “It’s a difficult one,” she freely admits about her quotation. The morning she was due to begin the hang in London, Boyer spoke with me on the phone. Her group of artists may be select, but the show organiser is gathering them together with a proposition by the influential French thinker: “We don’t repeat because we repress, we repress because we repeat.” It sounds true, but what exactly might it mean? Some kind of repetition compulsion might be at work there, except for the fact that Boyer draws inspiration, not from Freud, but from one of the authors of Anti-Oedipus, Gilles Deleuze. The artist is losing count of the number of times she has by now also curated. The Gallery in South London is hosting Hitomi Kammai, Ant Pearce, Susan Francis, Simon Fell and Jane Boyer.īoyer is also curating the show. RECURSIVE is a group show which looks at the cyclic nature of personal history, as suggested by the work of five international artists. So if you want the antidote, consider the next show due to open at No Format Gallery. As philosophies go, it’s a little simplistic, suggesting nothing so much as a kind of nihilistic stoicism. DeanerFuneralsAndCremations.Susan Francis, Palace of Sham (2012), installation viewĮat, Sleep, Repeat: there’s a meme doing the rounds all about repetition. John the Baptist Catholic Church, New Baltimore. Sunday at Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin where a Vigil Service will be held at 3:45 p.m. Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. She loved watching football, especially Berlin football and enjoyed reading. John the Baptist Catholic Church, New Baltimore where she volunteered at the 4th of July celebrations and the fish fry’s.

She was a graduate of Berlin Brothersvalley High School and was retired from DeVilbiss. Survived by brothers Fredrick (Peggy) Boyer and Edward (Betty Jane) Boyer brother-in-law Larry DeArmitt, numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and one great great niece. Preceded in death by parents, twin sister Darlene DeArmitt, and sister-in-law Donna Boyer. Born Novemin Hooversville, daughter of Paul H. Marlene Louise “Lizzy” Boyer, 79, Berlin, died Januat UPMC Somerset. Marlene Louise 'Lizzy' Boyer Marlene Louise “Lizzy” Boyer, 79, Berlin, died Januat UPMC Somerset.

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