Fragile (Sze No. 1)

Sze No. 1

Fragile

Like an encyclopedia

The work is fragile

Out of date

The minute you complete it

It’s fragile

Out of date

So the important thing

Important

Is that they are fragile

Remnants of that fragile ambition

Rather than themselves

Themselves

The success of that ambition

They’re all important

All very fragile

So fragile

I hope to reflect

The absurdity

The very important absurdity

Of the idea

The fragile idea

As well

Remnants

Like a dated encyclopedia

The work is a minute

A fragile date

The minute you complete it

It’s remnants

Out there

So the important ambition

Important

Is that they are an absurdity

Remnants of that fragile ambition

Rather than themselves

Themselves rather than

Success

The success of that ambition

They’re all ideas

All very fragile

So fragile reflections

Remnants of

A very important reflection

Of the idea

The fragile idea

As well

From the remnants

of a fragile encyclopedia

The minute is

Out of date

So the important thing

Important

Is that they are fragile

Remnants of a fragile ambition

Rather than success

I hope to reflect

Found text in Sarah Sze interview (Artforum, Summer 2013): “Like an encyclopedia, the work is out of date the minute you complete it. So the important thing is that they are remnants of that ambition rather than themselves the success of that ambition. They’re all very fragile, so I hope to reflect the absurdity of the idea as well.”