Q1: In the past couple of weeks, we've studied performance artists who prefer to keep their works relatively undocumented (i.e. Chris Burden). There are many reasons for this, such as wanting their works to be particular to a certain one-time event, kind of like site-specific works are meant for a particular site, as a way of preserving the work conceptually rather than physically. Why, then, does Matta-Clark make a point to document Splitting in so many mediums? Is there some significance to the different perspectives one gathers from each medium?
Q2: Wagner states that the "psychic alterations" as a result of Matta-Clark's dizzying reconstruction of the house interior actually "'preserve and enhance' the essence and meaning of the house," rather than destroying it. Why do both Wagner and Matta-Clark say this, and how is it possible to preserve something by destroying it? If the house is meant to represent domesticity (among other things), what is Matta-Clark trying to say?
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