KRISTEVA, JULIA

Kristeva: the abject is what is expelled to constitute the self — neither subject nor object, lurking at the border. CoCA's Limbo sits the applicant precisely at the abject border. Subject is a sacrament. You are inventory. The applicant is neither verified artist nor admitted layperson; they are the abject between. The institution does not resolve the position. The institution names it and offers a chair.