The publication is a selection by Martha Wilson of pages from her diaries that document her experience as a woman and artist between 1965 and 1983. Setting up an inner dialogue, “Journals” of Martha Wilson is punctuated with personal notes, work notes, considerations, addresses to herself and to her relatives. The publication delivers a unique point of view, the psyche of an artist in the making, staging her work but also its representation in a form of introspection that mirrors her own performance practice.
A diary is defined as an autobiographical literary form in which the diarist tells the story of his/her own life, focusing on his/her individual life, history and personality. The author writes in the present tense, and the diary appears as much as a memorial aid as a medium for reflection and self-analysis. The diary is initially private and the narrator addresses themself de facto.