CP: I want one from Alcatraz. You know, Birdman of Alcatraz. The fact that it's an island and for prisoners, the idea of flight. The feather has to do with defying gravity, up or down. Also, the feather, white feathers particularly, can be a symbol of cowardice. I like the story of Icarus flying into the sun. It seems like a very banal, everyday object; they're floating everywhere. I think I have one from the Alamo, you know, famous sites...I travel a lot. If you're traveling, you can't carry much with you. Feather, dust, tarnish rubbing--those things are easy to collect and they're not things that people mind you taking. The feather came from Freud's pillow when I borrowed it for The Maybe and I saw the feather sticking out of the pillow and I got terribly excited about the feather. The feather seemed to be about the subconscious and sleep, sweet and soft. I did a piece with the feather where I projected it on the wall and it looked like a missile. I like the feather being something potentially lethal.

THC: Is there a project you dream of doing? Is it sending the meteorite back into space?

CP: Yes.

THC: Do you think it's possible?

CP: I think it's going to happen. I'll make it happen. If I do that I'll be very happy. There will be nothing there to show for it! It will be an invisible work. I like the idea of that. There won't be any issue about what it looks like.