Heidi Bucher during the skinning process of Gentlemen’s Study (1978)  photo : Hans Peter Siffert

A Shell like a Wrap S h e  like  H e Unwrapping like skinning De-veloping like un-veiling One shell after the other Shells are skins Shedding one skin after the other De-veloping and en-veloping and unwrapping and skinning The repressed     neglected     wasted     withered     forgotten dilapidated     missed     disguised     hated     contorted     buried immersed     displaced     bewitched    deformed [...] — Heidi Bucher, 1983