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Would you like to have it?\u201d. Yet despite its simplicity, this question cloaks a world of psychological complexity, and gets at anxieties central to the contemporary precariat economy. To pitch is to raise the question: Why my words now? And even: Why me now?!?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us at the School of Sculpture, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, on Tuesday, November 10, at 6pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to Covid-19, we provide only a limited number of seats. Masks and sanitizers will be available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lecture will be in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABOUT MITCH SPEED<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitch Speed is an artist and writer based in Berlin. His book \u201cMark Leckey: Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore\u201d was recently published by Afterall Books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABOUT WHY WORDS NOW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a discipline named after its engagement with the visual, there is an awful lot of words in the world of visual arts. 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