My child psyche was traumatized by the fact that my mother and I never had a corner to ourselves. (8) In contrast with this affectionate memory of past humiliation, the tale of the project's conception is a tongue-in-cheek story of a poor Russian artist summoned to the sanctuary of the Western artistic establishment, the "Dokumenta show," much to his embarrassment and humiliation: "With my usual nervousness I had the impression that I had been invited to see the Queen who decides the fate of the arts