He rips the covers from encyclopedias and law books – the texts of power – and stitches them together into artwork that is moving and beautiful. “Some individuals have found it problematic that I’m destroying this material.” Destroying or reconfiguring? A conversation about art and authority at the International Print Center New York, with music from Tomas Rodriguez.

• •  Person: Sarah Jones
  •  Place: Antarctica
  •  Thing: a sewing machine
  •  Randy’s Person: Elba Damast