Thyrza Goodeve

Interview conducted by Rachel Helm on January 19, 2024 in Brooklyn, NY

Thyrza Goodeve is a writer, editor, and animal enthusiast based in Brooklyn, New York. Goodeve has been published in periodicals such as Artforum, Bookforum, Art in America, and the Brooklyn Rail, where she served as the senior editor from 2017–19, later becoming Editor-at-Large. She has performed in works by Yvonne Rainer, Joseph Mechvatal, Bardley Rubenstein, and Ellen Harvey. Goodeve first connected with Schneemann in 2007, writing for the catalog for Schneemann’s solo exhibition at Pierre Menard Gallery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in her essay “The Cat is My Medium” (Art Journal, July 2015), she explores the feline iconography in Schneemann’s films and writings.

In this short excerpt, Goodeve describes Schneemann as “the most alive person I’ve ever met.”