James Carpenter talks about glass having a memory and its responsiveness. Oral history interview with James Carpenter by Barb Elam and Jesse Merandy, September 20, 2018, JCDA Studios, New York, New York. Clip length: 00:42.

James Carpenter: Well glass definitely has a memory; it also has a life to it too. I mean, in terms of durability and, yeah, from the moment a piece of glass is produced, it’s degrading just with atmospheric moisture. Not, not of anything else, just you have moist air around it the glass is deteriorating. And that’s just fundamental to the nature of the porous material and the acidity in the air. But, it is, it is a material, I think that’s very open to, I mean, you use sort of a word of word describing it as—I think it’s a material that’s very responsive in a way, and in some ways it’s a neutral ground and that neutral ground allows for greater responsibilities.