Suivant inlassablement sa propre méthode de composition établie en 1969, Robert Barry réalise en 2016 avec mfc-michèle didier, Somethings that... une édition limitée à 24 sets de 3 volets numérotés et signés et 6 épreuves d'artiste. Sur chacun des trois volets, apparaît un statement. Les deux premiers statements sont communs à chaque set, en revanche le troisième statement se décline en 24 énoncés différents, engendrant ainsi autant de propositions originales. Si l'artiste utilise les mots, les met en scène et en phrase, les interroge, les statements de Somethings that... ont pourtant la spécificité de n'évoquer rigoureusement rien. Bien que ces combinaisons de mots soient signifiantes et grammaticalement justes, aucune image ni transcription visuelle de celles-ci ne s'élaborent dans l'esprit du lecteur. Seule demeure la pensée de figures possibles.

Statements communs
- Something that is very close and will be here soon, but no one knows about it and will not be recognized when it comes.
- Something that I thought I knew very well, but about which I was completely wrong

Statements spécifiques
- Something that accidentally leaked into the real world.
- Something that always makes us feel good.
- Something that comes up only now and then.
- Something that expresses the sheer joy of being.
- Something that half the people think is comical, and the other half think is very sad.
- Something that illustrates presence and absence in art.
- Something that is always around.
- Something that is always in motion, almost invisible and completely silent.
- Something that is as good as it gets.
- Something that is completely unpredictable.
- Something that is gradually slipping away.
- Something that is made out of various bits and pieces of the truth.
- Something that is so tragic that I cannot mention it.
- Something that is very important and needed, but no one ever talks about it.
- Something that I used to know very well, but have now completely forgotten.
- Something that never appears the same way twice.
- Something that questions everything we believe.
- Something that seems to be more than meets the eye.
- Something that shows the ubiquity of injustice in the world.
- Something that was mistaken for art.
- Something that we can always count on.
- Something that we can never know its true meaning.
- Something that will never change.
- Something that will never go away.

Statements spécifiques des épreuves d'artiste
- Something that cannot be overcome.
- Something that I am keeping to myself and will never share with anyone.
- Something that is almost not there.
- Something that is only a fantasy and can never be real.
- Something that keeps on giving.
- Something that will always be incomplete.

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