The Bienal building, a large futuristic cement warehouse with glass floor to ceiling windows, was a perfect site for a sci-fi story. There are three characters in this narrative: Janet (my voice), Drogan (George), and the Machine voice (a slowed-down woman’s voice). It is about a character named Drogan and a woman that discovers him in a warehouse strapped to a bed controlled by machines. (The title and characters were taken from a short story written by George in the 1980s.)

sound of cathedral, prayers

Janet The windows have been broken, they’re covered in cardboard. People are huddled in little groups by fires. I see rows of beds, filled with naked bodies attached to wires and tubes.

Drogan I Am I there ? Can you see me ?

Janet This place smells like raw sewage and burnt meat. barking dogs No one sees me. It’s like I’m invisible. someone yells hello

Janet Stop, wait for a minute.

Janet yells ‘Hello’ in space, then other people yell hello. then a singer walks by singing a Brazilian folk song about a pair of caged birds. the bird’s owner has plucked the eyes of the male one out so that the bird will sing more beautifully, but the bird sings about how sad it is that he will never see his lover again
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Janet I remember walking through the market. sound of market

Machine 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. sound of bomb explosion, crashing glass

Janet I’m afraid of these images that go through my mind, destroying things. A car runs you over. A knife to my throat, falling down stairs, bite into your flesh, pushed against the wall, fist to your face, choke you with my tongue, drowning in puke.