Script is constituted of SMS dialogues. In the installation, the video shows the text in writing, at the bottom of the projection frame, as subtitles on a white background.
Set is a decor where the action could take place.
And Characters presents the potential actors of the plot.
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| SCRIPT 2006 book to be published Summer 2006 SCRIPT, SET, CHARACTERS 2004 video installation respectively 9 min.26, 4 sec., 4 min.47 |
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"WE ARE KNIGHTS ON THE TRAJECTORIES OF A POST-EVERYTHING ERA" Where are you? Where are YOU? Does it really matter? Please. pleasure aching insomnia. J is asleep. I just want to look at him. he should have already left but I don’t dare wake him up. I wish we never had to leave this hotel same player shoots again - - - - - Kisses till you TILT! Are you sure you don’t want to watch the game? We’ll turn the sound of the TV off, have some wine and chat good night dear * Dust.. *COMBOX 2 MESSAGES* it was too late to call you yesterday. now it’s too early. Tomorrow Never Dies Let’s say - Tuesday, 10:30am, Central Station Zurich Switzerland C'est toi qui viens de m'appeler maman? tu ne laisses jamais de message sur ma combox… Oui. C'est l'anniversaire de L. aujourd'hui. Il faut absolument que je te parle Happy birthday L! Thank you dear. I feel like I’m the only one getting old. Might it be because I forget everyone else’s birthday? TILT! It’s a girl! Nora was born on July 25 at 6:44pm. Love is in the air, D & C Bravo! Champagne & poudre à canon! i’m looking for an apartment. Please tell me if you hear of anything Telepathy, oh ho - I just thought of you a minute ago! Junk food. Double-royal deluxe & a shake, grand style. At what time are you coming home Are you? silence is the ground for all cultivations dizzy-go-round . floating in weightlessness I miss your vis-à-vis Nothing? Nothing what? No message (and) does emptiness scare you? Yes. You know that. trouble – shooting – all – day – long – soaks – away – my energy – low – low thinking? sighing? working? fighting? speaking? conceptualising? sneezing? criticising? biting? reading? compromising? joking? laughing? are you talking to me are you talking are you are skinny dipping in a total eclipse of consciousness oh siren! The right person At the right place At the right moment :a three dimensional reality fix THE NIGHT IS IMMENSE so near yet so far, and again, still so close How close can distance make you feel? as if you were next to me That's much to near. You're taking advantage of the situation I have an erection FUCK OFF …SORRY: mismanipulation… this SMS was meant for someone else … Whassup doc? INFORMATION GLADLY GIVEN, BUT SECURITY REQUIRES TO AVOID UNNECESSARY CONVERSATION no epilogue lack of elegance cruising around, maybe. It’s so nice outside Did we meet? I can’t remember a lick of it now noble savage is a dog Who’s fooling Who I’m really not in the mood I’m really not in the mood either Hello springtime, I wish you the flowers in the trees, A How are you doing my chéri? Still sick? Do you need anything? Morphine? Which cobra would deliberately listen to the snake charmer? Just married! Kiss the bride! Na zdarovie! Hurrah! enjoy * love The emancipate crew is here What’s the subject? The desire to become the object + pastry, pain and politics Are you coming Saturday to the Peace demo in Bern? Yes E‘s back in the hospital. but she’s ok for now. I feel minuscule Everything is so uncertain and all the rest so very unserious Wanna get together? sure - COFFEE AND CIGARETTES - come over door code 6521 Are you on your way to Bern? No. I didn’t realise the train ticket was so expensive Yes. Peace has a price… I’m at the meeting point: . Running as usual..I’ll be 15 minutes late Hi candy. super in love and positively stressed at the museum Time is encore a parallel to my reality dimension How is your grandma? So-so. Weary. I just left her side. It is sad to grow old. I cannot tell if she is somewhere only she can access, or truly nowhere Ma grand-mère oublie tout. Est-ce qu’elle se souviendra de moi? Nothing is serious. Everything is important. Just remember to always keep the stand back distance ABRACADABRA May this art piece be! only in . to do . what I can THE SHOW MUST GO ON so I’ll sign in before I sign out and that is that that is Wanna boogie later? LIGHTS – CAMERA – ACTION! TIC TAC The clock is ticking - gold diggin’ ? - mine blowin’ i lie down and purr ..Vertigo.. Feed! Bzzzzz-sssp… help: Tamagotchi is dying… Fade out. . . Lost in Space - Rest in Peace - Search and Destroy - Plug and Play - Copy and Paste - Hide and Seek - 19-7-X- The Future of Rock'n’Roll Are we having a conversation? rumours spread I’ll be home at 7:30pm. Want to go see a film? How about sushis sake &sex instead? Guilty I plead and accept the sentence Ok Now pure silk over mine Live for sugar PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT Count down, Marlon yes I will tell you a couple things. let me see. this maybe. maybe this too. maybe that. no maybe not that. I don’t know ONE FOR THE MONEY . TWO FOR THE SHOW scrabble? Sort of nowhere. Just had dinner et toi tu fais quoi dans la vie, dit-elle en s’attachant nonchalamment les cheveux melancholy why? don’t know full moon perhaps? gintonic. clubbin’ coca-cola in bed. a book. spleen is in the air second gintonic. the dj. and me me me. the cause is too shameful to evoke my melancholy is ambient. and of probable indulgence ASA NISI MASA Bon voyage * Chicken heart/battlefield/yakuza tattoo/one eyelid is yours one only talks to oneself what are you doing now right now now now Freud is here crucifix, oh yes! Hey Johnny Guitar, I’m in your city. Three cheers for pollution. I’m staying here I like Paris why? French cancan French toast French kiss Le dernier tango à Paris Paris Texas Tour de France Still sad. and stoned. Love sucks. Hate. Pain. Fucked. hello Kitty Save important data. Lose the rest. Don’t cry. Restore hard disk. Reboot. Fresh start feel like talking? should I call you? Have a nice opening. Party like an animal. I’m sick (utterly disgusting) Wish you all the way to success! I hope a lot of people come to the exhibition Sunday hangover? LaLa opening last night I don’t feel like doing anything /Kiss and tell slow & vague. Is late afternoon ok? till I get a bit coordinated… Tension….she’s jealous because of you haha Nice laugh Smile: 7.7cm Maximum extension? I feel very free today come and dance on the tables with me upss. I did-it again is one really only as lonely as one merely desires? What are you doing? Having tea? I don’t know what to do with mylife Still in Paris burning Sort of having tea. but without the tea Happy Hour > 2 for the price of 1 (I’m so happy) just imagined sticking my index into your anus come on . say something Maximum extension? There is someone next to me Air+H2O = bubbles Share-ware irony :you show me yours I show you mine No 2008 Olympics for China until Tibet is free ! Regeneration bar (note the name) /James Bond’ dry martinis .Off course. I dream of marshmallows on a stick what does it mean? On the rocks… …Preservation? there is no point in living if you can’t feel alive Venice 6am. So calm. Still dark outside. Raining. Like a pleonasm. I hear the sea. your absence is so present the Biennale. Dreams and Conflicts. The dictatorship of the viewer. The universal insecurity of not being universal your pleasure in my mouth Bad timing - too much work… I’m going to have to skip our lunch date. Tomorrow maybe? Can’t, I’m off to Berlin in the morning. Talk soon + working class kiss to you I’m packing – hi and what did you put in your suitcase? Swiss chocolate 1 of my favourite t-shirt’s a magazine my powerbook 3 underwear boots anti-wrinkle cream hope 1 smile Spaghettis. Hello. Anyone interested? Peux-tu aller nourrir mes chats demain? mais je ne suis pas là Pas grave ma chérie. Je m’arrangerai autrement. I’m in an elevator. I can smell you I’m in the middle of a forest. Mosquito bites, and you and I miss you coolness is to know what to do with form it's been raining since we've last seen each other. very beautiful, everything sparkles The babysitter will be here at 7:30. I’d like to see the Farocki film at the Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement at 8 ? hello wind I only got back last night. exhausted. sometimes I like to pretend I don’t need to sleep Subtitled Inside-out Compulsive The quality of the state of being addicted Out of focus Bliss Biopower sweet rocknroll Making it up as we go along savouring what is left of your stealthy passing-presence. We were like clandestine lovers Hello from Moskow. S Pictures. For the show. Taken Gardening. What’s your favourite flower? that’s what counts Hi babe, I’m taking a walk up on the mountain to see the city and think about things. Hanging in there. I’ll call you tonight. Love, J. conceptualise myvernacular as only an outline of abstract mind constructions projections of soft you become a host for a sentimental bandit Are you there already? How was your flight? HELLO! WELCOME TO GERMANY. FOR SPORTS NEWS AND RESULTS FROM SWITZERLAND SIMPLY DIAL 164, AS YOU DO AT HOME. HAVE A NICE STAY IN GERMANY! ——the rose—— I almost missed the plane Just been out for a stroll. The computer is distorting my vision and well-being. Arbeit macht nicht frei How are you? Gjmwtejmjijmyuqkmtkrt. Great But please, no demands Peer2Peer rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose rose 90 minutes to go... Chérie! mon Amour! I'm trying to keep my cool JUST DO IT! ’’’’’==== …… _ _ _ GOT IT! Congratulations! I'm very happy for you. I knew it I knew it! & how is baby Nora? are you a Berliner? Yes, JULIAN DONKEY BOY. Fiorucci made me hardcore MMHMM-LoveToLoveYouBaby Make a wish and send this SMS to your friends and back to me if you like me. If you get 3 SMS back , your wish will come true PERCEPTION REQUIRES CONCENTRATION PERCEPTION REQUIRES CONCENTRATION Hey. Why do I always receive your messages 2x? Because Because kung hei fat choi! I just fell down the stairs… ouch - are you OK? More like KO. Don't know yet. My ankle's all blue I'm chilling out in London for a couple of days, need anything? Can’t reach you Did you forget to pay your phone bill again? - you often don’t answer my questions - I don’t always recognize them immediately as questions oh that’s quite droll, are you sleeping? YES. Please don’t laugh so loud. Can you bring the newspaper when you come My brother’s chemo is a success! Two weeks of rays and it will all be over… Crazy Kung-fu. Energy overflow. Shazam. You glow Calm and introspective over here. Tender thoughts Laying our soul bare by striping others. We resemble each other my darling. well – if I’m rubber, you’re glue – and everything that bounces off me sticks on you Roger You, my star Miss:You 5/5 boycott Bush! Let’s not be of quiet discontent. Vote Global Democracy now! my alpha my omega Liberté: en profiter What are you doing these days? Liberté: en profiter encore plus I love summertime I love Z I love the ambient slow-mo I love my new life Come for a visit Who is Z? US boarding. A country at war. Mega checkings. It’s scary. I feel guilty. Transiting in NY. We take off in 2 hours. Don’t forget to pick me up! I-have-a-new-telephone-can-you-feel-the-difference Why all the sudden attention? Tomorrow Sat. *8pm* at Helmhaus: Openair Concert *SHANGAI* Bring your shadow Vino, 1 glass only, later? or would you like to watch a dvd at my place? snacks included. all the best, M I feel like the next message :metaphor? provocation? I have the whip hand ( ) what is the best and what is the worst? you tell me i remember how it is when you should forget. that’s the worse i just remember your mouth. that’s the best. serial kisser Without an answer I suppose everything are you around this WE? a movie, a bar ++? back late on Sunday. Please hold on to the proposition It will be with the greatest of pleasure I am ready For what? For the world of tomorrow. But maybe I am just colour blind No honey You are not Black is beautiful . Love defines us I don’t want to change the boiling point of my blood just regulate the altitude Producing Adults Can you smell my pheromones? there are two good reasons not to do this yes there is the first one and there is the second one In the book I’m reading, all the action is determined by the dice. Convenient. In certain cases. Funny too. Sometimes How important is a book cover ? No amputation, but 6 weeks in a cast Oh nO… Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi Latin? Code I like codes. and forbidden words and the NSA likes you Does Jesus love you? I’m back. Where When How about a girl’s dinner on Wednesday with N & B? runaway train going North East. I am motionless. but moving away from you beyond my control I have to leave what the hell am I doing? new city new studio new options day 1 act 1 scene 1 Perfect. Drama or comedy? How does it start? I forget where I’m going A free-way. An exit. And here, it develops And now what’s happening? I’m not sure. Arty quotations. Sweat. No sweat. Hyper-modern Times :post-post-modern things. Useless sensations that we can’t do without ME IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS I’m on vitamin C Illegitimacy rules! Chemistry instinct Magnetism Strong prognosis Cerebral intoxication Poison lips Candy pills PAUSE*PLAY*REW*PLAY AGAIN*REW*PLAY MORE*FWD*PAUSE AGAIN .no bones about it .plausable deniability Fancy some company? human concept you lied. and you told me you did. is that a lie too A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE What are you thinking about? - you often question my answers - the deprived X generation. surrounded by a crowd, yet desperately alone back in town or back to reality? Neither. but I’m on my way Confusionday. Headfull. We need to coordinate our cipher. Poker? I think you have a better hand than you assume Sweet. Because I’m not sure I remember the rules You don’t remember them. I don’t know them (so we’re not breaking them) Truth has never been a popular commodity and the fluke factor should not be under-estimated Medium work energy Kind of tired At my studio though Go swimming! It cools the head and moving motivates! I always enjoy it Saut à la perche Plongeon des 12m Marathon Lancer du boulet Saut en longueur Saut en hauteur Sprint 100m haies Relais, Bonjour you don’t tell me anything. you hide everything rebel against the backtrack of indifference OK super x [this is harder than I thought] beware of the crocodiles, sweetie E4. my Queen’s move. Strategy. Be aware! Protect the King. Deny the Queen. Runner to F5 I know someone who plays both sides of the chessboard. against himself. careful to be fair. although he always wins I admit to considering losing my Queen to save my King Blitz? Stirred but not shaken. Getting better. One thumb up. Maybe we blitz another day, Master Tell me special K, is it true music makes the people come together? ***** desire stimulus rating nose-bleeding theories -mais. still drowning by numbers? You should put your money where your mouth is happiness is a warm gun Too much. The world is enlarged. By the factor xxx. I am shipping out of space Put the silencer on. Steer stable. Shoot for the moon I feel sexy virtual concrete narration is superflux bite in the hand the law of supply and demand who is divine? you can run but you cannot hide Do you dream in colour? Yes. Even three-dimensional. Are you dreaming about me? No. I'm having dinner with some friends Analogue bourgeoisie. Fine, as long as it doesn’t steal my part of the cake Black Forest gâteau dessert. Boheme activism I am the Black Forest and you the Kirsch can’t do this now (I am the cherry) on top? any way you like it something else, PLEASE On all four then - you need some discipline! At your command! But might you moderate the pace to a delayed-staccato There is a punkband rehearsing in the back of my head Too drunk to fuck? a poem afford yourself the luxury of despair Debased & Diluted Evanescent & Thrown Whacked & Caressed Under this & Over that I am numb I spill Uh. I showed you my face. Perhaps that is pornography I'd be grateful if you immediately stopped what you are doing Yes Genghis Khan Silence as an instrument of communication a rhethorical question doubt just seeped through The problem with writing is if what you write is not so clear, what you didn’t write which was implied, you can’t control Silence turns the tiniest crack sounds into an invasion SH! CRACK! “what are hopes that burst, other than new attempts” Peter Sloterdijk Shiatsu, 3pm? high-speed sorrow. paranoia. paintball my distress Shiatsu, 4pm? kilometres of watercolours Reduce to the max! you never get a second chance to make a good first impression BOO what how why questions I wish you peace of mind, dear I’M SORRY Lyophilized depth my tongue is a velvet slide pop porn philosophy j’ai cherché des yeux quelqu’un pour me souffler la réponse qui me souffle sur la nuque? Je me retourne. Rien au-dessus de my tête, les étoiles s’effacent Ride me, easy part-time Buddhist Fire & ice Slow-flow babe, feel the bass the music I’m listening to is talking to me I am the heroin of all the songs the narrator the seeker the believer I find truth in every dumb lyric I change trax to attempt to fleet they grow on me they attack from behind they become me ego-tripping I have zero resistance Minnie Mouse I am wearing my popcorn dress very conscious it is see-through very calculated very unconscious about the consequences total paralysis I am checkmated I’m in permanent transit how much more can I confide what else can you perceive how exciting can this get what are the stakes it is a game life is of faces gender roles parts characters in line on line on the line lined up I am drunk always felt like a cactus the only living thing in the desert that does not need water and now I should be thirsty I am pump up the volume Walking around.Life is beautiful_I just bought a ham and cheese sandwich (no mayo) my only future plans yesterday were to be your dj avalanche petroleum I can’t feel a thing when you are away. Come back S T O P Do you dream in colour? Yes. Even three-dimensional: I want to go to Las Vegas Take me Take me with you summertime in the desert - tumble dry squared We are riding through the Valley of Fire. Red mountains. L-o-s-t sparkling nights pulp thrills Dolly Parton has assets with which one cannot compete neon lights You should make a bet every day because you never know when you’re going to be lucky cash your hope Night fever I’m a sucker for romance change for fear There was a 3 million jackpot on a slot machine. Now It’s snowing in Nevada it’s such a perfect day, i’m glad i spent it with you fear your luck Piña colada à gogo! Sincerely Yours, I had a dream… and do you remember the story MLK? no just a very sexy impression …Generation gap ..Damn. Jump “We grew up in clichés. Now kids talk in slogans. Slogans make clichés seem innocent.” I saw 2 rainbows Everything is bigger and larger here Is time really money One loses the notion of notion I’m leaving again It’s Disneyland with a death penalty your reception is selective control freak Still snowing in the desert. Strange how I can never sleep the day before a departure Play with yourself Object: mutant cactus to pirate MIA Subject: Dark Room – Open Field Control Z C’est étrange comme les choses prennent du sens quand elles finissent. C’est là que l’histoire commence. est-il dit dans Eloge de l’amour Sweet interval Fresh blow Sex no sex adventures no adventures More grace That’s all My uncertainty lies in the difference there is between saying nothing and being mute I only wanted to make sure we were using the same tongue I only imagined your tongue in my mouth Hindering my words Thus eventually paralysing my ambient thoughts of the moment for a moment BIG BIG BANG we are knights on the trajectories of a post-everything era there is not much space. Just skinthick Control C (Me too) I always take the part of the one who withdraws I want to not know what it is I want right now and you are not where you want to be yet lots of lost desire on that high-way lots of appeal in the delicious paradox where my attention is focused on the unsaid where I stand tall ready steady to go apart /not wanting to be A part a natural gift for Anarchy effective anti-star system no poses, only attitude a phenoma more water. through my nostrils. submerges my brain. Liquid sky absence of precision channels catastrophe consequences. a callow shooter displaces danger besides the target. the target thus becoming the only safe base the meaning of a proposition is it’s use. so it could also be a weapon intellectual exchanges and esthetic battles comprise stray bullets and un-erasable blood stains defreeze you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to you have to do everything you want freeze where is the target we are masters of the art of complication I remember your penis Still homing? Just write me what it is you want to say Nothing special Hi How are you It is sunny but quite windy somehow Everything is so peaceful A car drives by I go through many different identities which are defined by the narcissism of the instant and I just spent a lot more money than I have Yeah! Yeah On my way to the airport. Sunset over the industries. Very Where did you meet her? Wall Street Well done! Strictly business Feelings? defeated by technology S, how are you? It seems like it's been for ever… Yes. Like - Eternity, the name of a perfume SUMMER REMIX Tu adores parler des causes. Mais jamais des conséquences. Reiki is a universal energy that you pick up and diffuse Just awoke. You escape from under my eyelids. The light is of winter. I miss your arms how about a Chinese hotpot dinner for New Year’s eve? come with your lover if you like A freezing wind blew over the city I woke up too late to go to the new MOMA Jetlag I can’t wait to be home This place is like an ocean in which you mislay your things only to find what others have lost. 2006: plan for victory! happy new year little deaf doll say what? !Happy new year New stuff hot stuff, I say in Tokyo it’s been 2006 for 7 hours already same to you mister jetset Did we meet? on/off dilettante reminiscence stay liquid metal (for mental hygiene) baby if you give it to me, i’ll give it to you, i know what you want Nice journey? Yes. Davos schön, I love you What are you up to? I’m at home Now I’m walking downtown Now I’m at my studio Now I’m in my car Now I’m at the movies Now I’m in bed. Good night. SMS interuptus I love your monochrome messages NO PARADERAN it is always hard to say goodbye |