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"Our
true necropolises are not any more at the cemeteries, hospitals, wars,
or the hecatomb(s); the death is no longer where we would expect it
to be - it is not even lethal any more - its necropolises are the vaults
and halls of computers, the empty spaces deprived of human sounds -
it is a glass coffin in which all of the sterilized recollection of
the world is being frozen - only the dead do remember everything..."
(Jean Baudrillard)
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Materials:
coffin, PC computer, sensors, sound, text
The text starts when
one comes near the coffin.
Wonderful
Creatures
Once upon a time there were wonderful flying
creatures.
Their wings were fragile like fine gauze. They shimmered and gleamed in the
sunlight whenever
they flew. They were admired for their beauty, for the iridescence and brilliance
of their color, and for their
long, slender bodies - red, green or blue.
These wonderful creatures were noted for their swift, darting, soaring motion
and for their power of long, sustained flight. They hovered at arm length and
then darted away
with the flick of an eye. They could shoot upward or sideways instantly
at the slightest hint of danger, swooping up and down and forth and back.
Each one, in each moment flew differently.
They loved the sun and seemed to disappear almost miraculously whenever the
sky became cloudy.
Some believed that these creatures were the spirits of people who had recently
died.
They insisted that the creatures be left undisturbed.
Male and female often flew together and sometimes made love while in flight.
The male warmly embraced her while she flew down to the water to gently lay
down the little ones.
He often flew with her until they were close to the water, and then released
her,
marking time overhead while she dropped to the surface, clasping her again as
she rose,
to circle off and away before repeating the performance.
Strangely enough, although they were 'master aerialists' they spent the greater
part of their lives in water.
As they grew older they transformed many times. Although they once lived in
water
while growing up, when they transformed into adults they were no longer confined
to the vicinity of the water.
They lived only a few days.
Photos: Robert Jankuloski, Aleksandar Milev
