i’m sitting in a little house at the top of a mountain. today i had lunch with my family- wine and salad. always wine. but this morning when i woke there were maggots all over the house. it seems that a couple of days ago my stepmother had left meat in the oven and forgotten. she is almost 80. she drops things, can’t see very well. but she’s fast, and smart and funny. we spent hours picking up maggots. they were everywhere! at first it was really gross. i couldn’t stand it and ran screaming for my father to help. there was a spider in my room. as big as my fist. he was tracking the maggots. hungry i’m sure. the three of us plus a friend of the family- fernandinho, a firefighter, a former lover of mine were picking up the maggots with sponges. it became funny. we joked about it. fernandinho made a joke about putting the maggots in my ear. my father translated it and i screamed and shook all over.
We have moved into an environment which is robustly connected and yet floating. Each string that connects us is elastic.
In Infomobility and Technics, Belinda Barnet points out that, "With every step, I emit a smog of data; my journey is being archived too.” This work is our investigation into the meaning and affect of being permanently altered, bothered, tethered and animated by our teleological devices through a series of exercises, both literary and performative. Paige Saez, Amber Case and Rebecca Steele have created a body of work inspired by the essay 'Infomobility and Technics' by Belinda Barnet. The work consists of a series of performances, attempts at visualizing the tension, weight and responsibility of always-on-constant-contact-never-forgetting-connectivity. These performances along with photographs, essays, videos, and conversations have become a book called Bothered, Tethered and Willing.
In Infomobility and Technics, Belinda Barnet points out that, "With every step, I emit a smog of data; my journey is being archived too.” This work is our investigation into the meaning and affect of being permanently altered, bothered, tethered and animated by our teleological devices through a series of exercises, both literary and performative. Paige Saez, Amber Case and Rebecca Steele have created a body of work inspired by the essay 'Infomobility and Technics' by Belinda Barnet. The work consists of a series of performances, attempts at visualizing the tension, weight and responsibility of always-on-constant-contact-never-forgetting-connectivity. These performances along with photographs, essays, videos, and conversations have become a book called Bothered, Tethered and Willing.
May 3, 2010
Portugal with Maggots
