The performer sits at the foot of a column of television monitors showing static. At his feet is steel vase filled with sand. Suddenly the gallery is filled with the sound of applause which last only moments before it is consumed with the sound of rushing water. The monitors on the column simultanously fade to the image of rushing water.

The performer reaches into the vase at the columns base and begins to scrub his body down with sand. Through the sound of rushing water can be heard sounds of printing presses running, news broacasts, modem sounds, and the sounds of cars, trucks and airplanes.

As the volume mounts a video projection lights up the wall behind the column with archs of lightning, and with a clap of thunder all light is exsinguished. The performer now missing, the monitors on the column flash back to static and fade in to show the exact performance just given.

The performance is repeated exactly and the video is then displayed on the monitors shown on the columns screens. The performance repeats several times, each time the performance regresses further in to the on screen monitors until it is no longer visible.

The gallery goes dark and the system resets itself, inviting the next performer to the stage.

The work was developed as a meditation considering Walter Benjamins

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