[syndicate] the island

[Frederic Madre]

time warp 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sympa Owner [mailto:sympa at kilby.copyleft.no] On Behalf 
> Of Alan Sondheim
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 8:40 PM
> To: syndicate at anart.no
> Subject: [syndicate] the island
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> the island
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> no, nothing happens, nothing moves
> some iceplants move in the foreground
> is it an island or artificial coagulation
> structures are oil pumps and attendant machinery
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> the island is perfectly poised
> i do not know, does it float? surely it is anchored
> sometimes in enormous seas islands have difficulty
> perhaps this can float away
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> men live on the island for a week
> i'm peering behind some iceplants
> i couldn't see the men but could see the palms
> the palms perhaps are real and perhaps not
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> what would anchor the palms?
> what would anchor the men on the island?
> what anchors the men anchors the palms
> both are anchored to the earth and its bodhisattvas
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> http://www.asondheim.org/theisland.mov
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> the island is not an island
> not an island is an island
> if this is an island is it not an island?
> if this is not an island is it an island?
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