The Acquisition Of Intensity Through Transparent Layers

PERFORMANCE KL. 20.00

He took up the neurological tradition of employing the sofa as a medical instrument. But instead of curtailing his patients' physical mobility he was interested in the sofa's potential as a trigger of artistic, social, and psychological associations, an emotional place where all boundaries could break down and suppressed memories would emanate freely. Fashioned with an Oriental carpet and surrounded by the silent witnesses of antiquity en miniature, his divan was intended as a safe retreat from the daily turbulences of modern urban life.


[At 6:15 PM.] The inhalation of exhaust gases is begun.

[After seven minutes.] My eyes and throat are slightly irritated. Put
on a bathing towel. There are tremendous water drops on the door
glass. The tank is full of gasoline.

[After eight-and-a-half minutes.] Slight shortness of breath.
Ha-ha-ha. The powers of Nissan's engines are great!

[After ten minutes] Swallowed a cup of sake. I could not control
myself to stay in the cabin {of the mini-van} at this level of
shortness-of-breath yesterday.

[After eleven minutes.] To the mistress of a grocery store; ''Yes, you
were right. The size of this hose, 30mm in outer diameter and 25mm in
inner diameter, fits the exhaust pipe perfectly.

[After twelve-and-a-half minutes.] Swallowed another cup of sake. I
wish I could have a can of beer. I wonder what the concentration of
carbon monoxide is now.

[After fourteen minutes.] Breathing can only be done by mouth.

[After fifteen minutes.] Water is pouring out of the hose.

[After sixteen minutes.] Goodbye, Mum and Papa! [And a list of six others.]

[After seventeen minutes.] Still I am living. It is asthmatic
breathing. Now, I will sleep.

[This was the last entry.]