Luna de Papel (Yo creo como hablo)
MATERIALS: 374 sheets of office paper, inkjet ink, music stand, amp, and microphone, incantation Yo Creo Como Hablo.Optional materials: the public's voice.
This is the version of the paper moon was made for Venice. The sentence I create as I speak is repeated over and over again, in a 374 page-long text. The sentence is written in such a way that when the pages are all pinned to the wall they form a twenty-foot image of the moon. One page, a fragment of the image, is removed from the wall and deposited on a lectern. The public is invited to read this piece of the moon (out loud or to themselves). The incantation I create as I speak is either the ultimate act of hubris, or it represents belief in our capacity to create.
This is the version of the paper moon was made for Venice. The sentence I create as I speak is repeated over and over again, in a 374 page-long text. The sentence is written in such a way that when the pages are all pinned to the wall they form a twenty-foot image of the moon. One page, a fragment of the image, is removed from the wall and deposited on a lectern. The public is invited to read this piece of the moon (out loud or to themselves). The incantation I create as I speak is either the ultimate act of hubris, or it represents belief in our capacity to create.