alliteration trail (2017)
elmo gets slammed into the glass wall of tgi fridays
police at times square, undocumented person inside
tourist at times square, undocumented, documenting
the costume, soliciting tips. a photo taken, but appearing
as someone else, passing, as someone else, someone recognisable
recognisable fiction, knowing speculative when you see it
gripping reality
tv
style, style
i’m still young and maybe to you too
i’m still young in what i want to say
elmo’s still young and elmo’s maybe to you
still elmo young in elmo what want say to
a biped pushed down onto their knees, made into a quadruped
my brevity.
i am the largest glove that you have ever seen.
a quadruped dragged up onto two limbs, upside
down v
elmo refers to themselves as elmo
writing subjectivities, challenged
the third person, but the linguistic stunt
as well, that of supposed childish grip
grip of language, simple phrases, three
and a half for decades, to never be sure
that you indeed are learning
nothing changing, only the times
square, civic space, citizens, citing
elmo refers to elmo in all these times
times square, undocumented, a tip
undocumented, performers,
undocumented, performers,
undocumented, performers in an elmo
suit, (hee hee hee hee hee, that, tickles)
with
Sophie Serber, Sophia Dinkel as towers/white flags
Ivan Cheng as Elmo
2030, Friday June 16, 2017
Critical Studies End of Year Programme
Butchers Tears
Amsterdam
photographs Sander van Wettum
