My blue dress is my only house and my only reference.
A lost alien, I have a heart, but no direct link to technology.
Misplaced in time and space, I come from a dark place
There I used to have petals,
Petals that grew along the journey
That turned red
And then turned around my body
that turned faster around its centre.
I keep travelling wherever the net brings me,
I turn like a dervish and walk like a gipsy,
I stand and fall like a wild flower in the field
I sing the song of the blue poppy chasing a little red honeybee.
Here I am, just as lost as you.
You don’t know me, I don’t know You – Lee Anne.
Guide me, tell me where to stand, set the lights as you like,
tell me when to turn, when to stop, where to fall,
where you want me to be next – and I’ll follow,
Anything, just to get out of here.
michael szpakowski, may 2012, digital collage, 42X32 cm
michael szpakowski/ may 2012/ video / 2:24 min.
‘Emotion stirs within and forms into words. As the
words are inadequate, one sighs them. As the sighing
is inadequate, one sings aloud. As the singing is
inadequate, without knowing it, the hands start to
dance, and the feet to beat in time.’
Wei Hung, from the Major Preface to the Shih Ching
Click on the image to see the piece on YouTube.
michael szpakowski/ may 2012/ piano, euphonium and manipulated voice of pierre huyghe/ 4:49 min.
‘So…it disappeared as an image but it didn’t disappear as an entity. You can still talk
about it, you can make a novel about…Annlee.’
Click on the image to hear the piece on Soundcloud.
michael szpakowski, may 2012, inkjet print with soft pastel, 21X28 cm, edition of 10
michael szpakowski, may 2012, oil on board, 51X61 cm
michael szpakowski, may 2012, animated GIF with two unsynchronised soundtracks, dimensions variable
click on the image to view
GIF cinema
michael szpakowski, may 2012, pencil & soft pastel, 32X41 cm
