In the work Special Announcements, Edition Two we are met by a speaking statue, a bust with closed eyes, as if on a lit de parade, expressing thoughtfulness about life itself.
Visually there are no distractive elements, a graphite grey background misleads as coordinates for time and space are missing.
From this oracle-like position, as if from a higher consciousness, the character addresses the viewer at the same time as it seems to be conversing with itself. It is a communicator, ready to listen. It invites to dialogue with the viewer and wants to create a meeting.
The viewer receives instructions and also suggestions as to how to behave in his/her life. The character wants to lead the listener into a conversation filled with rhetorical questions, on the one hand to dismantle rational considerations, on the other hand to attract the listener with a repeated usage of the pronoun 'you.'
This strictly staged oral performance investigates the literal meaning of language.
Dana Sederowsky is the writer of the texts, the actor performing them and the director of the camera. All videos are produced in one take.