FRANK is fictional, hypothetical, isn’t it?
“to examine the causes of life,
we must first have recourse to death”
I see you, I do, I do
in your jacket you look like a bird
a raven, I think
korppi
you move as a bunch
around and around and around
every step so determined
you
collapse
FRANK you make me feel, not scared, no
but seen, somehow
I recognise the horror, I do, I do
I’m thankful that it is present here, too
The monsters under my bed are not mine alone.
(pay attention to repetitions)
FRANK you are speaking to me;
ARE YOU AFRAID ALREADY?
“our homes
they stay intact
as we
comply to the killing machine”
that is how they stay
intact
untouched
or so we might think but
the ghosts of the killing machine they
follow me everywhere they
inhabit my home they
crawl under my skin
Have you noticed something similar?
we must examine the recourse to death in the corporate world
to understand the causes of life
in the corporate world
the world of corpses
corpr, corpe, corps, korp, korppi
we commute our daily tasks
inside the killing machine
it is getting hard to hold onto things anymore,
The blood on my hands makes everything slippery!
Should we still consider this fictional?
you look me straight in the eye
from across the room
through the Plasticyou are talking to me, yes, I see that
your words I can’t hear
through the Plastic
but I get you
the frightening, it is familiar
I do know the horror, I do, I do
this is not a mirror, no!
on the other side of the plastic things are reflected differently, they are opposites
my peace is your war
my life is your death
I can’t help but wonder
Do I know the horror after all?
enjoying a wonderful collapse, a beautiful chaos, sitting comfortably on my ass in this studio
space, ticket reserved, dinner waiting in my intact home
while I comply to the killing machine
dare I say
I know the horror?
do I, do I?
as the Plastic wall collapses
(so rhythmically by the way)
I wonder, FRANK;
Should we still consider this fictional?
BIO: Kaarne Fredriksson (they/them) is a Helsinki-based artist working within the mediums of dance, text and music. A lot of their work is based on and inspired by hip hop culture. In their artistic work they aim to build fruitful frictions, fictions and realities, dealing with themes such as queerness, fantasy, play and rebellion.