‘MONA’ is something like an excerpt from a novel I was writing, turned into a performance piece. ‘MONA’ was performed as the opening lecture for the Subtle Technologies Conference, a gathering of scientists and artists from a very wide range of expertise, in Toronto on Saturday May 14, 2000. Click here to view MONA
Rhizomebecomesa seedsprouting,into a green stalk,into a root,developing.A green leaf,branching from the green stalk,which grows,which grows and develops,another green leaf above the first leaf.Growing and developing,developing another root,supplying another green leaf,and the development of the stalk.Gathering order of roots.Transporting medium of stalk.Leaves rotating symmetrically to receive the light.An interacting community of roots, stalk, leaves.Roots communicating nourishment,