1. “Switch Wish”.
Let’s consider the insects in the family Gerridae (insects colloquially known as water striders, water bugs, magic bugs, pond skaters, skaters, skimmers, schaatsenrijders, water scooters, or Jesus bugs). The water strider carries out its life on a surface, as does an erotic novel: all details and no depth. So perhaps better than an erotic novel about the interests of humans would be an erotic novel about water striders. And perhaps better than reading such a novel on land would be to read it on water (or the next best thing, a house boat).


2. “*Uh, uhh, mmm*”
is a spatialized, site-specific, performative sound poem, which, as a starting point, takes a drawing from the novel and treats it like a score. “*Uh, uhh, mmm*” is a woman. It zooms in on a page, empties it out, brings it into depth, spreads it into the ceilings, shakes the walls, drops (into the water).

Anna Orlikowska and I stage this installation for Home Sequence, a self-organized exhibition taking place in the private homes of Amsterdam-based artists. https://homesequence.jimdofree.com/

Installation in a houseboat possible thanks to the generosity of Michal Sypien and Jurek Owski.