“And do you remember dear ones
or has your history forsaken you?
Text excerpt from the book “,said the shotgun to the head” by Saul Williams,
Music track “Coded language” from the album “Amethyst rock star” by Saul Williams
November 24th 2007, Espace Vallès, Saint Martin d'Hères, France
The performance consisted in writing with the finger on white painted windows outside of “Espace Vallès” the sentence : “And do you remember dear ones or has your history forsaken you ?”, repeated several times until covering the entire surface of windows. At the same time, inside the gallery, plunged into the twilight, Saul Williams’s track “Coded language” played.
i sweep through city streets
my wing out-stretched
making mothers
clutch their young
and remember.
and do you remember, dear ones
or has your history forsaken you?
there were tales told ‘round fires
mysteries coded in songs
chants and uprisings
centuries of art
all incantations
calling forth this day
Saul Williams