“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