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INT. RUSHA & CO. GALLERY / EXHIBITION INSTALLATIONS - DAY / NIGHT
Noise, possibly music.
THE FILMMAKER plays bowls displayed at RUSHA & CO.
A script and expression appear over the image.
Every noun and verb from the exhibition catalog text is subjected to randomization, except “am” and its conjugations.
Beneath the text, still images from cell phones dissolve into PIRANESI prints.
MUSE
Progress.
THE PIONEERS
Who’s progress?
ACTOR
What progress?
The musical pattern changes.
An A-B-A structure emerges.
The installed works appear in sequence:
MASSIMO BARTOLINI.
EMANUEL DE CARVALHO.
GE HUI.
LISA CHANG LEE.
HAMISH PEARCH.
MOHAMMED SAMI.
ANDRA URSUȚA.
JUSTIN DE VERTEUIL.
JAIME WELSH.
Ambient voices and sounds from the gallery opening enter the image.
NIGHT.
A portrait of JORDAN CHUANG.
The image moves into cuts from the exhibition catalog.
The catalog dissolves into PIRANESI.
The music rises.
CUT TO CREDITS.