A performance piece by John Mills-Cockell & Blake Parker

“The tale is a moral allegory. In Stella’s world, animal eyes polished like mirrors stare out of silver windows dissolve in the wash of static gives back a picture of sleek foreign desperadoes with hair-raising underworld connections. In Stella’s world, the photo twins drift down sunset streets neon lights winking hello-goodbye and their smooth bodies give off a faint whiff of negrito dreams and mental crack-up. In Stella’s world, we walk down noisy streets of memory paradise same time same place whispers telephone voice frozen in storage vats of the brain a slender hand reaches up for new moisturizing tint sparkles on the magnetic water leaves us speechless with cold feet and a cancelled ticket. The political world of children’s illustrations rubs shoulders with that of the radio DJ, advertising lingo, pop music, classical tangle of nostalgic strings dissolves into a stark image of Stella in black and white.”

Sample audio from the performance, Blake Parker reading, Leora Cashe singing, Greg Kozak percussion, John on keyboards.