Contributions by Inés Marcó
Inés Marcó was born in Concordia, Argentina, in 1984. She currently lives in Paris. She studied at the National University of the Arts (IUNA) in Buenos Aires and learned a lot from Pablo Siquier, Juan Doffo, Gabriel Baggio, and Ernesto Ballesteros. She’s interested in a number of problematics in art and painting. She began painting with gouache after seeing Laylah Ali working. She likes the art of Roni Horn, Liliana Porter, and many others.
The Ceremony
Inés Marcó
translated by Alex Niemi
CAST
Pope
Layman
Guard of the Brotherhood
Brothers of the Circle
The characters meet at the entrance of a large urinal. The Pope is waiting for them.
Before entering, the brothers greet the Pope by turning in circles and waving their hands as if dancing the tarantella.
Everyone wears paint-stained aprons.
After the greeting, the Pope bestows a brush and palette on each of them. The brothers introduce themselves and crawl one by one into the hole of the urinal.
Once inside, the ceremony begins.
The Pope asks the Guard of the Brotherhood if all present belong to the circle. The Guard of the Brotherhood makes his rounds and confirms that they do.
Pope: Dada. Dada. Let the meeting begin!
All (in a church whisper): Dada. Dada.
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