An empty chalkboard fills the screen. From the left, an arm appears and writes a short promise about the future, in the form of a claim: “I will be a hotbed of insurgency.” Another arm enters from the right to erase the statement, and immediately another arm enters from the left to write a new one: “I will ignore the dim whispers of the missing”; and so on. The statements pile up, contradict, collapse, and yet each stands as a valid statement of desire and possibility.

Running Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes, 14 seconds

Performers: Hardhi Harris, Jack Hayflick, James Kaliardos, Carol Neiman, Sangeeta Parekh, Tammy Tunyavongs

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