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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: On the ruins of the Gano Street Bridge, Providence, RI
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:59:14 -0400 (EDT)
On the ruins of the Gano Street Bridge, Providence, RI http://www.alansondheim.org/ RI jpgs # 66, 72, 79, 86, 89, 104, 106, 117, 118, 122, 158 This is a counterweighted railroad bridge, partly burned, which has been raised for decades. You walk a couple of hundred feet out, and from there Daniel Byers climbed vertically up to the top of the raised span, maybe 110 feet. Foofwa performed below. Azure Carter and I filmed in PAL and HD. Rob watched from a beam. This was probably the most dangerous performance to date. Foofwa was avatar but Daniel was in flight. There was no sky- sphere. Daniel would have permanently broken if he fell. I tried to reboot the game but it was useless. Daniel sat at the top. I think one other per- son has made it to the top. The water was below just like the exhibition space. The surface was perforated with broken, split, charred, burned, and missing railroad ties. My left foot broadcast a lot of pain from a kind of degeneration. Foofwa and Daniel were brilliant. Some kids watched. Some kids smoked. Dance and climb were risky. I hugged the rails and lay on the ties. It was impossible to take it all in. I couldn't teleport. None of the prims had signs. I just filmed and filmed, Azure as well. Later Daniel took one of the cameras up a couple of crossbeams. His videowork amazes me. He's cool. Foofwa and Azure are cool. Rob's face was cool. I lay on the beams and dreamed up a storm. The old country was never so hot.