Sweet sister, tank howls, hermaphrodite songs, diamond deserts, we will only live once and the visions thicker and more slippery each day. Sweet sister, hitchhiking toward Monte Alban. Fasten your seatbelts because the cadavers are being watered. A scene at least.

Performed with Uinta Cook

(yes) Sweet (and) sister

a Yes And game in film, sound, and text

Sources

Film:

• The Devils, Mulholland Drive, The A-Team, The Seed, Tremors, I May Destroy You, Take Shelter, Candyman, Y Tu Mamá También, Mission Impossible, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Devils

Sound:

• Ibeyi, Tom Waits, Sarah Hennies, The Velvet Underground, Hank Williams, Caroline Shaw / Roomful of Teeth, Rev. Milton Brunson, Rosalía, John Adams, Dead Man’s Bones, Silvana Estrada

Text

• Safia Elhillo, Natalie Diaz, Adrienne Rich, Rita Dove, Morgan Parker, Alberto Ríos, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ada Limón, Angela Carter, Paula Mendoza, hunger stone inscribed 1616 and resurfaced in the Elbe River 2022