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I like this cause what could be more common than a water cooler. The womb bit is a little heavy, what if you are not reminded and just find yourself with luke warm water in your mouth?

What if there were different texts for the second part:

did you know that there are 30 billion live bacteria in a mouthful of water?

think about the astronauts gulping floating water spheres.

think of the creatures deep in the ocean which never see light.

what's the link between a water cooler and a womb?

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Marco

Darling, darling, darling! Instruction Pieces are the property of Yoko One (who is a very good friend of mine). I'm going to do you a little favor and not tell her about this wonderful project of yours, or she may very likely descend from her lovely Dakota apartment and issue the following:

1. Go to FluxFactory.

2. Find Karin Campbell.

3. Kick her ass.

Many people don't know it, but Yoko is well-trained in the art of jujitsu, so you should be very careful not to provoke her. Of course, she is a lovely person inside and out, but one can never be too careful.

Now, in response to your work, I think that instead of water, you should put whiskey in the cooler, and instead of thinking about your mother's womb (I think you've been reading too much Freud), you should think about the last time you passed out drunk and woke up either hung over or in a stranger's bed. Let's make art fun again my dear. And we all know that getting a little action for free is a hell of a lot more fun than a paper cup!

Eriko Arakawa
Super Model, Socialite, Art Expert and Old Skool Party Girl

I'm reminded of two minutes of a show on MTV I saw last night where a boy and a girl sit opposite each other, each with a mouth full of water. The boy is on the "black team" and the girl is on the "red team". After they both get a fresh gulp of water in their mouths, a member of their team stands behind them and says things into the microphone (pretending to be the inner-thoughts of the person they're standing behind) like "Jason, I really want to have your baby so bad... I can't wait to rub my pregnant womb all up in your face...." or something. Whoever lasts longest without spitting up water or laughing gets a point. Well, this piece kind of reminds me of this concept. I can't tell if the text is supposed to conjure some kind of deep thought about birth or maternity or what. It instructs you to "remember" something that we cannot physically remember. Granted I think we have all sorts of psychological associations and things we imagine about our days in gestation, but that is all. And frankly it's okay that way. There is no need to foster false memories when we have all sorts of other senses and ways we can think about things. Asking the viewer, or the gulper, to remember something impossible is a lot like saying a preposterous thing and trying to make someone laugh and spit water all over themselves, but I can't tell if this is your intention. I also think it's a little unrealistic to think that anyone would recognize the gesture of getting a "free cup". If you get a drink of water from a water cooler you generally expect there to be a neighboring garbage can in which you can dispose of the cup.