Sogdal Ramp on Small Adhesive Pads
Little hats
were distributed among the observers preparatory to the beginning of the
demonstration. Once everyone had smiled
at each other and made sure of a good fit, all attention was turned to the tiny
stage. Jerry Bergonzi played along to
the noise created by the machine as it warmed up. Later he told an interesting story about a
visit he had received from Henry Rollins and how afterwards he had saved a
sizeable portion of the latter’s feces in a Mason jar, but he didn’t tell the
story right and most of the humor was lost.
However, as soon as one of Dr. Kamanori’s assistants gave the four-eyed
nod that everything was ready to go, the saxophonist quitted the stage and
allowed the sogdal ramp to take the spotlight.
The little hats were either dark or light, forming a subtly shifting
pattern the machine could read and interpret.
At first it merely scratched the polished wood of the stage with its
teeth in response to this pattern, but later, as those gathered grew restless
and began to mill about, it removed the roof and flooded the old factory with
rain.
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