Part of the EARWORM exhibition, this piece is part of the PARK project.
These Cones were inspired and inspired the short story, “The Left Hand”, written by Hugo Brito.
A series of letters that come from a far away place and time. Their narrator describes his research voyage on a planet with strange geological formations. Alone, he writes this letters to W and keeps us aware of his mental deflections induced by the odd landscape.
Using parts of this text Ricardo Jacinto composed and recorded a series of sketches for The Cones Folk-Songbook.
I didn´t take the beacons, the tripods or any other survey equipment with me.
All around you like a solar eclipse on land / instead / in the sky
All around you there´s this belt of darkness over which in the distance you glimpse the daylight.
I woke full of energy but between breakfast and now I seem to have lost it
I was planning on writing a longer letter
I woke up
I slept there between the cones twice already
What can I do when the pull to go is so strong?
This meant no more work was done in either day.
Which maybe I should feel bad about, but not really.
The sledge is ready. I used the skis and part of the fiber-glass shell to make a platform where I can pile all the supplies and lay everything.
Anyway I did the best I could with materials I had and It looks ok.
It´s not very solid as it is built mostly out of duck-tape but I think it will hold.
Today I met my inner mechanic
Damn my buggy
There´s a lot of dust here. The dirt is really thin but even without wind the buggy lifts clouds off in the long run.
I drove back to the camp.
I have been sleeping ever since.
It´s to late to do any work
The sun is almost setting.
I am going back to bed.
I slept much but I wasn´t cold or even anxious for the sunrise.
Don´t think.
I did miss the living unit today but not as much
This old buggy they provided me with is quite worthless
I´ll have to strap on everything I´ll need with this in moving
The outdoor suit is well designed so I didn´t feel the cold half as much as I feared
Anyway my first complaints about the equipment
The outdoor suit is actually quite well made
I can spend more time outside
Ok, this is goodbye.
It´s a really cold morning but clear and bright.
I´m ready.
Dear W.
With all the practical stuff, the geological data and so on, I forgot
to mention just how beautiful the cones are.
I’m looking at them as I write, through the door of the tent, and
they look almost otherworldly, like wedges stuck in the sky, so
sharp and true…
I wish you could see them.
Miss you,
Bye.