George McConnell
MACHINE 1
      
      first performed on November 23, 2013
      
      Working Method, Tallahassee, FL
      
      performed once in 2013
    
BARRETT WHITE
      Tallahassee, FL
      
      
      
      	
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MACHINE 1
BARRETT WHITE
Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” chopped and screwed, repeating slowly, rhythmically. Two figures: a man and a woman, both with black hose over their faces. The woman holds the man’s hose beneath her pump, he struggles against her footing. She beats his bare back with a belt in time with the music. Theater of cruelty is manifest: the two become a machine of pain and unrelenting action against flesh. Pop turned to horror. The torture is oddly erotic.