Montage No.6
Montage No.6, 2013, performative work,
BoogieWoogie festival, Prague, 2015, photo: author's archive
Red.
What?
Red.
It…
What?
The
child you spoke of, the girl. Her favorite color was red.
I
wanted to you pay attention to something very disturbing.
Is
there a God?
Suffering
and betrayal, which Seven saw in her eyes, broke her heart.
Here
is the way to the nearest church.
For
3.2 seconds, She saw perfection.
Why
do you have trouble understanding Scottish people?
Hold
down the Home button and you will hear two quick beeps and see: “What can I
help you with?”, on the screen.
“Let
me check on that ... I don't know that.” “Would you like to search for it?”
Firstly
we give a orders into a command line, then we clicked and now we touch them by
fingers.
However,
when she is deactivated, its memories continue to reside in the collective’s consciousness.
In
my opinion she is seed of next revolution.
Seven
of Nine was born on Federation Tendara colony stardate 25479, which is June of
24th 2348 of earth calendar.
Her
name was Annika Hansen and she was assimilated by the Borg under designation:
Seven of Nine Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One, shortly Seven of Nine or
Seven.
What
make me nervous, whether I pursed a mouth, she never recognize me pronounced
the word apple. She always garbled the simple question What’s Apple on What’s
at the. The problem was most likely in my pronunciation, which became the source
of our misunderstanding.
She
will convince you that a making mistakes is sing of a humanity.
All
I knew about her was her famous boobs and the fact that she’s every fanboy’s
wetdream, so I was honestly expecting some dumb bimbo running around in a skin-tight
leotard.
Which
is why, last week, I experienced that watershed moment: for the first time, I
spoke to a handheld device unironically. Not for a laugh, or an experiment, but
because I wanted it to help me.
I
can show you the world
Shiny,
shimmery space things
Tell
me, Seven, now when did
You
last take a dragon ride
I
can open your eyes
Take
you over or under
Over,
sideways or under
On
this magic dragon ride
A
whole new world
A
new fantastic point of view
No
one to tell us no
Or
where to go
Or
hear us if there’s screaming
A
whole new world
A
dazzling place we never knew
‘Cause
when we’re way up here
It’s
crystal clear
Chakotay
is a plank of wood, it’s true
Yes
he is a plank of wood, it’s true
Unbelievable
sights
Indescribable
feelings
Soaring,
tumbling, freewheeling
On
our magic dragon ride
A
whole new world
Don’t
you dare close your eyes
While
you do those things you do to me
Hold
your breath – it gets wetter
Feels
like a shooting star
Haven’t
come so far
Oh,
stay right there that’s where you need to be
A
whole new world
Every
turn a surprise
So
many things we have to do
Every
moment gets better
I’ll
chase you anywhere
No
time to spare
Don’t
want to share with anyone but you
A
whole new world
Just
you and me
A
thrilling chase
Through
time and space
For
you and me
First
off, generally while in costume, I tend to just feel like a girl in costume.
But wearing this one… I never act in character. Wearing this made me feel like
walking around as her, even holding true to that while sitting. Half of it
might have been because I was afraid to break it, so I’d stand and sit very
upright, but it definitely made me feel awesome and borgy.
When
she was once experimenting with the nature of individuality and intimate
relationships, experiencing a host of strong emotions unfamiliar to her, her
cortical node shut down as a fail-safe mechanism to deactivate drones who
started to regain their emotions.
I
find that costume of Seven is original. People tended to be surprised. I
actually had people just stop and gawk for a second before they found the right
words. While I would like to attribute that at least partially to my faithful
interpretation of the costume.
The
Doctor was able to remove most of Seven's implants and restore most of her
human appearance, but she still had some Borg technology left; these were tied
into her vital functions, and removing them would have killed her.
The
borg implants. Oh those damn borg pieces. I ended up having to nix the hand
piece all together, as I had made the mistake of putting my Fan Expo wrist band
on the same hand, and I couldn’t make the two of them work together. Wish I had
thought of that ahead of time.
Turns
out, Seven is freaking awesome. What a no-nonsense, let’s get the job
done lady! She has emotions under that and she’s scared and unfamiliar
with her surroundings but she always hides it and carries on, and adapts like a
Borg should.
My
link to the collective has been severed for nearly four years. If I die,
everything that I've accomplished in that time, everything I achieved as an
individual, will be lost. My memories, my experiences... it will be as if
they... as if I never existed.
Blue
intelligent eyes looked down upon the woman lying before her on the cold hard
ground, her blue grey eyes searching her own, fear and pain in her eyes.
This
was our ship! We lived here. We lived here for a long time. My father did
experiments. They were very important, and we had to… travel a long way… I had
my birthday here. My cake had six candles on it and… and one more to grow on…
And then the men came.
I
believe that you are punishing me because I do not think the way that you do.
Because I am not becoming more like you. You claim to respect my individuality.
But in fact, you are frightened by it.