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Rodney Sanches
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Printed in the Iron Fist of the Occident A foam chair, bolted to a deck, attached to a system of propulsion
Victoria, Canada wrapped in metal, plastic and glass. The people in the blister stare at
the faint light of gauges, a rushing landscape; they pull and shove at
Title page photo by N. Sanches. levers and spin a wheel. They go, sitting still. Tied down tight.
© 2008 R. Sanches - All Rights Reserved. This machine, when it began, replaced horses dragging painful booths.
Now it is something else. A container for sexual and social fantasy, a
conduit to power, a narrative of desire, transloaction and regression.
As the machines spin in parking lots, intertwine at intersections, they
perform sadomasochistic dances of flashing metal and taut rubber. The
individuals inside these shells are the entrails of a old creature from the
centre of our thoughts.