The Earth Hotel

NSAID 80-1: Comment/Correspondence


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Cut-up performed on 1931 article in The Antiquarian magazine, regarding that year’s Colonial Exhibition in Vincennes, France which hosted an exact replica of Mount Vernon surrounded by pavilions depicting American imperial holdings.
Cut was done in 2015, commenting on later events such as the attempted insurrection in South Korea and the 2026 Potomac Sewage spill. Extended annotation has been attempted in order to explore and trace hermeneutic possibilities across three stages of translation, resulting in a dramatic final reading of our result text.

PDF of Operator’s Report, NSAID80-01; contains photographs, all versions of text, annotations, and appendices.

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The Earth HotelBy Jacquie Cotillard