SCISSORS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS IT IS. MADE FOR A DESIGNER OF CLOTHES, THE THEN-COLLABORATION STARTED LIFE AS A PREGNANT PAEAN TO MAKING AND PRODUCING SOMETHING WHERE EACH OF US WOULD BENEFIT. MAYBE A BROACH HERE OR A BAG THERE, THE PRODUCT WAS LEFT OPEN-ENDED. THE TRUTH IS THE COLLABORATION NEVER HAPPENED IN THE WAY INTENDED. I LEFT THE CLOTH AND FABRIC BEHIND AND FOCUSED ON HIS TOOLS HIS SECATEURS, HIS SHEARS AND BEGAN FASHIONING MY OWN BUT INSTEAD OF BEING PURELY FUNCTIONAL THEY BECAME LIKE THOSE RATHE-LIKE BLACKBIRDS THAT HOVER ABOVE TOKYO, FIGHTING FOR DISCARDED FOOD AND BOTTLE-TOPS WITH THE CITIES HOMELESS. THIS TRANSFORMED THE PROJECT INTO A FORM OF REPRESENTATION, THE LIKE OF WHICH I HAD NOT INTENDED AND SO BEGAN AN AFFAIR WITH A MATERIAL OF MY OWN MAKING AND A FLOCK THAT BECAME MERE BACKGROUND NOISE FOR HIS CLOTHES AND AT OTHER TIMES THE CITY.
