Magnes: There was a time when people conceived me as a sort of key. A key to experiences of infinity, of the universe, of the sublime.

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Magnes: Don’ t be silly, let’s think of ways to avoid strict rules and oppositions like good and bad.

Duchamp: A charming way could be to signal how oppositions and rules evolve. Where does the rectangle come from, why and how did mankind start to draw lines?

Realo: How brave and interesting, sorry but I prefer to watch Magneto.

It starts with something and with another thing, a hidden thing, something that is part of the beyond, that has contoures shaped by the known. The known is linked with suspect, with all that frightens us.

Anxiety: All that we cannot calculate.

When did calculation start?

When did the “great” distinction become productive, the distinction between male and female, active and passive, minus and plus, sun and moon, earth and sky, south – north, west – east?

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