Saskia Olde-Wolbers, Placebo, 2002 [dvd, video projection on 350 x 262 x 30 cm box, 6 min. loop, stereo sound, seats. Voice-over: Sukie Smith]

"Here I am ...
Lying next to my lover Jean, in intensive care.

Slipping in and out of consciousness in shifts.
Life slowly dripping out of us ..."

"there is a woman lying in a bed on the other side of the curtain I hadn't noticed before.
She speaks to me softly, her eyes resting on a spot exactly between my two selves ...

... as if there lies the truth.

She is awkwardly holding a pair of surgical scissors to her chest ...
and I hover closer hoping that she can cut the silver cord ...
that will separate me from my confused self."