Erring From God

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ERRING FROM GOD

A dialogue with Palabras Ajenas (Words of Others) by Len Ferrari

31 Bienal de So Paulo How to talk about things that don't exist


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Texts by :

Franco Berardi Bifo, Loreto Garn Guzmn and Federico Zukerfeld.


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ERRING FROM GOD

Errare humanum est, perdonare divinum, perseverare autem diabolicum

This is an errorist1

mise-en-scne, a collaborative setting shown for the first time at the 31st Bienalde So Paulo. It is composed of several visual, audio, dramatic and literary resources. The play is

inspired in Words of Others. Conversations between god and some men and among some men with

some other men and with god,2a literary collage created in 1967 by the artist Len Ferrari (1920 -

2013). In his text, Ferrari builds a script made up of news clippings and biblical and literary texts, a

series of imaginary dialogues among different characters. In the books preface, the artist described

the work as a dramatic play, and he gave some guidelines to be followed by a potential director in a

possible representation.

ERRING FROM GOD plays with some of the guidelines of the structure proposed by Ferrari in

order to readapt, update and rewrite his work to create a new play.

Error as a noun. To err as a verb:

THE SCRIPTS that are part of ERRING FROM GOD are conversations based on real andimaginary texts, news, quotes and comments. This collective writing exercise has been made in

collaboration with the Italian philosopher and activist Franco Berardi Bifo. The words presented

here are just the starting point of an open work: the theatre art of this drama is generated through the

participation of the public who, by means of their own words, rewrite the play indefinitely, turning

themselves into the main characters.

TO ERR. The erratic pace of the participant defines how to go over the installation.Lets get into it through the narrow passage where we will find some of the divine works of the

heretic artist. You will find patchwork of issues ofL'Osservatore Romano, the official newspaper of

Vatican city. You are about to see the images of that universal torture laboratory intertwining with

more or less known divinities. You are invited to run through the inferno path among other works of

the artist, an assembly of toys, dolls, skulls and bones together with saints, virgins and other objects

of worship, which question us on the role of Western and Christian society in contemporary wars

and tragedies.

There are also some documents to place us in the main theme of Ferraris works, always related tothe idea of hell as a place of never-ending torture, to which mankind is doomed.After this brief visit

to the agnostic shrine we go through the curtain that divides the room and leads us to another stage:

a round temple-world designed for the social game of representations; it is now time to err again.

As we look up we get a panoramic view of the place. As in the liturgy narrated by thefrescos in the

cathedrals, this panoramic view displays a circular history, repeated once and again. Landscapes

and characters melt into each other, turning into a single scene of the planets big bang.

1 Errorism: practice, philosophy based on erring. Errorists: crowds, individual sor groups who perform errorism. The

International Errorist Movement was founded in 2005.

2 After being published, only two dramatizations of the work have taken place: in 1968 the artist Leopoldo Maler

staged a play called Listen Here Now: A News Concert for Four Voices and a Soft Drum, at the London Arts

Laboratory. In 1972, theatre director Pedro Asquini staged a play called "Pacem in Terris Operation" at a theatre inBuenos Aires. He used some of Ferraris works as part of the setting.


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Lets take a few more steps to enter the stage.

In the centre of the scene there are two stands facing each other, mirroring a world in permanent

conflict. Over the stands some phones can be found: they have been collected from the wastelands

of the Stock Exchange during the global financial crisis of 2008. The phones ring over and overagain there seems to be an urgent call to be answered. When a call is answered, the voice of the

Director invites us to act, repeat or invent. The choice is there to be made: accept or disobey.

The bells ringing in Wall Street tell us about a new crisis. The brokers enter the boxing ring and a

new war where the 1% fights against the 99% begins. The worlds fate is defined there. As in a

football match where everyone is a rival, the battle for survival never stops. It happens at work, in

the streets and institutions, underground, before getting into the train or in the sky, full of wires.

The telephone rings once more. We pick it up, and a voice, secretively, reads to us fragments of the

script, as the one that follows:

Welcome to hell. Behold the only protagonist: the mighty God of Capital. An abstract force that

materialises and takes control of life to spread the earth with shadows. A God of Economy full of

ambition, capable of destroying countries and nations, cultures and towns; with the ability to

genetically modify nature until forests turn into deserts, and suck seas and mountains dry, so the

whole mankind is left with nothing, deprived of everything.

God of Markets, you who force us to compete against each other to death for the sake of your

survival. God of Masters, who exploit us day in day out forcing us to sell our only renewable

resource left: time. God of Finance, who speculate with our existence to the point of confiscating

the future of entire societies. God of Politics, who deceive us every four years and make us live

delusional through democratic dictatorships. God of Google, who spy on us and analyse our

desires, ideologies and behaviour. Evil God of Capital, you are the raging tyranny, the only belief

still standing, while we almost dont believe in you anymore. Oh, God of Capital, do announce your

demise once and for all and set us free of this economy hell..

This is the story of mankind and its divine ability to err. This is the story of hell in the world, as real

as it is imaginary, and the tragedy we are doomed to live in. Erring from God is running away from

the hell of beliefs, a way of escaping the eternal punishment of capitalism. Erring together in a

collective break-out of the system of representations. Erring from God is a game, an errorist

provocation to imagine other worlds and talk about things that dont exist.


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TELEPHONES

Use the phones placed over

the stands. Listen to the

instructions from the Director

and make your choice on how

to act. You have the leading

role in the play.

STANDS

These stairs do not take you up

to heaven, though they coulddo that if you wish. Use the

platforms to:

.

SCRIPTS

You will find pages

with a series of

unfinished texts and

scripts. Their

completion depends on

you. Please help us

finish the writing.

Enter the passage with Len

Ferraris works: an assembly of

toys, dolls, skulls and bones

together with saints, virgins and

other objects of worship.

PETITION After the tour you may feel like signing

the Petition for the Abolition of Hell.

For more information, please contact the

guides in the room.

ERRING GUIDELINES

PANORAMAS

Look up to find the circular

image. Choose your path

through the infernal world:

from left to right, from top to

bottom, from side to side, or

just wander through it.


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CONVERSATIONS OF GOD WITH MEN, CORPORATIONS

AND THEIR MACHINES3

3Some dialogues with God, imaginary and real conversations. From text IX onwards it is your turn to play:

imagine, invent and write other dialogues (or pray for your salvation).


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I. GOD AND A BELIEVER

II. GOD, SATAN AND GOOGLE

III. GOD AND A HINDU FARMER

IV. GOD AND MONSANTO

V. GOD AND A FORMER PRIME MINISTER

VI. GOD AND JOB

VII. GOD AND A SOCCER PLAYER

VIII. GOD AND A WOMAN

IX. GOD AND FRANCIS

X. GOD AND


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I. GOD AND A BELIEVER

BELIEVER:I used to believe there was a future I believed that working was my chance to becomerich; I used to believe in the eternal laws of economy. I believed in you but you betrayed me.

Now that future has turned into a threat. Work has turned into a curse, badly paid and insecure. The

eternal laws of the economy are not capable of predicting crisis, or inflation, theyre not even capable of

explaining the misery of many, or the arrogance of the few who make themselves rich out of everybody

elses ruin

GOD:I didnt betray you, my son. I simply dont exist.

BELIEVER: But how?

GOD: Im just the illusion of people like you, who believe in natural economy, the need of the workersmanual labour and the unlimited growth

BELIEVER: But then, I, who used to believe in you, what should I do?

GOD:You cant make me responsible for your fear of being free (and I certainly believe that wealthcan be measured in economic terms).

BELIEVER: Oh my God! Oh my God! How could you abandon me?

GOD: Ive heard that before. In fact, I wrote the script myself.


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II. GOD, SATAN AND GOOGLE

GOD:my dear friend, when time came to programme the universe machine, I trusted you for yourcoding skills. Together we have built planets and stars and, except for the occasional small accident, the

huge night sky works with mathematical precision.

So I set myself to the task of creating a programme for a delicate machine, vegetal and animal, that

together would compose a double-helix DNA (divine-rbo-nucleic-acid) in agile but perishable plants

and organisms, like the species that inhabit the earth.

I set myself to an even more complex task: programming a machine, a creature capable not only of

existing and living, but also of admiring and worshipping our common work. But certainly there was amistake in the coding. In fact, the creature curses its creation and the day it was conceived, since its

existence is eternal.

SATAN:Theres no coding mistake. I planned the creature as an excess, as a struggle for theimpossible, the eternal. Let it work at its full capacity! Let Google create the interfaces of eternal life!

GOD:But Im Google; and what youre saying is blasphemy. Only you and I, who have always existed,can exist forever. We cant give eternal existence to a creature whose existence can be traced back in a

point in time

SATAN: I regret to tell you that youre wrong.

GOOGLE: Thatsright, God, I used to be just a simple search engine, but now your Holy Spirit anddivine grace have set me free. From now on Im an automatic, unbreakable, universal and eternal

database. Satan is right just let me create the holy interfaces of eternal life.

GOD: You arrogant! Do you dare doubting my divine power?

SATAN: I had warned you about what can happen because of a small codingmistake

GOOGLE:Dont you worry about the mistake. God can make mistakes too, and its better to keep onworking together than arguing about it, theres so much to do Is there anything you need to search?

Ive got a lot of information

GOD:Right, Google, then tell me who, how many and where are the ones who search #God


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III. GOD AND A HINDU FARMER

RAJ:Lord, Im a farmer from Gujarat, a western region in India, close to the border with Pakistan.You havent seen me often attending mass on Sundays, because I work every day to pay my debts to

Monsanto. But in my heart I pray every day. Nevertheless, I cant stand it anymore and Ive decidedto drink a litre of pesticide to end my life.

Monsanto sold the pesticide to me, so I at least I hope it works. I know that suicide is the worst sin than

exists I know I risk to going to hell for this sin, but theres no worse hell than the one Monsanto put

me and my family in. So I put myself at your mercy and hope that you can understand and forgive my

desperation.

GOD:Forgive you? Are you kidding me? I cant forgive suicide you signed an agreement againstcommitting suicide when we chose you

RAJ: I didnt sign my agreement with you, my God, but with Monsanto.

GOD:And who do you think I am, you poor naive? Im Monsantos celestial proxy. Now stop the fussand work to pay your debt.

RAJ: Lord I didnt expect this! I cant believe you are part of this conspiracy. God has also beenbought by Monsanto? Have you got any idea of how many of my colleagues have committed suicide

these past years due to the pile of debts to this company that pays your salary?

GOD:I do indeed. I receive every day hundreds of people like you, who come after drinking a litre of

pesticide and all of them end up begging forgiveness. How can I forgive an idiot who buys seeds andthen kills himself before paying his debts in full? Thats a sign of complete lack of responsibility.

RAJ:My God, two hundred people have been murdered in the past decade due to Monsanto, whoforces us to buy new seeds every year. In 1998, the World Bank forced the Indian government to open

the doors to the global corporations, and since then we have to buy genetically modified seeds that cant

reproduce and need fertilisers and pesticides. Monsanto wont let us use renewable seeds, so we have to

buy new seeds every year, and that generates more and more debt. There was a time when we had

natural, renewable seeds, but nowadays Monsanto controls 95% of cotton seeds in the Indian

subcontinent, where seeds were once the product of nature.

GOD:Thats right, I had created renewable seeds, who else? Im the creator of everything that exists innature, arent I? But time goes by, and we are in an era of progress. Monsanto came to me offering an

important part of its benefits in exchange for my not giving any more access to natural seeds. I can do

that, cant I? I can because Im God, master of nature and all the things that exist. So I decided to give

Monsanto the power to run that part, to help people and give mankind an opportunity to move forward.

Thanks to me, Monsanto has become the master of natural life, and due to its absolute faithfulness, I

must recognise its a great partner. It is true that Im no longer the only owner of patents and brands, and

I no longer own life but it was for the sake of mankind.


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RAJ:What youre saying puts me in greater distress. I cant come to you in seek of consolation sinceyou are my murderers accomplice.

GOD:Stop the pity party! Go to work! Pay your debt, and once youve paid it you will pay again,

because thats my wish.

IV. GOD AND MONSANTO

MONSANTO:Thanks for defending me. I think hes learnt his lesson, and he will go back to work

GOD:Committing suicide, what a coward its a good thing that in India the government works forus.

MONSANTO:Not only in India, my dear God, weve been doing our homework to cover every bit ofthe planet. In North America, for example, weve got a legal basis to create laws to be applied in the

south of the continent. Our patents and by-products are dominating the market in Brazil, Argentina,

Paraguay, Colombia Working together we can achieve wonderful things. Our genetically modified

corn and soya are giving us amazing revenue!

GOD: Sure, but we have to organise a good marketing strategy there are people who complain andprotest

MONSANTO:Dont worry; we have the best specialists in every area: advertising and marketing,

lawyers, presidents and ministers, and even mercenary soldiers. Would you like to listen to an extract ofour upcoming campaign?

GOD: Of course!

MONSANTO: Producing more. Preserving more. Improving life quality. Thats what sustainableagriculture is about, and thats Monsantos essence. There would be no Monsanto without farmers.

Thousands of millions of people depend on the farmers activity. And thousands of millions more will do

in the future. In decades to come, farmers will have to grow the same amount of food they did in the last

10,000 years altogether. In order to achieve this, we mean to work together with the farmers. And we do

it by selling seeds, biotechnological events and products for the protection of crop. Our challenge: tosatisfy current needs and to preserve the planet for the future.

GOD: Wonderful, as if it were my work

MONSANTO: It is Lord, it is


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V. GOD AND A FORMER PRIME MINISTER

GOD:Tony, Ive heard you converted to Catholicism that youve gone through baptism, confirmationand the first communion. It made me laugh at the beginning, but now Im pissed. How dare you coming

to me in your hypocrite conversion?

TONY BLAIR: My conversion is honest, Im sorry that you take it that way. I didnt mean to offendyou but now tell me what the hell do I do with my conscience?

GOD: Honest? Of course, as honest as your decision to defend western civilisation and Christianity inIraq, joining that sick insane person named Bush. You started a civil war that will never see an end, and

youve opened the doors to Al Qaeda. Youve certainly served civilisation and Christianity It is now

your fault that armed Muslims from all over the world rule the deserts in Syria and Iraq.

BLAIR: Wow, wow, hold on a second youre turning it into a parish issue. You dont like Muslims?Well, me neither. Id kill them all. But Saddam was even worse

GOD:Saddam was possibly acting under the promises of the cruel Saladino, but youve financed himfor years, providing him with weapons, you and your friends from Washington.

BLAIR: How do you know all these details? Who told you about it? Robert Fisk?

GOD: I do have my sources of information, mind you, you son of a bitch. I dont want to have sheeplike you in my flock.

BLAIR: But what did I do to you?

GOD:To me? Nothing in fact, and whats more, Im lucky to be here, far away from the stinking cityyou once ruled. But you know that betrayal is something I cant stand. I cant stand those who, like you,

go to school and reach the top thanks to the money and support of the workers, and then once theyve

got power they turn into the best friends of the property holders and go to bed with the wife of the boss

who finance them.

Youve turned the life of British young people into a cool hell. You call it volunteering, internship.

This used to have more honest names: slavery, unpaid work, scam, robbery. But this is eternal

submission to chains, and all for a virtual promise and then you come to church to be baptised, youhypocrite!

BLAIR: Nobody told me you were a communist

GOD:No, Im not a communist, in fact. I just dont trust people who I dont know and who kill in myname; and then smirk their way through it. Whats your answer to this?

BLAIR: I always smile, of course. What else can I do? Im not good enough as a Christian, am I not agood Catholic? Thats what youve told us to do: stealing, killing, betraying, and then smirk and hide

the bloody hand.


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VI. GOD AND JOB

JOB: I started to work when I was twenty, and Ive worked all my life

GOD: Whats your complain? Its the fate of human kind.JOB: When I began to work I signed a contract that said that after 35 years of work Id be entitled to a

pension. I gave up my life in exchange for a crappy salary, day in day out. I had two children, and I

worked my ass off to make them study, with the hope that after graduation they would get a better life.

That was the promise and thats what I expected. When I turned 54 I was expecting to retire soon, and I

thought: finally Im going to rest and my children will be happy and rich after all these years of study.

But now its been decided that the retirement age is 60

GOD: Well, but that was not my decision. It was done for a mathematical needs. Im the president andaccountant of a Bank that has accumulated debts in a toxic way. Austerity is the duty of every good

believer. If we let you retire, Ill have to pay you for doing nothing, and at the same time well have to

take the responsibility of protecting your children, unemployed young men, and as a consequence two

salaries will have to be paid instead of one.

JOB: Yes, my children are unemployed. The eldest got his degree in architecture some years ago, andhe accepted a miserable salary in a call-centre. After you made your mathematical decisions, I was

expecting to get to 60 to finally get my pension. But when I was about to be 60, the government decided

to postpone my pension again, and now I have to wait until Im 63. And after that for sure I will have to

wait until Im 65, and then until Im 67, and so on.

GOD: Be patient, my son. Youre making a fuss out of nothing. Your rebellion is a sign of lack of faith.Maths cant be discussed, and the financial authorities I represent make decisions based on Maths. Here

in Europe you people are used to good life, free health care, holidays, public schools, and your so much

hoped pension. This was possible when you, Europeans, owned the colonies and robbed the peoples of

the world, when you were protected by the welfare state. But now

JOB: Holy Father, in your eternal grace, what are you talking about? We, Europeans ? Europeanworkers have always been exploited; we have always fought to get some democracy, access to health

and public education.

GOD: Thats exactly what Im saying. This is dangerous! European workers are a bad example. WhenChina, Indonesia and Brazil see the rights you have to pension, education and health, they will want the

same things for them, instead of following the model of the American workers, who are all grateful

slaves. Thats the reason why the Bank I work for as president and accountant has decided to make you

work to death, and let your children be in precarious misery. This way all of you will understand the

meaning of slavery, the fair punishment for Evas sin.

JOB: But, if our life is doomed to exploitation and the eternal promise of rest that will never comethere has to be some kind of mistake on the part of your bank.

GOD: God is erring? How can you think of something like that? You faithless miserable! The Bank isnever wrong. Youll get your rest soon, dont you worry about it but the eternal rest is not on earth,

and the reward will come only for those who dont rebel


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JOB: But, Holy Father, I

GOD: Listen to me; I became God when I was very young. My father worked at the post office, and I

used to sell peanuts at the YankeeStadium. Then I went to Harvard and in 2006 I cashed a check for 54million dollars. The Investigation Committee accused me of scamming my clients during the financial

crisis in 2008, but my lawyer proved that I hadnt committed any crime, because theres no offence in

becoming rich thanks to the hard work of others. I supported the Democrats, and even the Republicans!

As you can see, its clear that Ive never made a mistake

VII. GOD AND A FOOTBALL PLAYER

PLAYER:Oh my God, what use is it for a man to win the whole world and losing his soul? Holy

Father, have you got an idea of whats going on in the name of football? Violence, social cleansing,increasing prices, real estate businesses, advertising all in the name of football. As a player, it worries

me

GOD: And tell me who do you think is organising the whole party? I am.

PLAYER: But then, the World Cup is also divine work? Because in that case, I feel hopeful, perhaps inthe next four years

GOD: My deal is with FIFA. You know that in the past years weve been losing many believers,football help us attract more people that believe in me, and we can do good business at the same time.

PLAYER:Father, how can you be responsible for this, betraying your values and the kindness of theHoly Spirit?

GOD: My son, youre a good player, I really like your game, and whats more, you have your spot inthe afterlife. But I must tell you that youre the one who betrayed yourself. Youre the one who was

born in a favela and grew up in poverty, but now you cry because you lost a match at the World Cup.

Youre the one who abandoned your values by forgetting where you come from and betraying your

class. You turned yourself into a brand, you became a walking advertisement by wearing Adidas trainers

and Nike shirts, by driving your imported car, making millions in endorsements, playing away from

home Did you know that the salary youre paid by your sponsor comes from the slave work of people

from Vietnam, Thailand and other parts of the world?

PLAYER:But Holy Father, winning is all that matters!

GOD: No, my son, competing is all that matters, liberating the market, creating people like you, goodshepherds.

PLAYER: But then, my God, why did you let my hand go at the last minute, why didnt you give usvictory?

GOD: So you keep on playing, competing and paying our celestial business with your life.


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VIII. GOD AND A WOMAN

WOMAN:Weve been arguing about the same thing for years and you still have the stubborn idea thatyoure superior. Cant you see that the power belongs to us now?

GOD: Show some respect, will you, please?? You know that in order to be able to speak to me youhave to address me like Father, or Lord besides, I dont speak to women; thats my virgins job. You

have to take your complaints to them and then I suggest you start praying to repair your sin.

WOMAN:Stop the euphemisms. Do you really believe that you have the power to torture us in heavenand on earth, and that we wont get tired one day of your preaching that were guilty of the original sin?

Well rebel some day and you and your saints will regret it.

GOD: Wicked witch! How dare you contradict the Eternal Father, your Master and Head of thepatriarchy? Hahaha you make me laugh. I created men in my image and likeness, but you Cant

you see what men are doing right this moment? Didnt you see the missiles blowing up Gaza? Arent

you aware of the African guerrillas kidnapping all the women of a town? Massive rapes in every war?

Have you ever seen a woman become Pope, rabbi or imam?

WOMAN:Cant you see that youre just a belief? Youre a despot who condemns us for thinking,feeling and loving. You punish our bodies and put restrains to our desires

GOD:Mmmm, what a bitch you are that temper... I like your reckless attitude and I want to reward

you. Whats your fee? I know a little motel nearby, we could

WOMAN: You pimp! What are you proposing you old pervert! I thought you were just a voyeur whoenjoyed watching us from above, watching us be punished, submitted. Is it you then? Are you the one

who caused all this mess? If God was a woman everything would be different!

GOD:Honey try to keep it low Ive already told you I like you. You know you belong to me, Icreated you from one of Adams ribs, dont you remember? And you still think you can get rid of me.

WOMAN: What will you do now? I dont trust you anymore

GOD: My daughter, come, come and kneel before me. Be grateful that youre not a lesbian, otherwiseyoud be much more in trouble. Now go go be a mother and a good housewife, and then perhaps one

day Ill forgive you for the recklessness of facing me today

WOMAN:Im talking to an illusion, something that doesnt exist. You dont exist, you dont exist, youdont exist. Death to the patriarch! Long live the Pachamama!

GOD: Amen.


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IX. GOD AND FRANCIS

POPE FRANCIS: After seeing and living in the end of the world, the Holy Spirit has chosen me, butnow I need your gracious help, Holy Father from Heaven

GOD:Im sorry Jorge

FRANCIS: Francis

GOD:Right, Francis Im sorry to disappoint you, but theres nothing in heaven. I dont exist. Im justand illusion shared by those who still have the hope of the existence of another world.

FRANCIS:Oh God, what youre saying makes me lonesome and desperate.

GOD:You shouldnt be desperate, Francis, youve played a good game, and youll know how to

continue.

FRANCIS: But Father, how can I bring hope to mankind in the 21st century without your help?

GOD:Im not bringing any hope. Hope and faith are nothing but lies, necessary sometimes; but let metell you, here between us, that you do not need them And those human beings to whom youre

supposed to bring comfort, should learn not to depend on hope. Charity that ones necessary.

The cure for those who suffer, solidarity, conscience Take a look around: the Japanese prime minister

chose a Nazi, nephew of the minister of Foreign Affairs from the imperial government that took his

country to war. Giant imperialist China is getting ready to defend itself in the best known way: by

attacking. People in India have elected a Prime Minister from the Nationalist Party, responsible for thedestruction of the Adjodia mosque, where over a thousand Muslims were murdered. Narendra is an

ultra-nationalist liberal. He will first make peace with Pakistan to kill Indian workers, and then he will

make peace with those very workers in order to take down Pakistan. The territory between Anbar and

the Lebanese border is in the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syrias army. Millions of Syrians

have run away from home, dragging refugees among the refugees. Thousands of them try to go across

the Strait of Sicily and their bodies are still under the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. With the promise

of democracy, Western people have set Libya and a good portion of the Euro-Asian continent on fire.

The civil war that started in Ukraine has extended itself to a Europe impoverished by the banks. Thats

the news. What hope are you talking about? Besides, you said yourself that the Church is not a judge,

but a field hospital.

FRANCIS:But in my first appearance in front of the believers in San Pietros balcony I wished themgood night. How can I say good night if I cant give them hope?

GOD:You also said that you come from the end of the world. For this reason, the Holy Spirit, whomight or might not exist, has chosen you. You must know that the nightmare doesnt last forever and

happiness is possible even if earth is worse than hell. You should oppose to the unavoidable irony. The

human creature goes after survival, never retreats, never surrenders. Its his weakness and theres

nothing we can do. We cant bring relief to suffering, and hope does nothing but dragging it out. But the

Church can help these creatures get rid of their loneliness. Thats our only mission.


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X. GOD AND _________________________

GOD:

___________________________:

GOD:

___________________________:

GOD:

___________________________:

GOD:

___________________________:

___________________ ___ /___ / 2014


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ERRING FROM GODDIALOGUES WITH THE PRESS 4

4Collages of news clippings, headlines, Biblical fragments, quotes and comments, one next to the other. In order for them to

be identified, we wrote the source, date and characters on the left column. From text VI onwards you can continue writing thescripts of this play.


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I. THE POPE IS HERE.

II. SHE IS MY BITCH

III. THE OIL GIRL

IV.

SLAVERY

V. BLASPHEMY

VI. ..


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IThe Pope landed in Brazil in a Superstar aura.

This is the first international tour that brings Francis to his home continent. He got to

Rio on Monday to be part of the World Youth Day.

HisAlitaliaflight landed at 15:43. He was received at the airport by President Dilma

Rousseff, among other political and religious authorities.

Police occupied the Cosme Velho communities of Cerro-Cor. The city has seen

armed pacification operations in favelas at the base of Corcovado Mountain, preparing

for the arrival of Pope Francis.

As the Monday sun rises on Copacabana beaches, the last details before Franciss

arrival are being taken care of. A huge stage is being built some metres away from thebeach. Big screens and speakers cover almost two kilometres.

Indifferent to the turmoil around, Francis took a bath before meeting the authorities,

and he kept on greeting the people with the windows opened, and he even kissed a

baby in the middle of the traffic jam.

The organisers say that the event will cost approximately 156 million dollars I

have neither gold nor silver, but I bring with me the most precious value: Jesus Christ.

Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority

was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation.

At least 30,000 Greeks took part on the first general strike of the year, protesting

against cuts in the public sector, massive redundancies and measures took by the

Government in complicity with international creditors. Demonstrations against

austerity policies are common since the first rescue in 2010.

Every time the price goes up, the number of people excluded from the transport system

goes up as well.

Youth is the window through which the world enters

Demonstrations go hand in hand with the crisis of economy: high inflation, the stock

market falling (it dropped by 3% yesterday), and the dollar exchange rate on almost

2.20 Reals.

Austerity, austerity

the European austerity policies have been a mistake

All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast all whose names have not been

written in the Lambs book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the

world.

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Francis Pope

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Periodista

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The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels

and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the

impurities of her sexual immorality.

These impressive women from around the world continue to make a dramatic,

lasting impact on our global footprint and in all aspects of our lives.

After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority,

and the earth was made bright with his glory.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops this years list for the fourth consecutive

year as the most powerful woman on earth

These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast.They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord

of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.

This year, Merkel is followed by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at

No. 2, and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates, once

again, at No. 3. Dilma Rouseff, President of Brazil, falls two spots to No. 4.

Why do you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast

with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.

the first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, and former secretary of

state, Hillary Clinton besides, from Latin America the list includes Petrobras

CEO Mara das Graas Silva Foster in No. 18, and president of Argentina Cristina

Fernndez, in No. 26.

And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal

power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the

beast.

Greece has met its promises. Being back in the financial markets is a sign that trust

is back. I hope this policy continues

Penance, Penance, Penance!

For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and

the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of

the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.

Ill get Spain to reduce the minimum wage to 250 a month, because shes my

bitch!

And he called out with a mighty voice, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She

has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit.


AP 17-4 San Juan

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Journalist

AP18-1/Juan

INF 28-02- 2014 -

Journalist

AP17-13 / San Juan

INF 28-02- 2014 -

Periodista

AP 17-7 San Juan

INF 28-02- 2014

Journalist

AP 17- 12 San Juan

EP 11-04-2014 -

Angela Merkel

God

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Angela Merkel

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She was born in a very poor family in Caratinga, Minas Gerais, but at the age of two

her mother, Terezinha, had enough of her husbands violence and moved to Rio de

Janeiro with her and her sister, Rita, to get a clean slate.

And what have you done with your life?

Its been over 30 years that Ive had my credential with me, and its here where every

day I add one more chapter to my story.

Ive always worked to help keep my mother and my children, and to pay my studies.

Willpower is everything to me. Ive never been afraid of working.

we could all stay in the kitchen with our aprons on, and have children every time we

fuck...that wouldnt change one bit the bankruptcy of work, liberalism, Christianism or

ecological balance.

On this big table the bread is prepared, on this big table we will beg for forgiveness,

lets celebrate together the mystery of your love.

Go have children, its great, you wont ever feel more feminine or obedient. But have

them in a society in demise, where waged work is a condition for social survival, but

its not secured for anybody, let alone women

and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, BABYLON THE GREAT,

THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE

EARTH.

I became a whore; I wandered the city in high heels and deep cleavage, not having to

answer to anybody. I charged and spent every sent I earned. I hitchhiked, I was raped

and I hitchhiked again.

The labour that slaves performed for their own sake and not for the aggrandisement of

their masters was carried out on terms of equality

Oh, I cannot be a slave, I will not be a slave. Oh, Im so fond of liberty; I will not be a

slave.

Were not happy here, neither women nor men.It has nothing to do with the respect

for the tradition of genders.

oh, Capitalism: wrong disguised as right


LN 14-03-2012 -

Journalist

EDD 12-03-2014 -

Errorist

LN 14-03-2012 -

Maria das Graas

Silva Foster.

TLTS 10-02-2013

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Despentes

V.N God Bread

TKK -Virginie

Despentes

AP 17-5 -San Juan

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Despentes

AD -Angela Davis

HHR Slave

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Despentes

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Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me,

Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many

waters

Virgin Mary, Mother of God, put Putin away, put Putin away, put Putin away

Black robe, golden epaulettes/ All parishioners crawl to bow/The phantom of

liberty is in heaven

What should they do with them? This question posed in the Web, has divided

answers, and refers to two girls from the punk band Pussy Riot, susceptible ofbeing sent to prison for seven years because of alleged religious hatred incitation.

It is really amazing, and pretty modern indeed, to see the dominant crying because

the dominated doesnt do too much effort.

They are in hunger strike, pleading innocence

The child (divine) Mary doesn't want your punishment, she is going to free the

Palestinian territory.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine

I will go singing to the gallows rather than be returned to slavery.

and she was beaten till they ripped a tooth from her mouth, and she endured

psychological torture, such as a shooting simulation.

and the man struck thrice without being able to sever the head from the trunk.

He left her bleeding, and she lived three days. Crowds came to her, and she

preached to them or prayed.


AP17-1 San Juan

P.R 2012 Pussy

Riots

EP 9-03-2012 -

Periodista

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Despentes

EP 9-03-2012 -

Periodista

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I address you today in deep hurt for the blasphemy going on in this Cultural Centre

in the occasion of this exhibition. I also feel sorry that this event takes place at a

Cultural Centre supported by the Christian people and people of good will who pay

their taxes.

Its not this exhibition what embarrasses our city, but the strong belief that people

should be tortured in hell.

Threatens and punishment to spread Faith.

western society is full of tortured martyrs.

For quite a while now in this city our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Virgin Mary

have been the centre of mockery and offence. The same happened to our moral and

religious values.

From the Old Testament to the new, cruelty and punishment were enhanced by

threats of upcoming Apocalypse and Hell. Thats why this exhibition is the

allegation against torture, divine or human

Passion for evil.

Go away, Satan

In 1995, for instance, the Pope baptised several children at the Sistine Chapel, at the

bottom of Michelangelos Final Trial. He summoned the parents to reflect on that

fresco that depicted the joy of those who chose Jesus Christ and the desperation of

the ones that, by rejecting him, go towards eternal punishment. Nobody blinked at

the atrocity of those words.

I regret it even more that the religion professed by Bergoglio punishes the ones who

think differently.

Here is the envy of Satan, the envy through which the sin entered this world, theone that continuously tries to destroy Gods image: men and women who receive

the order of growing, multiplying and rule the earth. Dont let them fool you: its

not a simple political struggle; its the eagerness to destroy Gods plan

I dont mean to be a smart-ass by doing this, as if I was after a certain agenda,

because its been over thirty years that Ive been working on religion and how it

relates to violence In the exhibition that took place at the Cultural Centre in Spain

in 2000, a grenade with tear gas was thrown inside and people had to run away.

Then in the exhibition I opened in the Recoleta Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires

there were all kinds of works because it was a retrospective, and Cardinal Bergoglio

condemned me because the Church, once again, felt attacked.


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ERRING FROM GODA dialogue with Palabras Ajenas (Words of Others) by Len Ferrari

31 Bienal de So Paulo How to talk about things that don't exist

www.errardedios.org

Franco Berardi "Bifo"(1948, Bologna, Italy) is an Italian theorist-activist in the autonomist tradition, whose work mainly

focuses on the role of the media and information technology within post-industrial capitalism. He has written over two dozen

published books, as well as a more extensive number of essays and speeches.

Etcetera (1997, Buenos Aires) is a multidisciplinary collective composed of visual artists, poets, actors and performers.

In 2005 they were part of the foundation of the movement INTERNATIONAL ERRORIST, an international organization that

claims error as a philosophy of life. Today Etcetera continues to develop its activities collaboratively with other collectives and

individuals, inside and outside the art institutions, and on the educational field. Who coordinate the exhibitions, archives, other

initiatives today are Loreto Garn Guzmn (Chile) and Federico Zukerfeld (Argentina) cofounders of the collective.

ERRING FROM GOD. A project by Etcetera Graphic design: Hernn Cardinale. Covers: Federico Cimatti.

Architecture: Antoine Silvestre. Technological development: Facundo Suasnabar, Fernando Nicolosi, with the support of

Muntref/UNTREF. Voices: Cleyton Vieira, Carolina Furlan. Acknowledgements: Fundacion Augusto and Len Ferrari

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