A performance piece recorded in my Towson University studio on the afternoon of December 22, 2023 at 1:15 PM during a psychotic episode. Transcript below. A recording of the physiological phenomenon of catatonia and a recording of psychosis in real time.
DID Video Transcript 2
Katherine: [Moans.]
Fuck.
[Music.]
You are an alchemist. Make gold of that.
Who said that? William Shakespeare.
How do I know that? Because I read it off of my computer screen.
It’s right here and a voice in my head told me to say that.
Bael. Oh, bael. Your downfall.
[inaudible lyrics.] Who is the Illuminati?
I am the Illuminati. And you are the Illuminati.
We are all the illuminati. It’s a secret. It’s a secret it’s a secret it’s a secret but I know it to be true
I’m schizophrenic but I know it to be true my voices tell me all the time.
I should be in the hospital. But I’m not.
Bael. Oh bael.
Your downfall.
I’m too crazy for the hospital.
I’m so crazy….that they can’t keep me in the hospital.
It’s great. I’m so crazy….I’m so crazy….that I get out of the hospital.
And then I make art. And I can just do this. [inaudible.] So crazy I just make art.
So crazy I’m just a crazy artist.
Get over it.
Over and out.
DID Video Transcript 2
Katherine: [Moans.]
Fuck.
[Music.]
You are an alchemist. Make gold of that.
Who said that? William Shakespeare.
How do I know that? Because I read it off of my computer screen.
It’s right here and a voice in my head told me to say that.
Bael. Oh, bael. Your downfall.
[inaudible lyrics.] Who is the Illuminati?
I am the Illuminati. And you are the Illuminati.
We are all the illuminati. It’s a secret. It’s a secret it’s a secret it’s a secret but I know it to be true
I’m schizophrenic but I know it to be true my voices tell me all the time.
I should be in the hospital. But I’m not.
Bael. Oh bael.
Your downfall.
I’m too crazy for the hospital.
I’m so crazy….that they can’t keep me in the hospital.
It’s great. I’m so crazy….I’m so crazy….that I get out of the hospital.
And then I make art. And I can just do this. [inaudible.] So crazy I just make art.
So crazy I’m just a crazy artist.
Get over it.
Over and out.