A conductor stands on a podium in the water with his back to the beach and conducts the expanse of the sea. The “wave symphony” is supplemented by a “motorbike fugue”: at a sign from the conductor, five motorbikes tear along the beach half submerged in the water. At a further sign from his right hand a spluttering tractor approaches. The conductor fires off a shot from a signal pistol, whereupon a lifeboat with a screaming siren appears on the horizon. In the finale he throws a big bucket of dead fish in the direction of the public and takes off his tailcoat.

Marina Abramovic and Bob Wilson’s homage to Tadeusz Kantor directing the waves at Watermill during the Summer Program 2013 at The Watermill Center.