A magenta polycarbonate metronome. A Berlin demonstration against rising rents, 2024. The metronome adapts to the crowd's tempo — accelerating when the chanting accelerates, slowing when it slows. The viewer cannot see the manipulation. A narrator runs through the video with the calm authority of someone who has understood everything and is now explaining it to you. Slowly. Patiently. The way you explain something to a child before sleep. He appears to follow the images — naming what you already see, confirming what you already feel. Manipulation that looks like accompaniment. He is doing to the viewer exactly what the metronome is doing to the crowd.

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