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70. THE TENTH NOTEBOOK
―The tenth notebook‖, of same size as its predecessors, consisted of instructions for S.Romashko. Before
S.R.‘s arrival to the scene of action it was buried under leaves behind a snag on a clearing opposite a
―woodsman cabin‖-type building. Besides that, on the front wall of the tightly shut house there was a
framed photograph picturing a kettle on A.M.‘s balcony in Moscow (this kettle was used during the
action ―To I.Makarevich‖). Under the photograph there was a small cardboard card with an image of ―old
man‖ cut from the box of a computer game ―Return to Zork‖. By the house‘s back side, near the cellar
door a white box was buried, with a similar image on its upper side, containing two ropes, purple and
yellow.
According to the instruction, S.R. was supposed to:
1. Find the notebook buried under leaves behind the snag (this one is preliminary instruction not
included in the set contained in the notebook).
2. Find the box with ropes.
3. Tie one of the ropes to the snag and drag it outside the camera‘s visual sector (almost all the
actions were recorded to a camera installed by S.Romashko).
4. Take the kettle picture off the wall.
5. Attach the card with ―old man‖ image to a board lying next to the place where the snag had been
dragged (this third card with ―old man‖ was attached to the notebook‘s third page).
6. Moving to the guidelines of the scheme on page 6 of the notebook, find the wheel of a car
residing by the road.
S.Romashko followed all the instruction, although he did so in random order (see S.R.‘s narration).
Bochum
21.2.1994
A. Monastyrski, S. Haensgen, S. Romashko
71. ALBUM FOR TRAVELLING NOTES AND SKETCHES
A black A2 notebook with a colored label on cover (scene from a computer game ―Return to Zork‖
picturing a bridge over river with red arrow post pointing in dead-end choice when the character is
drowned and the game is over) was given to S.Anufriev and M.Chuikova for ―Medgermenevtika‖
with a request to fill in empty sheets of the notebook during their travels and then return it to S.H. in
Bochum. Besides the sheets, inside the notebook there also were several black and white fractal
patterns, B/W replica of Meister Francke‘s ―The Birth of Christ‖ (circa 1430), and also covered with
a white sheet (tied to the sides of back cover with paper clips) a portrait of Stephan George. With
pressing the sheet to cardboard cover the portrait can be seen as a white contour.
Date of handing over the notebook: 1.03.1994 (Bochum)
Date of return: 22.10.1994 (Cologne)
S. Haensgen, A. Monastyrski