Water

Matmos and So percussion performing "Water"...

Let's say a greek composer or band had been invited in one of ΕΡΤ's (Greece's national Tv) radio or tv shows to perform his pieces of music. Let's say, his performance used water as a sound source like Matmos do. A sophisticated team of 5 cutting edge sound engineers would be responsible for the sound's broadcast. Engineers that don't have a clue of what an EQ is and work for ΕΡΤ, because an uncle of theirs had once eaten kokoretsi (delicious greek recipe) with one of the government's members. The two men had burped simultaneously and thus a bond between them emerged and evolved and now their bond rules all of us poor people. 

These 5 sound scientists would come and demand, that all pots filled with water should immediately be removed from the studio, because they might ruin their expensive microphone collection, that is daily being used for housing homeless spiders. An ambitious project and example of charity financed by the "Elpida" club. 

The artist would argue for hours and hours with the sound engineering team, but both parties wouldn't back off. Suddenly, when all hope had vanished, a phone would ring and a producer would announce, that a permission for using the water had been granted. You see, the artist's uncle had once scratched the back of a higher government official than the previous one, when the latter was having a serious back itch. 

The artist would finally return to the studio to perform his masterpiece only to realise that all water had evaporated along with our hopes.

Yours, Serafeim