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	Noa Giniger
	“I felt infinite wonder, infinite pity. "Feeling pretty cockeyed, are you, after so much spying into places where you have no business?" said a hated and jovial voice. "Even if you were to rack your brains, you couldn't pay me back in a hundred years for this revelation. One hell of an observatory, eh, Borges?" Carlos Argentino's feet were planted on the topmost step. In the sudden dim light, I managed to pick myself up and utter, "One hell of a -- yes, one hell of a." The matter-of-factness of my voice surprised me. Anxiously, Carlos Argentino went on. "Did you see everything -- really clear, in colours?" At that moment I found my revenge. Kindly, openly pitying him, distraught, evasive, I thanked Carlos Argentino Daneri for the hospitality of his cellar and urged him to make the most of the demolition to get away from the pernicious metropolis, which spares no one -- believe me, I told him, no one! Quietly and forcefully, I refused to discuss the Aleph. On saying goodbye, I embraced him and repeated that the country, that fresh air and quiet were the great physicians. Out on the street, going down the stairways inside Constitution Station, riding the subway, every one of the faces seemed familiar to me. I was afraid that not a single thing on earth would ever again surprise me; I was afraid I would never again be free of all I had seen. Happily, after a few sleepless nights, I was visited once more by oblivion.” (from “The Aleph” by Jorge Luis Borges) Until May 24, the work of Noa Giniger can also be seen in “Offspring 2008” (De Ateliers, Stadhouderskade 86, Amsterdam), the exhibition of seven artists finishing their two year work period at De Ateliers. Open Tue-Sat 1pm-5pm.