I sit behind a table with a Silencio paper shredder [the choice of the model name is intentional, NDLR]. Silently, without looking at the audience, I shred blank sheets of paper that symbolize the potentiality of words. A pile of white strips forms under the table. [When the audience speaks to Alexandra Guillot, she invariably answers, “I often shred blank.” Before inserting each sheet in the machine, she carefully looks it over as if reading a text line by line, NDLR]Alexandra Guillot