USI arrives at Yaffa Bar, where the 4th of July atmosphere is in full effect. There, USI tries to give free space a chance.

WOMAN

You look totally cool. And totally strange. You have a name tag. Authorized researcher. Of what? Like radiation or something? [looks at manifesto] You research unlimited free space? Unlimited free space. Unlimited as opposed to limited.

VJ	Do you have any experience with unlimited free space?

WOMAN

No. No. I don't even know what unlimited free space could possibly be. Lots of space?

VJ

Possibly.

ND	[to VJ and BK, moving toward a table] Should we put our bags down?

WOMAN

No. This is very cool. Unlimited free space. Unlimited free space. You're doing research in unlimited free space.

BK

Yeah.

WOMAN

Free space for what usage?

BK	Free space for usage in everyday life.

ND	However you might want to use this space.

WOMAN

This is so cool. I'm so confused as to what unlimited - research in unlimited free space. Now, like what? The whole planet? Is that free space?

BK	The whole planet?

ND	Definitely. Yeah.

BK	Definitely.

WOMAN

That's all unlimited, too. Right?

ND	Definitely.

ANON	Is that ghostbusters?

WOMAN

That's who I thought you were. Ghostbusters. But it's unlimited free space.

ND

Yeah.

ANON	Yeee-hooo!

WOMAN

Tell me this isn't some weird art project.

ND	Art project?

BK	It's an architecture project.

WOMAN

Well, that's an art project: Art project, architectural project.

BK	In fact, USI is the name of our group. Which means Unlimited Specialist International. So, unlimited specialist is [unintelligible]

ND	But we could be art specialists. We could be any kind of specialists.

WOMAN

Well. Let's get this straight. I would guess you were art specialists of some sort. But unlimited free space. It's like you should be in Mexico. There'd be more unlimited free space.

BK	You think so?

ND	We've been to Mexico.

WOMAN

Yeah. But in New York, how much unlimited free space is there?

BK	That's what we want to know.

WOMAN

I would imagine there wouldn't be too much.

ND	So there's no unlimited free space in New York?

WOMAN

I would imagine in New York there's not a lot of unlimited free space. Though, I would imagine that in Tulsa, Oklahoma, there's a lot more unlimited free space.

BK	In what sense do you mean this?

WOMAN

I would imagine. I like the concept. Don't get me wrong. I'm buying into it completely. But in New York, everything has a market value attached to it. So, how much unlimited space can there be? Everybody has a dollar on their free space. How much are you finding? A lot?

ND	You think if there wasn't a dollar attached to this -

WOMAN

There would be more unlimited free space. Yeah. But I would imagine in New York, any space, free or not, somebody's laying claim to somehow.

ND	If I could ask a leading question, then would you say that, if there were no dollars, then there would be unlimited free space?

WOMAN

If there were no dollars, there would be a lot more free space. Yes. We're talking free space.

ND

Right.

WOMAN

Well, free means there would be no dollars.

ND

Yeah.

WOMAN

Free space. If there were no dollars, there'd be a lot more free space.

ND	Do you think that this could approach an unlimited amount?

WOMAN

In New York? I think in New York, it could approach a better amount. More than you guys are gonna find out. I think you guys now are going west- [unintelligible]

BK	We're actually going along the borderline, along the waterfront of Manhattan to find unlimited free space.

WOMAN

But I would imagine in New York, no space is unlimited and no space isn't free. For there to be unlimited free space in New York, that's two problems: limits and not space.

BK	Do you ever imagine that there could be moments of free space?

WOMAN

What kind of moments?

BK	Moments. You know - in time.

WOMAN

I think there would be little moments.

BK	Have you had some moments of unlimited free space here?

WOMAN

In this bar?

BK	In this bar, for example.

WOMAN

Well, no. Because it's traditional that the owner of the bar has unlimited free space. You have to ask the bar owner how much unlimited free space there is. Is it unlimited free? No. He wouldn't give you an inch.

ND	What about in New York?

WOMAN

That's what I'm saying. In New York, limited free space - outside of New York - Oklahoma - you might find a lot of unlimited free space.

Modified December 23, 1997