C'est normal [English translation]

La la la ...

- Areski !

- What ?

- Haven't you heard something strange ?

- Yes, I did

- What is it ?

- It's the gas. It's the gas in the apartment below. Sometimes there's leaks, so it accumulate, then if there's a spark it explodes. It's normal !

- Ah

- And if there's an explosion, there's a boom. That's the noise you heard earlier.

- Ah

La la la ...

- Hey ?

- What ?

- Is there a smell of burning ?

- Yeah, it's normal, I told you. There was an explosion.

- Yes

- And the molecular agitation caused by this explosion

- The ... what ?

- The molecular agitation.

- Ah yes

- Cause a temperature rise, sufficient to ignite the surrounding materials

- Yeah, yeah

- It's called combustion. It's normal !

- Ah

- Do you understand ?

- Yeah, yes

La la la

- But then ... but ...

- What do you wanted ? La la la ...

- I wanted to know ... The whole building, it's burning, right ?

- Yes it is, look. The materials used to build the building are very fragile. You understand ?

- Yes.

- It's normal cause there is only working-class families, foreigners and a few unproductive people.

- Yes

- So the fire easily seize the materials

- Yeah

- It spreads. So we have a fire here.

- Aaaah. A fire.

- It's normal.

- Yes, yes, yes

- Yes ?

- Ok.

La la la ...

- Areski !

- What is it again ?

- Don't you think that we are starting to fall, a little ... ?

- Listen, listen ...

- Yes.

- Try to understand, it's very simple.

- Yes.

- Do you remember combustion ?

- Yes.

- The destruction of the building, by the flames ?

- Yes.

- So, it means that below, the walls and the floors have disappeared.

- Hum.

- And that we are not supported by anything.

- Yes.

- Now, something that is not held up by anything, fall. It's called gravity. It's normal !

- Aaaah, ok.

La la la ...

- But then ... we'll fall ...

- Yes !

- From the 15th floor ?

- It's totally normal.

- It's the earth attraction.

- Ok.

La la la ...

- Ares, excuse me

- What ? What ?

- Excuse me but I'm thinking about something.

- We're not going to die in a minute ?

- Brigitte, you're annoying !

- Excuse me.

- So, we're falling ?

- Yes.

- But, all body fall with a precise speed.

- Yes.

- And when it touches the ground, it suffers a brutal deceleration that induces the splitting of its various components. For example, the limbs split up from the trunk.

- Yes.

- The brain spurt out of the cranium, etc.

- Yeah.

- In such conditions, it's obvious that the phenomenon of life cannot remain, it's NORMAL, do you understand ?

- Yeah ...

• Artist:Brigitte Fontaine