"Our intention is neither to entertain nor to educate but rather ... to fascinate ... to fasten attention to the flow of spontaneous physical eruptions and their ever-molting expressions of emotion passing before the audience’s eyes. The results are often visceral, unpredictable, convulsive, and sometimes violent. It’s more like we’re giving expression to the raw force of violence in less literal, more abstract ways. With or without an audience, our aim is to execute rituals with enough force of commitment to trigger our own most resonant responses to what we are doing. If this force of commitment is true enough, perhaps it can elicit spiritual and visceral resonances in an audience. That’s the intention. I’m not interested in changing the audience as much as setting up a kind of climate of seduction for inciting their own impulses. It's about participating in — and maybe sharing — a spiritual event." -- Antero Alli, NeoFiles interview; 9/04