Hindsight
![Nikola Tesla in front of the spiral coil of his high frequency transformer in New York’ (credit: Wikimedia Commons)](https://images.prismic.io/thecircular/1335fbf7-aacc-4b48-9ba1-888cda7ab443_tesla.jpeg?ixlib=gatsbyFP&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&q=50&w=460&h=307)
Wheelwork of Nature: Tesla & the 21st century
We’ll flip from silence to its other, now, because you’ll probably never hear a biography that sounds anything like this one. Inventor Nikola Tesla’s life, and his inner world, are broached through a kitschy Australian TV quiz show, sketchy reenactments, monologues and readings that are constantly interrupting each other. It’s a simple but effective tactic that, like songs which fade out slowly, gesture toward omissions and excesses – the remainders of a story that exist beyond the bounds of the allotted time.