Investigation on the bridge

The Investigating officer (IO) has been asked to interview Anna Modig (AM) and Inga Svanmärkt (IS), both artists-in-residence, on the scene of an alleged crime.

AM: Remember officer I am coming from different directions and so my perspective may be different.
IO: Well, could you please begin by telling me a little about that perspective. Where you were going, what you intended to do when you got to the bridge?
AM: I wasn't going anywhere, officer. That's just the point. I am becoming.
IS: She didn’t intend to do anything here, sir. She is just passing over. She's a commuter, sir. She crosses that bridge every day to get to her job.
AM: I’m following her; I have no intention, really, other than to keep an eye on her, focus on my work. Watch and see what she does.
IO: So why did you choose the western bridge?
AM: I don’t think of it that way sir. I mean that it is a western bridge. For me, it could just as well be an eastern bridge. Depends on where you come from I guess. No, I didn’t think of it as a western bridge, though we do live and work in the west.
IO: So you were not trying to flee from the east by taking the western bridge?
IS: No sir, she had no idea she could choose a different bridge, only that she has to get to work.
AM: The view can be dramatic from the middle of the bridge.
IO: Dramatic?
AM: Maybe that’s going too far, saying too much. I don’ want to exaggerate, but the view at sunrise and sunset can be dramatic, and I must admit there is something very special about a perspective that spans an ocean, from one continent to another.
IO: Excuse me, where did you say you live?
IS: She lives somewhere between Stockholm and San Francisco now.
AM: That’s mostly where I work too.
IO: Now that is very important information.
IO: Is there anything else that may have affected your choice of a bridge?
AM: Yes, as a matter of fact, I like the shape…Upside-down single suspension. I think it looks familiar, reminds me of my childhood. And it has both a foot and a bike path. No matter how you look at it, it is close on both ends to where I live and work today. Reliable for personal transfer.
IO: Excuse me, the shape, what were you about to say about the shape?
IS: Well, it’s like a full moon rising. And if you look at its reflection when the water is still, and fall for it, you can see the big dipper.
IO: Has it occurred to you that your intentions may have distorted your observations?
AM: Not mine so much, but Ingo’s perhaps. The rush hour commute can be exhausting.
IO: And so how do you think that her distortions may have affected the outcome of this investigation?
AM: Maybe I interpret the bridge to be a part of my golden cultural heritage, a right of passage. Maybe she thinks it is a gateway to the other side.
IO: Can you speak for yourself Inga?
IS: Maybe I jump too quickly to conclusions. I was just trying to get to work, maybe afraid of losing my job.
IO: And what did you think was at the other end?
AM: That’s what I'm still anxious to find out.