As Miller writes about his work: "The imperative to contradict creates an absurd void at its centre. As though a function of a miniature neural network, the cast behaves as quasiautomatons. Control is modulated, not absolute. The performers laugh at their instrumentalization, mocking the rules they inevitably obey... Perhaps, as we enter a new era of overarching artificial intelligence, Contradicting Statements might offer a glimpse into a fragile past, still alive with paths not taken."