Shot 76

Laundry blown by the wind is drying on the terrace outside my window. There are public restorations taking place and the jackhammers are causing an unbearable noise all day long.
I keep the the actual sound, which is so outrageous that it creates a sense of unreal, of in-credible.


Shot 1

The installation of an outdoor game is being set at Praktiker's open parking. The picture is fixed and records the setting up of the structure. On the right side, the workers are methodically carrying the pieces of the synthetic grass.
At the background, cars can be seen and heard, crossing the central motorway. This monotonous noise is interrupted by an employee's urgent announcement, calling for someone from “garden department”. The announcement is repeated several times, giving, thus, to the phrase a tone of despair.



Shots 51-52

Beers. Three pictures: In the first one, there are three cans lying outside the window of a basement, in the second a bottle of Amstel is lying on another window ledge, and in the third one, a bottle of beer with its Cyrillic-alphabet branding, is left standing on a bench. Intense sound from the central market can be heard. The butchers and the fishermen advertise their goods: “one euro, one euro”, “fresh fish”.

Shot 67

A shopping-trolley full of  books, is placed besides a column. A red packet of salty crackers “Papadopoulou” can be seen at its base. A motorbike rides on the pavement. The street bookseller sits a bit further and feeds a pigeon, holding the same brand of crackers. He prompts the passers by, with just saying the word “take”. In the end, a passing lady falls on the camera.