2. Steph - Gare du Nord, Arschostraat
(From in front of the commemorative plaque of the deceased policeman Serge Dauginet - deceassed while on duty in 1988) ``You can go out on the other side of the street to see who else survived; this man died. You will have to identify the people and undestand their identity by looking them in the eyes and not so much from their clothing or other traits.`` notes of rares
Being there as "intervention"
ReplyDeleteThe observation period at the side of the Gare du Nord displayed for me the tension between BELONGING and OWNERSHIP, actually at various levels. The feeling of improperness and alienation caused by the space just for being there points at that some other parties holds some kind of ownership over the space. This kind of ownership which doesn't have an official basis but effective enough to somehow restricts the accessibility of the space, shows the necessity to rethink the principles of ownership ON the space beyond law and economy.
Another element of space that the proposition made me to think about is the limits of personal space. For how long could you stare in the eyes of a stranger? How much a person is private and how much of it is public? Even though one offers her body deliberately to public gaze, could I take this offer to the end? Then comes the question of what other factors (such as economy or cultural code or morality) determine the limit of privacy for a space presented to be / in the public? (I think this question also refers to the issue of "the kissing couple")
prostitution in shop window.
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alone to make eye contact to both sex
old man joking in front of the window with young women
beyond danger
controlling
desires
production of desires
how to be here, unprotected of an „ exercise“
coffes in a bar.
eye contacts. to be ignored,
short silver red hair, one couple at the bar. apart of these 2 women only men.
sad man tired
mirrows to observe the street hidden
territories of potential trade
This is a very concentrated space. People on one side of the street behave in one way and on the other side seems to be a very different sitation. Brussels is quite tight.
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