Documentation of an intervention in a Paris metro station (Pont Marie - Cite des Arts)
video 10 min, remaining half of photo strips after participant chooses one of the two strips (sepia or black and white), Paris tube map with instruction slip insert.
As the train enters into the dark cold tunnel, a gush of wind, created by the accelerating train, causes the curtain of the Photo Booth to flutter. As if inviting people to enter its space. Beckoning those who have just left the train to enter its intimate space.
In this intervention, I stop the passing people to enter the photo booth with me. After being shunned a few times, someone accepts. We sit side by side in this small space. The process takes a few minutes. We talk. Our bodies touch as we sit on the same small seat. I pay for the prints, we wait for the prints. Two strips are printed (one black and white, and one sepia tone copy). I offer the participant to choose one of the two strips as a token of the encounter.
