Since we arrived to Praga, I have been thinking a lot about this neighborhood. It’s the most « interesting » one in the Expedition’s project, quite more « attractive » in a sense than Camp Clar (Tarragona) or Maurepas (Rennes), more wild, more free, more different… But this makes me think about some words that Paloma said, when we were talking about Warsaw a couple of months ago: be aware of the « miserabilitation ». And this word has become really important for me here.

I’m with the camera at the Praga streets and I’m attracted by the old and destroyed buildings, the old brick and stone houses (the « kamienica »). And as I realize, I prefer to film them than other houses probably more comfortables but less « attractive », less « beautiful » -speaking in an aesthetic way, when something old is nicer than something new, when we prefer something different and exotic than what we see every day. So finally I must confront myself to this « miserabilitation » and ask myself if I’m true with the neighborhood and its people when I’m filming to show their daily life.

Posté le samedi 11 mai 2013 par Anna M. Bofarull
et classé dans Les Carnets de Résidence, Les Carnets de Résidence, Les Carnets de Résidence, Les Carnets de Résidence.

Tags : documentaire, house, kamienica, miserabilitation, praga

Since we arrived to Praga, I have been thinking a lot about this neighborhood. It’s the most « interesting » one in the Expedition’s project, quite more « attractive » in a sense than Camp Clar (Tarragona) or Maurepas (Rennes), more wild, more free, more different… But this makes me think about some words that Paloma said, when we were talking about Warsaw a couple of months ago: be aware of the « miserabilitation ». And this word has become really important for me here.

I’m with the camera at the Praga streets and I’m attracted by the old and destroyed buildings, the old brick and stone houses (the « kamienica »). And as I realize, I prefer to film them than other houses probably more comfortables but less « attractive », less « beautiful » -speaking in an aesthetic way, when something old is nicer than something new, when we prefer something different and exotic than what we see every day. So finally I must confront myself to this « miserabilitation » and ask myself if I’m true with the neighborhood and its people when I’m filming to show their daily life.

Posté le samedi 11 mai 2013 par Anna M. Bofarull
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Since we arrived to Praga, I have been thinking a lot about this neighborhood. It’s the most « interesting » one in the Expedition’s project, quite more « attractive » in a sense than Camp Clar (Tarragona) or Maurepas (Rennes), more wild, more free, more different… But this makes me think about some words that Paloma said, when we were talking about Warsaw a couple of months ago: be aware of the « miserabilitation ». And this word has become really important for me here.

I’m with the camera at the Praga streets and I’m attracted by the old and destroyed buildings, the old brick and stone houses (the « kamienica »). And as I realize, I prefer to film them than other houses probably more comfortables but less « attractive », less « beautiful » -speaking in an aesthetic way, when something old is nicer than something new, when we prefer something different and exotic than what we see every day. So finally I must confront myself to this « miserabilitation » and ask myself if I’m true with the neighborhood and its people when I’m filming to show their daily life.

Posté le samedi 11 mai 2013 par Anna M. Bofarull
et classé dans Non classé.
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Since we arrived to Praga, I have been thinking a lot about this neighborhood. It’s the most « interesting » one in the Expedition’s project, quite more « attractive » in a sense than Camp Clar (Tarragona) or Maurepas (Rennes), more wild, more free, more different… But this makes me think about some words that Paloma said, when we were talking about Warsaw a couple of months ago: be aware of the « miserabilitation ». And this word has become really important for me here.

I’m with the camera at the Praga streets and I’m attracted by the old and destroyed buildings, the old brick and stone houses (the « kamienica »). And as I realize, I prefer to film them than other houses probably more comfortables but less « attractive », less « beautiful » -speaking in an aesthetic way, when something old is nicer than something new, when we prefer something different and exotic than what we see every day. So finally I must confront myself to this « miserabilitation » and ask myself if I’m true with the neighborhood and its people when I’m filming to show their daily life.

Posté le samedi 11 mai 2013 par Anna M. Bofarull
et classé dans Non classé.
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