.... sound chronicles

EuxMemes

RER, Poissy, France, january 7, 2002, around 18h00 :: On my way back from Les Mureaux, one of Paris's western suburbs, I change trains and board the RER A at Poissy. I sit down next to a woman, who is talking to an African friend. They're discussing the september 11 attacks. "Parce qu'on peut dire c'est eux mêmes qui on créés les attentats, non?" she tells him. At the other end of the train there's a cell phone ringing.

Flight IW5063, Paris-Tenerife, july 22, 2000, late evening :: Around 23h30 , with only half an hour delay we leave Charles de Gaulle airport. The plane is pretty empty. A cloudless sky and the city's bright lights give us a superb glance at Paris's urban geometrie, accompanied by some soft jazz playing from the onboard speaker system.

Tenerife, Canaries, july 24, 2000, around 20h30 :: Evening buffet at the Taimamo Tropical 1, at Santiago del Teide.

Flee market, Montreuil, France, february 24, 2002, around 14h30 :: A wet and grey sunday afternoon. I'm walking around Montreuil, one of Paris' eastern suburbs, and happen upon the flee market next to the 'périphérique', the Parisian circular road. In one of the stands a radio plays some Arabic music, hooting of horns, then a salesman shouting: "Quatre euros, quatre euros!"

Paris, France, december 18, 2001, evening :: We attend the new show at the 'winter circus Bouglione' in the 11th arrondissement. Three acrobates prepare for this evening's salto mortale. Drums start rolling ...

Montage: 18 and 24 february, 9 and 10 may 2002
[ProtoolsDIGI001]

"[Q]ue s'ils veulent suivre un dessein semblable au mien, ils n'ont pas besoin pour cela que je le leur dise rien davantage [...]. Car s'ils sont capables de passer de plus outre que je n'ai fait, ils le seront aussi, à plus forte raison, de trouver d'eux-mêmes tout ce que je pense avoir trouvé [...] et ils auraient bien moins de plaisir à l'apprendre de moi que d'eux-mêmes" - [Descartes - Discours de la méthode]