(sans femme te sans aviateur)

The photographic imagery audio material was recorded during walks, bus and metro rides in October 2007, in a manner similar to the Nouvelle Vague film maker - although without any pre-arrangements for settings and observations; and with repeated visits to the locations. My intention was to honour this film maker’s powers to get me interested in Paris, and at the same time make a work that discovers the city, even if only for myself.

(sans femme et sans aviateur) consists of four chapters each depicting different urban areas: the artficial mountainous landscape of the Parc des Buttes Chaumont. An affluent area in the West. The tourist spots of intelligencia in the centre. The busy, military guarded Gare de l’Est. And a bus back to Buttes Chaumont. Each of the four chapters is introduced with an image of the respective street map; and accompanied by a metro noise.

The work was also made with an intention to work with the browser as a presentation tool that is independent of user interaction. If viewed on the web (sans femme et sans aviateur) plays for 5-6 mins and returns to its main page.

There is no interaction needed; merely contemplation. (sans femme et sans aviateur) has been optimized for 9 different screen sizes. A smaller size linear Quicktime version (.mov) is available for download from the info page that can be accessed from the main page. Stand-alone versions on CD require no click to start but automatically relaunch (sans femme et sans aviateur).