Everything’s about politics – being called a fag in the street, trying to get a job that you hate, worrying about how to pay the rent and wether you’ll be granted immigration status. All the stuff that can really fuck up your day and is part of a much bigger picture of intimidation and control.
– Jet Moon
P 87
Fred finally achieved his pilot’s license but couldn’t afford to fly a plane. I wrote incessantly but published nothing. Through it all we held fast to the concept of the clock with no hands. Tasks were completed, sump pumps manned, sandbags piled, shirts ironed, hems stitched, and yet we reserved the right to ignore the hands that kept on turning. Looking back long after his death, our way of living seems a miracle, one that could only be achieved by the silent synchronization of the jewels and gears of a common mind.
The largest annual contemporary art festival in the Baltics, Survival Kit, which is organised by Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, will take place in Riga from 23 May till 30 June at the former building of the faculty of physics, mathematics and optometry of the University of Latvia.
Nothing is banal if you have empathy and love for those you film
Agnès Varda