Last Saturday we shot the 3 first videos in three different locations of London: Blackfriars, Saint Paul’s square and New Cross. The performers were Kalia, Eutuxia and Elena. Our only tool was just a flip camera and our legs. The day in numbers:
- 7xlm walking to find the the right locations
- 1o tube line changes
- 12hours wondering/improvising/filming
- 31 hot London degrees
- 6 apples, 1 google mask and 1 wedding dress (Elena bought it for 5pounds in Brixton market)
Below is just a taste…
1) Kalia and her apples
After 1/5h of walking we were lost somewhere between London Bridge and Tower Bridge -bridges are a London highlight but not this time. I have always difficulty in distinguishing London bridges (the Americans should had the same problem when they bought the London bridge instead of the Tower bridge). We found ourselves sweat, walking at the Queen Victoria St towards Saint Paul when we stopped to have some rest and eat the apples that Kalia was carrying 2 days in her bag. We suddenly realised that the building where we sat was an amazing Victorian-style house with a backyard and a wonderful wooden curved door. Kalia changed her clothes quickly behind a tree and drag me behind the house where we found a quiet spot where started doing her thing. She might not ate her apples (not in a conventional way) but she did use them with an inspiring way.
2) Eutuxia: Square diving
Eytuxia was waiting for us at the Saint Paul’s square. She had just come from an Asian Festival. She has been at her graduation so, accidentally she had a pair of high hills with her while in the middle of the square a guy was playing some really nice music in a floral (!) piano. Eutuxia walked like a star and then she was ready to dive… in the tiny fountains of the marble sculpture.
3) Elena, a mad bride at New Cross Rd
I’ve found the spot. A freaky, underground place outside a vintage-like an old-boudoir- shop with some shabby sofas on the pavement. ‘I know this place’ Elena said to me ‘c’mon now to zip my wedding dress’. We made a whole story out of nothing. She got the look that every disappointed (or not) bride could have. Domestic craziness, violent phonecalls, and exciting transformations from a sweet princess to a beast that tries to escape.
We had no equipment and we din’t make any previous preparation. We worked with what the place and the moment could give us and the pieces were an one off. A unique performance that couldn’t be repeated -even if we wanted to- as an ambulance’s alarm would be missing, a mobile ring, a piano in the middle of Saint Paul’s square or just a curious passenger trying to figure out wtf is going on with ‘thez people’ …
to be continued!
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