Thursday, February 1, 2007

Music For Architecture No. 1 (Homeless)

Soundtrack:
Building Steam With a Grain of Salt
-Dj Shadow

Waiting for friends in Shibuya. i decide to kill the time by trying to get lost. Crowded crosswalks, train tracks, bridges, pedestrian shops, littered parks, noisy streets, alleyways. Along the journey i stumble upon a small homeless community bordering a walkway that passes underneath a train bridge. Dark skies. Orange street lights. Thundering of trains passing above. My breath. My footsteps. Cardboard boxes in a variety of combinations and positions form skyscrapers, castles, haunted mansions, cabins, and condominiums. A few business men pass by trying so hard to ignore the presence of the homeless community that their heads turn the opposite direction, leaving their heads and bodies on different paths. i think to myself, what makes a person homeless?

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