My goal is to capture an attitude towards life
Surpressed by western rationality
Not lost however
Premordial to humanity
Action based on feeling rather than calculations.
In a world without money value will be individual not universal.
I am standing on the Viktor Adler Markt. Vienna’s loudest market criers are preparing.
I am looking at connection beyond nationalities,
I am noticing in this community giving and taking come in different forms:
While value has been calculated and adjusted in the heads of people
Here it is also precisely estimated by the heart.
A way of life, possibly reinforced by a different cultural background or arising from a system that has existed for thousands of years and is based on this type of exchange.
The market place:
The origin of most settlements and great civilizations. The exchange of goods is the sole purpose of the supermarket, the market however is about exchanging experiences, knowledge and feelings.
The greek Agora was a place where political ideas were debated, religious rites took place and traditions were shared.
I see the Viktor Adler Markt and its community as a relic of the past, and therefore closer to the future than any other place.
Because there is no Zukunft without Herkunft.
I am in contact with various people in the community. I will conduct an interview, although I have the feeling it may not be the ideal way to capture the human interaction, I am curious about. I am thinking of a narrative style of presenting the daily market life of the past the present and the future.
Daily number drawing
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