sitting in the waiting room

berlin mitte, 2020

fugazi – waiting room (click, hear)

i went down to the quarantined city

berlin friedrichshain, 2020

nick cave – litany of gathering up (click, hear)

manikin

berlin lichtenberg, 2020

backdoor

this is for ashley and richard, makers of the fine blog between scarlett and guest  who seem to definitely share my fascination for manikins and the uncanny valley they are able to lead us into.

transparency

seen in the city of porto san giorgio, italy.

sometimes your movements

are so lifelike, i forget you’re not a real bear.*

shot with the lumix 14mm (but cropped later) at kaufhof, alexanderplatz.

* yes, this is a big bang theory** reference but the original joke itself is a pinocchio reference already (probably it was intended as an a.i. reference in bbt though, but then again a.i. basically is a remake of pinocchio with electricity, isn’t it?)

** the tv series and not the theory of course