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CONNECTIONS
To start with, our group’s name 5 Lost and Found,
was made as we thought it was appropriate to the
situation we were in: somewhat lost regarding the
seminar but more importantly getting ourselves lost
while exploring the city… We hoped that we would
eventually find ourselves and what we would like to
produce from this week’s seminar. For our group’s fo-
cus, we quickly decided on the theme connections,
while we were getting to know each other. As it is a
very broad term, we were therefore able to explore
it from many different aspects and have a look at
everyone’s idea on the subject. noun. A relationship
in which a person or thing is linked or associated with
something else. Throughout the week, we worked on
four main projects in relation to our main theme and
analysing one’s relation to their surroundings:
I. Connections in Space: done by our intervention
in public space
II. Connections in Time: putting ourselves in our 68’
photos for a drift in time
III. Virtual Connections: with all the seminar’s other
groups on Instagram
IV. Connections in a Community: final presentation’s
performance/ game
I. Intervention in Public Space
Connections in Space
For our intervention in public space we decided to
conduct and document a performance on Erzsébet
híd (Elisabeth Bridge). The nine bridges of Budapest
are significant elements to the city as it connects
both sides across the Danube, Buda and Pest. To em-
phasise and put forward this idea of connections in
Space, we decided to use a long red wool cord. This
red wool would therefore work as a symbol through-
out our practice for this seminar.Starting from each
side of the bridge, two performers would start walk-
ing across the bridge, releasing the red wool cord
along their way. Their walking is planned and yet
they are leaving traces behind. At the middle of the
bridge, they would meet and tie their end of the cord
to each other. As a result, connecting not only red
wool, but the space. Everyone in the group played
a role, so we had two performers and the three oth-
ers were documenting the performance. Two cam-
eramen were following the performers during their
walk and release of wool across the bridge; while a
third camera was set at the middle of the bridge,
but on the other pathway. They were able to record
the performance across the street, taking in consid-
eration the busy road with cars, cycles, and buses
driving through. The edition of the film was done by
one of our members, and we all decided that keep-
ing all the footage would be best. This is why our film
(4m30s) features the three streams of film from the
three different cameras, instead of only one.
Link for the video: https://vimeo.com/303066384