Project Developments

Hello World!

Sorry for the week of silence, we've been crazily going around the city and exploring different aspects of the history and people. I (Patty) am also gathering a lot of interviews which I'll be releasing with the rest of the project. By simply starting to conduct interviews and having a host of conversations, it's becoming clear to me that there's something more to this project than I initially thought. At first, I thought it might result in a documentary ... or, just a short film. But the more I think and gather the interviews, the more I realize that this project might have greater weight and possibility than at first expected.

Currently, I'm thinking of something right up the alley of http://www.humansofnewyork.com/
I'm not saying that the project will grow to be anything of this scale, but I love his approach of capturing the variety of people in street-portraits of everyday encounters. I want to combine this with short video-collages and stories outlining who the people are and what their thoughts are on their city and the way people need to/do connect to each other.

That's how I'm thinking of putting together all of the stories, experiences, and conversations I'm currently having. The positive aspect of this approach is that it allows me to conduct an even greater number of interviews, while still giving voice to the individual stories. It also gives me the flexibility to move beyond Vienna, and to contrast it with any other place in the world. Maybe I'm just dreaming big here, but someday there might be stories from all over Europe and the United States. I better start learning more languages if I want to speak with anyone who is not limited to German and English ;)

Kristen can tell you more about her focus is narrowing in amazing ways as well! Both of us feel enlivened by how much life we're capturing with film and photography and through our many conversations. I can't believe that 2/3 of our time is already over - I feel like I would love and need much more time to really dive into the people and the city. But alas, deadlines are good for getting productive work done, and so this next week will be busy and full of filming. And for that I am excited, even though the "end" of this leg of the project is sadly looming.

However, plane tickets to Ireland have been booked, we will be keeping you all in the loop as to further developments.

Lots of love and until next time,

Patty (: