Carnival is here and I am put the finishing touches on my installation. Camera in hand I proceed to capture the ensuing events. How could I not? In the middle of it all my parents came in to town and Jennida and I had dinner between the kids crowd and the adult crowd. It was good to see them and it proved to be a good break from the festivities as I was soaking wet with sweat (clean mind you) as I had been wearing a white plastic jumpsuit all afternoon as I took photos of the kids playing the various games and encountering the cabinet of curiosities and the boardwalk on the ceiling. Jennida roamed the floor with a sound recorder capturing sound of the festivities and taking some photos as well. After dinner we picked up where we left off. I grabbed my recorder and proceeded to record ambient sound traveling from the first floor to the third and back. Each floor had its own unique flavors and ambiance, but the floor is old and porous so sounds from below and above bleed freely throughout the spaces like afterthoughts.
Finally I switched back to photo mode and proceeded to document the goings on and practicing my grip and grins. After all, Elsewhere needs evidence of prosperity, productivity, community and faces!
I also made conversations with many of the visitors both supporters and passer-byers. I feel like the camera sometimes serves to help me distance myself from people just as much as it also helps me to bring me closer to people. People are always running from or to the camera.
All in all it has been a very hectic, exciting, dramatic, and alluring evening. That’s a carnival!
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