Airports, metro stations, and bus terminals are on the top of my lists of places I like being. They are filled with comers and goers, so many stories, so many beliefs, and so many experiences. Call me crazy but from time to time when I am trekking home on the metro train I may come up with crazy stories and scenario’s about the person nearest me. He can be a crazy lunatic who has a bomb strapped to his leg and will blow this train up with any slight irritation. Or she can be a busy accountant by day but prefers to be called Caramel Delight by night, if you know what I mean.
No matter an individual’s story we can all relate to an experience or an emotion the same. And that’s where acquaintances happen and then maybe along the road develop into a greater bond and friendship. And no matter all the possible great outcomes that can come out of meeting people everyday on a metro train or waiting for a flight. The ice is never really broken.
Brooklyn born artist George Ferrandi set out with her project “it felt like I knew you”. The project began in 2012, when Ferrandi decided to change or reshape the way she experienced a subway ride. She began by catching a ride on a crowded subway, during the evening rush hour, and nabbed a seat next to a fellow traveller. From there she embarked on a mental and emotional experiment of “re-sculpting” the space between her body and a stranger’s, transforming what she considered a stiff and restricted space into a malleable, inviting distance by resting her head on that person’s shoulder. Essentially, she slept on her unsuspecting partner, forcing both the artist and the stranger to confront their spatial and, often times, emotional relationships.
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