Disconnected From Reality

Sunshine, blue skies, 35ºC, a perfect day to be out on the water and test our Paperboat 2.1!

Disconnected from reality’ is the registration of one of our attempts to stay afloat with a paper boat. In this short movie we take our Paperboat 2.1 for a grand day out at a recreation site in a typical Dutch suburb, called Zoetermeer.
A big part of Zoetermeer is actually a landfill, covered up with parks and houses.
So the people there actually live and spend their leisure time on top of the trash they have created in the first place.

This movie was also shown at the Streamingfestival 2013, and is now a part of their online archive.
http://www.streamingfestival.com/archive/2013/artists.php?id=1462&f=Mrmrs&l=Gray

From Mr. Gray’s ship log:

I’m sitting in my little boat, peacefully reading my newspaper, when I see two lifeguards approaching. I’m preparing myself to give them a friendly smile, because them being respectful and helpful gentlemen, they would probably want to rescue me from a life-threatening situation.
But quite the opposite from the feared Arabic guy who wished me ‘Good luck!’, one of the life guards shouted ‘And now we should throw a big stone at him!’ his buddy laughing out loud when he said this. Of course, I should assume this was supposed to be a joke, but they are supposed to be responsible people who watch our safety.
So, again, we tend to think that immigrants are no-good, but I have to conclude that poor neighbourhoods can be far more tolerant than neat suburbs!

Thanks for watching!

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Title: Disconnected From Reality, Paper boat project 130803
Description: Movie
Dimensions: Duration 0:07:17
Date: 2013