Mobility, absence and yellow cloaks
Keywords:
Mobile phones, Public Space, Places of living, V!5Abstract
A guy dressing an unusual yellow cloak so permeable as a sieve passes through the street as if he were looking for something. There are sound speakers in the cloak's elbows, muted at that moment, tied in bracelets. While he walks, some people stop and watch, trying to decipher that mystery. Others, more curious, ask him what is that about, but he does not speak with anyone. Suddenly, someone comes in the street talking on the cellphone and the yellow cloak begins to react. Its sound speakers start to “talk a blue streak”, reproducing ordinary phone talks recordings. The yellow cloak found what it wished. It comes closer to the absent-minded talkative, involving him with its noisy speeches, following him determinedly until he notices his surroundings: a strange and troublesome action.(to be continued on PDF)