PROLOGUE: WORKING WITH A SPY CAMERA ZONE
“When I started shooting video, I was constantly comparing it to film so I made the decision to film without using my eyes for a few years, in order to unlearn my habits and assumptions. I bought a spy camera and sewed it into the lining of a traditional Turkish waistcoat covered in small circular mirrors. By removing one of the mirrors, the camera gazed out at the world unnoticed. Connected to a small 8mm video recorder in a pouch around my waist, it could record up to ninety minutes of tape.”
Scattered Truth part 2a by Laura Waddington
Experimenting with ways to conceal the spy camera on my person, with Delfina Marcello, in her apartment in the East Village, July 1994.
Recording at an angle
“I boarded a cruise ship, crossing the Atlantic. On the ship I had no way of seeing what I was filming and had to learn to trust the movement of my body. After a while I realised the angle wasn’t good – the camera was sloping upwards so I had to adopt a very strange walk, my shoulders hunched over.”
Interview with Laura Waddington by Olaf Möller
Unpublished Work Book ABOUT THE MAKING OF ZONE
First pages documenting the spy camera setup and its concealment inside a waistcoat and on my person:
Part 3. The end of the journey:
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