In the 1980s soldiers started appearing on the streets of Paris. They were part of “Operation Pirate Vigil” which usually lasted a few months after a terrorist attack occurred, then the soldiers disappeared until the next attack. In 2015, they appeared in great numbers and stayed a while. They were still around, four years later. This film is composed of short videos shot with my phone on my way home from the studio, and posted on Instagram. When I moved to Rome, I found soldiers in the streets as well, and I met Alvin Curran. His song “Walked the Way Home” inspired me to edit these Instagram videos together into a film titled after Alvin’s song •
Walked the Way Home 2018
HD video, stereo sound
26 minutes
