Gail Albert Halaban | Gail Albert Halaban (Aperture) Scooter and Headphones. Via Angelo Tittoni, Rome, Italy. June 2017.
“Living in the city, with our apartments stacked so close to one another: our lives are intertwined yet, in some ways, hidden f
(...) rom each other. Rarely do we know the people we see across our window-panes, though we often make up long, intricate tales of what is happening behind the glass. It is like watching a silent film. This is what I imagine here: When he hears her Vespa pull up outside, he quickly puts on headphones and pretends he has been watching movies for hours. Are they roommates? Does he owe her rent? If they’re lovers, I’d be surprised—they rarely talk to each other. They are more like ships passing in the night.”
- Gail Albert Halaban
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