Interactive video installation, 2000.

Magali Desbazeille : artistic design
Siegfried Canto : sound design
Christine Beigel : invited writer

" On anonymity in a public place and the flow of inner thoughts in the closeness of a crowd ".

The installation The participant walks on a video projected image. The image presents pedestrians, filmed beforehand from underneath through a transparent floor. When the participant comes into contact with the image of filmed pedestrians, he or she hears their inner thoughts

Perhaps the filmed pedestrians also passed in that spot. Like the visitors, they are part of the memory of the place. The image is like a mirror. The visitor is surprised by these fragmented inner thoughts and smiles to himself. Is he or she revealed despite himself ? Inner thoughts: Christine Beigel, guest writer and Magali Desbazeille.

We don't speak as we think and don't think as we speak. Inner thoughts are unrestrained. They jump from one subject to another. They are often linked to evreydaylife and daily organisation, but can also be completely unrelated. The inner thoughts are about human communication, anonymity in public space.

How do pedestrians see one another ? How is the city seen by its citizens? Inner thoughts try to answer these questions and more. There are 130 filmed pedestrians and as many thoughts and varying voices. Various languages create a rhythm in the installation. The thoughts represent the memory of the place.

You think therefore I am (following you) exists already in French, English, Flemish, Dutch and Austrian versions.

Thanks: O.Ancelot, S.Allonbert, E.Baum ; F.Bedhomme, J.Betrancourt, P.Buteaux, R.Campagne, O.Cousin, D.DEggufroy, T.Gharavi, A.Jeanne, M.Kavirchine, GA.Kisfaludis, J.Lainé, P.Lamarche, C.Lidl, S.Malinaud, S.Millot, G.Rétoré, P.Reitlinger, S.Sayag.
To all the particpans and to all those who gave their help and support

Producers and partners: artère association, Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, French Ministry of Culture and Communication (Regional Direction for Cultural Affaires of Nord-Pas de Calais), Île de France Region "Bourses pour l'an 2000", FLIR System, Doublet, Centre National Chorégraphique de La Rochelle, Théâtre du Nord de Lille, Ryerson University.