The Arbitrary relatives
When I was 18, I attended a video-art workshop in Sofia. The Hungarian lady who was the main lecturer reminded me of my high school literature teacher. She didn't really look like her but she moved like her, smiled like her, bore some intrinsic semblance to her. I decided to shoot a video about pairs of people who are not connected by blood yet happen to be universally related. I called them Arbitrary relatives . The video project was not feasible and never kicked off. The Arbitrary relatives idea stayed with me throughout the years. It pops up in my head on regular basis oozing some unfathomable fascination. My girlfriend in Scotland is a mother of two. She takes care of the kids and looks after the house. Her arbitrary sister is an American copywriter based in Amsterdam. Their lifestyles are mutually exclusive yet their kinship is unequivocal. In my head I have been executing the idea in various shapes and forms, interfaces, media. Yet this is the first actual step towards materi