Overt cooperation

25Oct07

Got to jkeep this short. was up all night backing text and photos for the vitrine at the stadthaus. not really think straight and this post is taking forever to write. All went ok today, was an official opening of a glass panel commemorating the oxford bonn link. Lots of dignataries smiling at each other (and looking quite bemused at the doppelganger vitrine)

Coincidentally the Lord Mayor of Oxford and his Bonn counterpart are incredibly similar… reminded me a bit of the Thompson Twins from Tintin. Lots of bobbing back and forward. Will attach a photo this afternoon.

Yesterday was another day of phone calls but no meetings. Two doppelgangers, both of them sounded pretty friendly, but also wary (this seems to be the norm) and not keen to meet. I meandered through the day, experimented with overt cooperation, flyering in the market square with my image, chatting to a few people. Life seemed good, and then, disaster struck… The closest i felt that i had got to a doppelganger, doppel one (see ‘I guess it had to happen..’ oct 23rd) turned out to be a ‘friend’ from Weimar stringing me along. So sad, I really thought I was onto something. Not sure how funny it is, I mean, I am asking for it with a project like this. And perhaps its important for me to feel vulnerable as well.

But still, although it is about the search, the journey, the quest etc (and not the doppelganger per se) it would be truly beautiful to find a Doppelganger. Since starting the blog I have heard plenty of stories, of varying veracity, about it happening. I’m not quite sure how it would affect me… perhaps it would finally push me over the edge..

Ok, gots to have a small snooze. Promise some pics later.

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