ARI MARCOPOULOS WORDS

...CURTAINLESS WINDOWS IN A CALVINIST COUNTRY WERE THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS I SAW, 3-D PSYCHOLOGY REDUCED TO A 2D SELECTION. THE WINDOW FRAME THE FIRST LESSON, THE PROTESTANT DISPLAY OF A LIFE UNTAINTED. BUT EVEN A CHILD CAN SEE THE CRACKS OF A WIFE LEFT FOR WEEKS BY A FLYING HUSBAND. ELIZABETH TAYLORESQUE IN A PEIGNOIR ALL DAY SIPPING SHERRY'S, THE FIRST EROTIC IMAGE. HER KIDS OBVIOUSLY IGNORED. THE TRUE PROTESTANT NEIGHBOR'S CHILDREN PRESSED WITH THEIR NOSES AGAINST THE WINDOW AS WE PLAYED SOCCER, POTHOLE COVERS AS GOALS. AJAX!!!!!! WHITE JERSEY & A RED STRIPE. BEAT LIVERPOOL 5-1 IN THE FOG. ONLY A SMALL PATCH OF NATURE ON THE CORNER. WE CALLED IT THE FOREST, BUT ON REVISITING MY HOMETOWN, CLEARLY THE FOREST WAS NOW HOME TO 2 SMALL ONE-FAMILY HOMES WITH TINY YARDS. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL TO THINK THAT AS A CHILD, MY FRIENDS & I THOUGHT OF THIS ONE UNDEVELOPED CORNER IN THE SUBURBS AS THE FOREST. WE WERE COWBOYS & INDIANS, KNIGHTS. WILHELM TELL, ROBIN HOOD, IVANHOE, HEROES THAT GLOWED OUT OF THE BLACK & WHITE TELEVISION IN OUR LIVING ROOM. NOW I LIVE IN A BIG FOREST PERHAPS APPRECIATING THE TREES LESS. ONE ALWAYS SEEMS TO NEED OTHER’S EYES TO REALLY SEE.







AN EXTRACT OF NEVER PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED TEXT BY ARI MARCOPOULOS, FROM 18 PAGES FEATURE (THAT INCLUDED 2 PAGES TEXT BY NEVILLE WAKEFIELD) WE ARE DOING ON ARI'S PHOTOGRAPHY IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK