Galeras
In late summer 2017 I spent a week working on a luxury cruise. My job, as described a month before departure, was to be an audio-visual streaming technician between two twin ships.
However, said definition started to blur just a few hours after setting sail: during a week of almost complete sleeplessness,
I experienced my own 21st-century version of work in the galleys (‘galeras’ in Spanish). Nothing to boast about on my CV or my medical records.
What I got out of it was a few strolls around a version of Mykonos flooded by the cruise passengers while massive speakers did away with the island’s own sounds; my arrival at the Acropolis in a state of mental exhaustion that the potential mystical experiences of a Philosophy graduate setting foot on Athens for the first time in his life could not equal; and a few rolls of film shot between loading, unloading, arguing, nails, boards, labyrinthine corridors, my co-workers’ serious injuries, undoable tasks and puffy eyes.
From the pictures I took, I made this zine project.
You can download the digital version of the zine here and read the interview about Galeras on VICE here.
