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And what experiences shaped your artistic practice?

There were so many, like what I mentioned earlier, the experiences I had working at a hospital.

It was like a summary of life put in front of me, and there was nothing I could do to avert my eyes. I took a bus from Bielsko and arrived in Berlin at 3 am.

Michael vincent manalo biography of albert

This was around 2011, and back then I didn't have a smartphone and could only check google maps using a laptop, but then the bus stop didn't have wifi, so I waited until sunrise. Then this petite blond woman sat near me with a big backpack, and I asked her for directions to the gallery/art residency I wanted to go to.

She said she was not a local but then told me she was going to find her hostel too, so I asked her would you like to go together? She said yes. Then at 5 am, in the empty streets of Berlin, we walked together to find the places we needed to be.

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I asked, "Why did you trust me?" she replied, "Why did YOU trust me?". We laughed and continued. This shaped the installati