Balcons

Animation - Déborah Balboa

I was sitting on the kitchen feeling super bored on the first week of confinement , thinking of what to do for my experimentation project, when suddenly I heard distant shouting. Like motivational scream you will hear in a race. I stared to the window and saw the neighbour building. I was surprised to see a man on an exercise bike at his balcony, dressed like a pro cyclist and with helmet and glasses. Everything! And he was shouting and giving himself encouragement. It was the first time I saw him do that. I was so surprised.

So I started to see the building different windows and found out people where doing so many interesting and funny stuff during lockdown. Things that kept them entertained, sane, breaking the circle of being trapped. It was great. So thats how I decided what to do for my experimentation project.

J’étais assise dans ma cuisine, je m’ennuyais à mourir, me demandant quoi faire pour mon projet d’expérimentation quand soudain j’entendis des cris distants, comme des encouragements que l‘on peut entendre lors d’une course. J’ai regardé l’immeuble d’en face par la fenêtre et j’ai été surprise de voir un homme sur un vélo d’appartement, sur son balcon, habillé comme un cycliste professionnel avec casque et lunettes, la totale !
Il était en train d‘hurler pour se motiver tout seul.
C’était la 1ère fois que je le voyais faire ça, j’étais très surprise !