The inspiration for this project was based on a fee- ling while passing through the city of Glasgow in 2019. Memories were appearing from 40 years ago of my hometown in Germany.
My own past lay in front of me, one that I had never documented. ‘aye‘ tells of personal en- counters with people who live in Glasgow. By experiencing stories with them, I recognize my own story more clearly. By focusing on the peo- ple, I tell my own story. Parallels to my sociali- zation are emerging. I creep through the social housing of the suburbs again and again and find myself standing before my childhoods front door. I encounter things, places and people I once ran away from in fear of becoming ‘like them‘. Today I speak their language and see that I am carved from the same wood.
‘aye‘ replaces any gap in this language and not only means ‘yes‘ or ‘what?‘ but also shows con- sent - exactly what I find in this city. The people I portray and the stories I hear serve as a projection surface to my own history.
