Thursday, October 08, 2009

Immigration Marks


Immigration Marks, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

Design classic tablecloth in the waiting room of the Helsinki Police immigration office, with marks left by the people who pass through there. Some read "4 hours so far", others just a name and a date. Behavior created out of boredom, plus added glee of passing a sort of test after considerable hardship (everything's relative) in some cases, no doubt. Same kind of scribbles can be found beneath many military barrack beds, for example.

We got through in just under two hours, and wizened from last year brought something to read. Just a necessary red tape inconvenience in an international marriage.

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