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FAR OF THE LAND

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FAR OF THE LAND

The Schtory

This summer i went to Crete for vacation. For a first time..

I tried to keep the expectations low, not to get disappointed.

Regardless the fact that everybody already told me the island is great - the island is fucking great.

Even the places where all tourist de merde focus (5% of the island) are great.

For particular reason i focused more on the east. Less traffic, less info online and - NO GRAFFICH!

No asshole, except me, have made the route before. At least he haven't let a mark (with few exceptions).

My trunk was full of spray paint. As proper 12 yrs old 30 yrs old i smashed the virgin spots across the hotspots, or at least where i could find any concrete structure - most preferably “abandoned”. And not talking small tipex tags on the plastic garbages, talking huge ultrawide tags, that i can see from google earth and my drone.

The myths i heard about Cretan people says they have a strong temperament. Conservative and they carry knives. Drink a lot, know how to enjoy life and even they rely mostly on the tourism for their income, of course - hate tourists. Myth busted or not, doesn't matter. What matters is that before you go there you have consider to respect, and specially if u go on relatively small island planing to write graffich, you better do it clever. Specially on place where there is no graffich. The island can get very small, if you fuck up 🙂. Not talking from experience but warning the people who will follow my steps after seeing the footage.

1 a.m. in the local Rakadiko (tavern) - tired (mostly from raki). Bumping into a drunker lady.

Me: Sorry! (in greek)

She: Sorry in greek (french accent)

I Switch to French introducing my self - Boris.

She:

- The Boris?

Eventually not hard to notice the name if you take a drive to any beach out of the city. The lady introduce me to her full company. "This is THE BORIS". “Aww i love your work…” continues with admiration. Eventually the nice lady has a gallery, we talk about art and we exchange contacts to do something in the Louvre (dim). All good vibes until the young daughter arrives and "WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND WITH MEANING, instead of spamming my name????!"

After a short (probably long) conversation (drunk) explaining the lady, that was admiring me (at first) but now asking explanation, why i make the island ugly. That i shouldn't do it in such a virgin place...

Schtrong defense mode on! Explanation on graffich culture, the power and meaning of tags and the regular French-gallery-artsy-fartsy talk i used to give, and people still give to rich people to explain them how cool actually vandalism is.. I won (at least in my head lol).

We shake hands. I end up twerking in the local disco. Twerking havn't arrived yet in town. Specially not performed by man 😂.

My name is not common for greek people, simply because it has meaning in greek. It means "You can". Some locals were confused it is a kind of motivational guerilla campaign. The clever ones got the link immediately after i introduced myself. Who is that stupid to write his real name around, walking with a local girl in his arms… 😅

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I went to island equipped not only with paint but with light video equipment to shoot a vlog-like-travel-video.

After arrival on the island and few days of exploring the wilderness, the idea for doing a "Boris guide to Crete” came. I saw places i thought others should see and find easy. Also the idea of doing this urbex-graffich guides has been turning in my head since long time.

I did few aerials with the drone. The landscape was just incredible. Also what and how u see the land from above is not the same as what you see from the ground. The roads are empty so i had the idea to let my gf drive while i pilot, so i can do long shots following the car, who (the car) later on turned into the main character of the video. Those shots, stood above all of the rest of the footage. Watching it from my phone screen was enough to get the idea, i want to use only them in the video.

Far of the land. Before the teacher start telling the students what the author wanted to say, i will say it. Its about the trip far from the main land. It's a song about my cute little drone and it's POV above the road trip i had.

Funny, i almost sold the idea/footage to a director for another musician's video…

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My learning and development with music continues with full speed since last year. I wanted to make a calm beat and write a song for the footage and wrap everything together in a audio-visual experience. The video part was much-much easier since i already had the footage and the concept. Another two months of producing the beat, writing the text and recording 100 times. Testing audio effects, searching for tonality, flow that satisfies me (hard). Another i don’t know how many weeks of mixing learning and applying new skills on how to mix the track. 🤯

it's here. Made from A-Z by myself. Hope you enjoy.

As always, feedback is crucial so don't be shy to share it with me if you want to see future progress.

DM me, leave a comment under the video. Find your way, in public or private i would love to learn and improve.

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P.S.: The travel guide thing won't happen. I will not share the locations with anybody. After i saw what Balos have been turned to thanks to Insta tourism i rather keep the locations. If you clever you can figure it out yourself. If you want the easy or the professional way i am available for hire 🤑

Stream the song here. (links to be updated)

The premiere is at 2pm on YouTube here.