Rruga e parasë

Peter Stamer and I began our “rruga e parasë” (Albanian for “path of money”) on June 1st, 2022, starting at the birth house of Naim Frashëri in Frashër, which illustrates the reverse of the 200 Lek banknote.

one German

one Mexican

one 200 Lek banknote

one car

4 Albanian towns

6 guest houses and hotels

250 km from beginning to end

1 tank of gas (95 octane)

0.4 tons of carbon dioxide

9 days on the road

11 holders of the banknote

3 near losses of the banknote

1 disencounter

753 Gb of data

50+ hours of video and audio 

907,200 heartbeats per person

10 melons

20 kg of cherries

6 flea bites

1 horsefly sting

0(?) bullshit

On June 16 and 17, we retraced our path and shared some of our encounters with the (un)familiar using a mix of story-telling, visual documentation, and short performative actions.

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With support from Goethe Zentrum and ZETA gallery Tirana, and co-produced by DOTA Austria.