On the walk through Geneva, I have followed a route to my youthful memories of this city, along lines written down by my grandfather and some contemporary documents about my great-grandfather and his family in connection with their immigration to this city. 

The tour starts at the train station and I walk along the lakeshore, through the area of the inner city north of the river, then the part of the city south of the river, and before returning to the train station, I walk up a hill northwest of the train station, and walk from there up to the bottom of the train station.

All the while, walking my chosen route through this city, I drag a trolley suitcase behind me. It stands for travelling itself, but also for carrying memories. The necessary utensils are gathered in the suitcase, for the journey and my artistic exploration.

I am interested in spaces of thought that open up to me while walking or at the chosen places in the city. With a photographic eye, I observe moments of immersion in my own and narrated memories and transfer my thoughts into written language. During my walk through Geneva, I also recorded different city sounds with my recorder. 

For the audio piece, I weave these spaces of thought into a narrative voice that is underlaid with recorded city sounds.

Trolley Suitcase is my contribution to the project on «You, inter alia», a web-based intervention by Alina Belishkina and Lera Mostovoya. «You, inter alia» explores space of the city and that of the text through practices of walking and writing, in St Petersburg and Geneva. http://youinteralia.com