Aq me ben

Our friends Isah and Loreta own a bag shop on the same street as our first apartment in Pristina, called I'm Lu. They are both very creative and have this great workshop out the back of their shop stacked from floor to ceiling with happily messy piles of fabric. It is where they make their bags and raise their babies. I often take Leo there to hang out and play with their daughter while the sewing machines hum in the background. I have an extensive range of bags from their shop and have gifted lots over the years. Isah is also the guitarist in a band called Gillespie. They are really cool! And well-regarded and quite famous on the local music scene. So I was chuffed when Isah asked me to make a filmclip for their song 'Aq me ben' which translates as 'I don't care'. He wanted me to do a stop-motion after he saw my birth announcement clip. That was 30 seconds or so. Aq me ben is 3.53 minutes! So it was a mammoth task that involved thousands of photos and took months to complete. I set up the studio in the corner of our living room and we lived around it. Leo would help me by choosing colours for the cut outs and keeping me company. I am a complete amateur and don't have any of the right equipment so the clip came out wonky and far less than perfect. But it was a rewarding experience and it has been shown on national TV a fair bit. Isah has also been interviewed by the Kosovo equivalent of MTV and he gave me a plug :)

...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... The clip is found on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KxcJSWM5T8 And this is Isah's translation of the lyrics to English. I don't care when you're mad at me I try to understand something you haven't said I admit it now, I hate you sometimes I don't care when you're mad at me Brightness that blinds your eyes I try to free the scarf that suffocates me I attempt to understand where are we I don't care when you're mad at me I embroidered a sweater for you I sweep the spiders with a broom at home One by one, sometimes I think of another way How to caress that beautiful face of yours A nightingale left the nest and flew away The snowball rolled down and hit the tree Somewhere, somewhen someone else sings this song To that beautiful girl in that hot air balloon I don't care when you're mad at me I don't care when you're mad at me I don't care when you're mad at me

Another Adventure for the Fraussies

We have been busy

Can you guess what we've been up to?

Yippeeeee!

you can watch the video on my Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjPlq5emTDU&t=23s