How is a Storehouse Built
(2007)
Filmed and edited in Cuba
Video, PAL DVD, stereo, colour
5:00 min
Storehouse workers at a cement
factory in Havana explain in an audio
interview with the artist how to store,
classify and keep track of the stock. They also explain how they protect it from theft by hiding it in inconspicuous
places around the factory. While the
footage filmed by Melis in their homes, in secret, reveals all the stolen cement
tucked away in wardrobes, cupboards and
under mattresses. The video and audio
overlap paints a portrait of an amusingly
paradoxical reality - the workers who are
meant to keep the stock in the factory in
check, steal it instead, and get away with it
because they know how to hide it.
