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E: we did all the electricity, so then we had a professional electrician. But
then, because, in a sense we had to, before one had thought about everything,
we had to decide where to have all the electricity sockets, and
we just didn’t realise that we should have one over there.
HP: Are those the kind of things that are difficult to change afterwards?
E: Yes. Or, of course you could, but then again, can you muster enough
strength to start to open up a wall again. (Kalle & Emma 05 92-97)
K: So how do we go through the photographs? Like, we just tell where
that is (pause) But there is actually lots of stuff which really is not
here anymore. But it exists. (Kalle & Emma 05 77-79)
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The apartment where we met in 2004 was rented and, according to Kalle, “not
a very good professional portfolio”. There were lots of products around, in different
kinds of heaps and stacks, and at one point Kalle called the apartment a
“recycling centre”, where lots of products were lying around waiting for Kalle to
repair and fix them, in case someone would be in need of a particular product.
[ HP tells that yesterday she visited a home where there were works of fine art.]
K: Well we don’t. We have those old maps. It’s like, our home works in a
way that we have here, so-called nice things. Then, you’ll find the kind
of things that you’ll find from a rubbish skip or somewhere, which
are potentially nice things. Then they accumulate for a while and then
you’ll send them on to somewhere else. And the stuff comes in and
goes out. Like, incredible amounts. This is like a Turkish bazaar. (Kalle
& Emma 04 13-18)
K: On principle, I don’t throw away anything which works. Waste of
the world, nature, materials and energy and everything else. So it’s
not about penny-pinching or anything, but often the old products
are much more functional and cool and nice than the new ones and
then people throw them away simply because they are just so fucking
stupid (laughs), so (pause) I usually take everything that I find
for instance from the rubbish, anything that works, although at that
moment, like that stereo table, I don’t have a clue what am I going to
do with something like that. But then someone comes who says that
I need stereos in my home, then it’s a match. This is Kalle’s recycling
centre. (Kalle & Emma 04 283-290)