Odes To The Offseason

We are on the move. All of us and at all times. And yet each of us alone, in our own way. We are on the move because it is not possible here. We want to go where it is different. The main thing is: not here. We set out on the way. But on the way, nothing but trouble awaits us; when we get there, only disappointment. I’m standing in front of the Taj Mahal, but I had imagined it to be bigger. In Yosemite, I’m stuck in traffic. The Louvre is full.

We look for the magic and find only waiting lines. At check-in, on freeways and in cities, around the block again for parking, at the cash register, at the buffet. On the airport tarmac, planes restlessly fluff their wings before taking off into the sky, timed by the minute.

“Odes to the Offseason” is an unfinished series about slow travel without queues by Berlin-based photographer Christopher Ratter and it also presents his debut album as beatmaker Gordon Griffey.

Photobook [A5 - 60 pages] & Album
orcd.co/offseason

All songs produced by Gordon Griffey
Mastering by Nicolas Schneider & Gordon Griffey
Photography by Christopher Ratter
Artwork by Anton Pfurtscheller