Point+Click Adventure: Mainz

by Corinna John

What is a reality point+click adventure? It is a trip with nothing in your pockets except an old, simple, cheap point-and-shoot camera. Shoot what you find, but without any bigger effort than the ultimate question "flash or save batteries". The point is not to make the perfect picture, but to walk with open eyes and without the burning feeling of losing a moment that should have been conserved.

When a colleague told me about Mainz being the "ugliest city of the world", I didn't know what was expecting me. Well, this is what I found right in the town's center. I tried to like this place for six years, but it never worked...

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