Station 2 Station

video installation
Material: newspaper, spray paint, electric motor,
acrylic sheets, 3 projectors with 30 min loops 

Station 2 Station reflects on the traces we leave behind as we move through urban space, through plazas, street corners, and crowded walkways. In the gallery the projections sweep across walls covered in newspaper. The room is staged like a crime scene: outlined bodies, a pulsing police light, fragments of city life. It’s unclear what has occurred. The headlines, the movement, the sound scapes, – who was here, what happened, who is missing?

The projections are visible from the outside through large windows, merging with the neighboring cityscape. A thin line separates inside from outside, fiction from reality. The installation implies possible scenes, when visitors enter the space, their shadows becoming part of the work. At the center, a slowly rotating triangle of two large acrylic sheets catches the light and reflects the moving sceneries in layered fragments. You can step inside.

“Losing one’s way can feel uncomfortable, but it can also act as a catalyst for change and understanding”.  In unfamiliar environments, curiosity and liveliness can be crucial for finding the way…