urban rhythms

[Artistic intervention in the public space, 2023] This is a continuation from my project titled ‘Carrer del Rec 1:47pm / 1:47am’ in which I was collaging the ephemeral rhythms in urban public space using projection and video. In this artistic intervention I wanted to subtly interrupt one’s usual passing through a space along with capturing the traces of these rhythms in this space over time. To capture to this I decided to use flour which could move effortlessly as people, bikes, cars moved through and also be receptive to the rhythms of other elements like the wind. The result being a collective collaboration to create this art piece. Each mark makes me wonder about the life that created it. A fleeting, mundane moment of passing in one’s life. I don’t know where they have come from or where they are going, just this moment in space & time.

It was fascinating witnessing people’s responses from my window some with caution and confusion, some walking right through, some with curiosity. My favourite moment being a little boy on a scooter who went up to the line and rode in circles shouting ‘avena avena’ to his dad behind and then proceeding to grasp the flour in his hand and throw it back down. An interrupted rhythm sparking intrigue in the everyday.

Through my urban intervention, I also experienced many encounters and conversations I would otherwise have not, all helping me to gain different perspectives of the very urban space I was working in. In the midst of my experimentation, I even got invited to an ongoing party by an intrigued neighbour on his balcony above, which of course I could not decline.

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