Between the lines

Berlin, 2022

From January to March 2022, we took part in the exhibition Going viral in the Steinzeit Gallery in Berlin, curated by AthenSYN.

The aftermath of the pandemic literally illustrates the meaning of the word « viral » as it is also used in a digital context. Thousands of lives can depend on the actions of an individual as epidemics spread. How isolated do we feel and act as individuals? AthenSYN II: GOING VIRAL focuses on the subtle connection of all existence, the importance of taking initiative and the search for ecological and affectively sustainable ways of living.

Our installation « Between the lines » displays a serie of plan-based panels summarizing each « Thread network in the urban fabric » in 8 neighborhoods of 8 cities of Central and South America. It is part of an ephemeral urban art’s archiving digging the interdependence between local and global scales.

Installation, 8 transparent plastic sheets, ink, various threads, variable dimensions
Views of the exhibition *Going viral* in Berlin, *Steinzeit Gallerie*, curated by *AthenSYN*.

Refering to our utopia of connecting across borders the Thread networks and their local actors, a thread unites the panels ; while the panels’ transparency enables one to see them all together. Reading and moving « between the lines », one creates a living memory of the the local actors’ spontaneous urban dance observed in the neighborhoods.