BLURRING THE LINES
BLURRING THE LINES

María del Socorro Bairés

Confined Buenos Aires

EDITION

2022, Shortlisted

school

SHIFTA,
Barcelona, Spain

In 2020, suddenly, the pandemic and confinement impacted globally. Cities (and life) were held in suspense, causing unprecedented tension between inner space and the outer world. "Confined Buenos Aires" aims to graph, metaphorically over the city's walls, the emotional fluctuation that the longest compulsory confinement in the world meant. It pursues to reflect through holes that seek - and do not always find - the doses of oxygen necessary to survive 233 uninterrupted days of isolation. The hole – or the cut – is presented as an airway, an escape route. It pierces from within the dense veil of matter, making its way to the uncertainty of the outside.

“Confined Buenos Aires" is an attempt to reunite with the well-known city that, facing the impossible, reveals itself as a new world... a fragmented experience. The exit is in our minds… like a book or a stationary journey. The project is an invitation to celebrate the propulsion for the life of those who, despite the context, did not stop looking for some way of freedom.

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María del Socorro Bairés

Confined Buenos Aires

EDITION

2022, Shortlisted

school

SHIFTA,
Barcelona, Spain

In 2020, suddenly, the pandemic and confinement impacted globally. Cities (and life) were held in suspense, causing unprecedented tension between inner space and the outer world. "Confined Buenos Aires" aims to graph, metaphorically over the city's walls, the emotional fluctuation that the longest compulsory confinement in the world meant. It pursues to reflect through holes that seek - and do not always find - the doses of oxygen necessary to survive 233 uninterrupted days of isolation. The hole – or the cut – is presented as an airway, an escape route. It pierces from within the dense veil of matter, making its way to the uncertainty of the outside.

“Confined Buenos Aires" is an attempt to reunite with the well-known city that, facing the impossible, reveals itself as a new world... a fragmented experience. The exit is in our minds… like a book or a stationary journey. The project is an invitation to celebrate the propulsion for the life of those who, despite the context, did not stop looking for some way of freedom.

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