The installation is a floor drawing made with powdered soap, reproducing a planisphere. At first glance, the image is not immediately recognizable, as it depicts only the geopolitical boundaries.
I chose to use soap because I find it particularly evocative on a sensory level, being intimately connected to a sense of renewal and regeneration. Moreover, the powder suggests an unstable balance, something that, when subjected to certain forces, tends to expand chaotically in space and lose its original form.
Throughout history, human beings have felt the need to delineate space, especially geographical space. The human mind is uncomfortable conceiving of limitless space and thus seeks to give it an objective shape by drawing boundaries. Borders can therefore be seen as simplified models of the limits that our perception compels us to define. They contain both the element of separation and the element of connection between different spheres; they mark out a kind of “exchange zone” between ourselves and others.
On a social level, however, exchange and openness cannot always be guaranteed, especially when society draws firm boundaries that take on a negative and discriminatory function toward those it considers “different.”
Today, more than ever, I believe the nature of borders is far more fluid and unstable than geography suggests.