Todo el mundo esta mirándote
How does belonging feel like to different people around the world? This is Yann Gross’ kickstart question for his artwork EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT YOU. Interested in community and identity building, the Swiss photographer experienced being in a border territory as a foreigner. As he describes it, when one is at the border, they are constantly watched by the people who live there. During his ten days in Cúcuta for artistic residency BLURRED LINES, Yann Gross created shapes of people’s faces, in an effort to highlight the omnipresence of the eyes that were always looking at him. Whilst making the facial shapes, the artist also recorded the process, combining it with video portraits of the people involved. For the exhibition, Yann Gross was inspired by a plaster Jesus statue he found in a store while walking through Colombian territory. Just like the statue, the eyes of his art pieces also follow the public. With EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT YOU, the artist reminds us that in border zones, surveillance is not only digital, but very much concrete.
Sobre el artista
Sobre el proyecto
Durante 10 días, seis artistas investigaron y crearon juntos obras de arte innovadoras para generar la exposición LÍNEAS BORROSAS. La residencia artística tuvo lugar entre el 22/07/2022 y el 31/07/2022 en Cúcuta, destino de muchos refugiados y migrantes en Colombia. Debido a que la ciudad se encuentra en la frontera con Venezuela, MATZA EDGELANDS la consideró un lugar relevante para explorar cómo podrían surgir nuevos formatos de contrato social entre las complejas y borrosas capas de las ciudades. Comisariada por Séverin Guelpa y Anja Wyden Guelpa en colaboración con el Instituto Edgelands, MATZA EDGELANDS CÚCUTA combinó el potencial artístico de MATZA para abordar cuestiones sociales y medioambientales con el afán de Edgelands por comprender las consecuencias de la tecnología y la digitalización en el tejido urbano.
